By mitchp
via codinghorror.com
Published: Feb 04 2012 / 13:57
You know how interviewers love asking about your greatest weakness, or the biggest mistake you've ever made? These questions may sound formulaic, maybe even borderline cliche, but be careful when you answer: they are more important than they seem.
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Developer Art replied ago:
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when I learned the authorship of this post. Here it goes again, for the millionth time.
A feedback from a seasoned user of StackOverflow and StackExchange - as much as this project has done great conceptually, it's been an epic fail community-wise. Sadly the owner of the project and the moderators gang have been trying to build an artificial community almost nobody wants to be a part of and strictly impose rules most strongly disagree with.
It's been over a year since the strong arguments between users and management poisoned the project. The management is deaf and stubborn to the REAL needs of REAL users. The result - the place is devastated. Great questions are being killed within minutes, the place is becoming more and more deserted. I abandoned it over half a year ago since it stopped being useful and it stopped being fun.
As much as I greatly respect Jeff for his technical skills and ability to accomplish things, he's not been doing great as a community manager and project visionary. And with social projects like his community is EVERYTHING. Jeff, you're trying to build something nobody wants but you!
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