I remarked to a friend, a couple of weeks ago, that there were a lot of questions being asked on Stack Overflow by new people that are not allowed and I spent far more and too much time helping to get them removed (as one with moderator privileges). I also told him I noticed a lot of new people seem to be here on this forum--some making rather quirky comments and statements I've never seen before. He told me to go look at the dung heap of reddit (a place I NEVER go to) where I see, not only more comments from people trying out FreeBSD for the first time, outrageous statements about it. Interestingly a lot of comments, on the FreeBSD subreddit, from people who, at the same time, state they never use FreeBSD but then make technical statements about it as if they are experts.
So one of my biggest fears has always been the rise in popularity of FreeBSD as it attracts more people from the Linux crowd wanting to play their games and cause they're bored with distro hopping and want to try something new. Because they used Linux in the past for their game playing they are now experts on "computers and stuff" and try to educate us on how things are supposed to work--often just like Linux.
Due to this large influx of new users on Stack Overflow, the site has really become a dumpster fire. I believe it's due to their "be nice" policy; particularly when it comes to new users. This has come back to bite them as many of us no longer comment on why we remove questions and answers and leave some alone--because we don't want to deal with the backlash from users and higher ups on SO who then complain we're being unreasonable and mean. (The worst comments I get from a rules violator is, "Rules were made to be broken!")
This is an unsettling observation I've made and I'm only pointing it out. Possibly due to my ending my businesses and having more time to notice such things instead of reading quickly and moving on.
So one of my biggest fears has always been the rise in popularity of FreeBSD as it attracts more people from the Linux crowd wanting to play their games and cause they're bored with distro hopping and want to try something new. Because they used Linux in the past for their game playing they are now experts on "computers and stuff" and try to educate us on how things are supposed to work--often just like Linux.
Due to this large influx of new users on Stack Overflow, the site has really become a dumpster fire. I believe it's due to their "be nice" policy; particularly when it comes to new users. This has come back to bite them as many of us no longer comment on why we remove questions and answers and leave some alone--because we don't want to deal with the backlash from users and higher ups on SO who then complain we're being unreasonable and mean. (The worst comments I get from a rules violator is, "Rules were made to be broken!")
This is an unsettling observation I've made and I'm only pointing it out. Possibly due to my ending my businesses and having more time to notice such things instead of reading quickly and moving on.