Is SoloLearn discussion dead?

Answer 1

Like a tutorial?

(See beginning of thread.)

Answer 2

LogoMonic Learning, I agree with you.
Many people ask questions without first trying to find the answer by themself.
Because of this, those that are trying to help are stuck in many "small" (and many times repeated) questions,
that when good questions arise they are tired or have no time to search and answer.

Answer 3

Sololearn(ers) would have to admit that all q&a based badges are 'babble badges' really (you get them writing provocative or sappy stuff, not for asking or answering good questions).

If we all admitted that, then we could go on. Rename them to 'funny guy badge', 'senior agitator' etc. and restructure the q&a in a way that it's actually about q&a.

Answer 4

A lot of people here compare SL and SO, I wonder, is it a fair comparison? everybody knows how mature SO is, compared to SL, a startup of years behind. Besides, SO is mostly a pure Q&A forum, meaning it's very focused on its direction, SL was built with gaming ideas, there's a difference there already. Even the audience class was different.

I have always see SO as a source to seek for answers, and I know, with their experiences they managed to build a strong reputable community, and have their strategy dealing with "low quality" posts. I think SL may adopt the goods from SO without having to imitate, or become like SO (in terms of the load of sarcastic and cynicism).

Answer 5

Very well said, Ulisses Cruz.

We really need all that spam and lmgtfy questions filtered from q&a to liberate resources for genuine questions and answers.

Answer 6

🐬 Voja R, have you read Ulisses's comment above? The point is that the flood of redundancy eats up resources!

It becomes tiresome to even look for honest, good questions in all that 'brfztz', 'Hey, dude', 'What' s a computer?', 'How do I become a hacker?', 'I don't understand %! HELP!!!'

So if you find a post, that's AT LEAST a redundant question, you answer that and go somewhere else.

Q&a shrinking to 10% quality volume would be a plus, not a minus. People would ask meaningful questions and get good answers and both would be seen more, so we'd all learn better and the whole community improves.

Answer 7

Mildly relevant:
https://code.sololearn.com/cd24wDcK5hCJ/?ref=app

Answer 8

What's left to discuss?
Without those 100x repeated questions and spams, discussion wouldn't exist. Seriously, original questions are rare here these days, simply because many of them are already answered.
You would definitely increase quality by eliminating somehow those repeated questions, but then you will have only few new questions per day...
Conclusion: it's not important

Answer 9

bedawang, I was there too, the days of dial-up connection, when internet was a glam (at least for me), but I also remember, how tough back then, for my part because books (manuals) are also expensive here, so personally yes, I do find it harsh for those who shout at me to RTFM, because the M itself isn't really affordable for me, but then again, I wanna learn, what are my other options but to ask.

I think you're forgetting some points as the reason why people ask "stupid" question, it's not just because they don't know how to look, too lazy or what, there are other possibilities, first, language, not everyone understands a certain language, in which manuals are widely published on. Secondly, the value of the information source, it is possible in their place books are expensive, or internet usage is limited (can't download as much). And even when they find a source, can we guarantee they understand what it says? I doubt this part.

Answer 10

Paul I keep scrolling few pages of Q&A Discussion, I could get one "real question" if I were in luck.. 🤣

Answer 11

Paul, They will not stop to ask these, though, because it is someone new each time.

I think it would be good to make q&a writing access harder for Sololearn beginners. Let them finish a 'how to use q&a' tutorial first.

And after that, erase new google questions NOW, not mfd them for 24 hours (because they can't claim they didn't know anymore).

Answer 12

But on the other hand anyone that would be a teacher here or anywhere else must realize that it takes infinite patience to work with new students. You WILL be asked the same questions repeatedly. And that you are not here to be entertained at your leisure and choice by only interesting questions.

Answer 13

For all SoloLearn friends here, if it begins to irritate you (the questions) take a break, and come back if you feel better, I've been here for quite some time, so I perfectly understand how it feels to face the situation as it is now.

But don't give up hope, keep sending your thoughts and ideas to SL devs to improve whatever it is possible.

Cheers!

Answer 14

I agree with you. But I also agree with @Janning. Many who posted unnecessary post in Q/A are beginners. We should give them time. Look guys there are responsible mods are looking out for these problems. They will warn them if they post a unnecessary post or a repeated post. And we should help them too! Be patient with the beginners. I also like the idea of @HonFu. We should have a something (like a tutorial) about SoloLearn forum after they created an account. Don’t worry 😉 we have a great community who is helping each other! I want to say thanks to all mods who kept our Q/A clean and all the works they done to make SoloLearn great! Thank you and cheers!

Answer 15

i once asked if anyone knew any good js libraries when i was a noob. you know, ones youve used yourself and are familiar with. nobody answered! was it not an interesting question anybody could benefit from? but when someone asks “fun question” like “do you like sololearn” they are inundate with a barrage of responses which has no long term benefit for anyone. but perhaps im asking too much.

Answer 16

Wow reading this topic is more interesting than watching Mr.Bean

BTW i dont think that sololearn should be the exact same thing of stackoverflow. SO is something more strict than in SL. SO can be considered as a place for professionals, but in SL there are both pros and noobs as this is a learning platform. I sometimes don't mind repeating questions from users who have joined few minutes ago. Because they even don't know about this community and the rules. And I think that is the reason for most of the repeated questions here - no beginner guidance.

So how if there were something that tells you about how to ask questions and what type of questions you should ask.

Answer 17

I guess its mostly because people dont know how to use the Q n A section.Many people use it for silly questions which they can easily find on google.Other thing is too many repeating questions.After a while it gets irritating to answer the questions because the same question has been asked too many times before.People should search if a question was previously asked before.Some people also use it as way to get their homework done.I have thought of one way which might release the load on q n a section.That is taking polls on your feed.This way yes or no questions or less important questions will stay limited to feed and this will leave q n a for relevant questions.

Answer 18

This is absolutely true. And many people do this because to get badges. Because of this all ez questions become answered but the real questions remain to die.

And I came up with this suggestion to sololearn. How about adding a feature that will predict the possible pre-answered questions like in stackoverflow. This feature is also there in the lesson factory.

Answer 19

i find it strange that i am able to find more interesting programming related concepts on platforms not directly aimed at programming such as quora. i guess one must bare in mind that sololearn is aimed at noobs and should give up on seeking high order questions such as design patterns and algorithms here.

Answer 20

Perhaps create an initial course that teaches a new student how to reference their questions in and outside of this forum.
Learning how to research and where to access information is a vital part of any education.