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One strong driver to keep in mind are the strict rules enforcements of SE. I was on WB:SE recently and the way new posters were "welcomed" with a "Vote-to-Close-in-their-face" sometimes barely an hour after posting, was/is totally annoying. And the users who experienced it and dared to speak up in Meta were really shocked and did not understand, why they were "killed" so to speak. They also indicated that they are "afraid of posting again".
I really do not like that attitude. I regard the opinion based closing of a few against the unsuspecting newcomer as downright arrogant. Why do they think they know what question is worth answering or not? They don't, actually, just their opinion and maybe "gutfeeling" tells them.
How on earth would a poster regard his/her question as not "deemed fit to answer" if there is no one willing to help them. Everybody just points to the "holy rules" and "principles" which are cut into stone and will and must not be changed... All burden is shifted to the _questioneer_ those who come to do the _Q_ part of Q&A. Those are the real VIPs... but Q&A (on SE) perverts this into the opposite: Everything revolves around what kind of _answers_ can be given. The _A_ part of Q&A is the primary thing. Nobody cares about how to _understand intention of a question_ and be gentle/kind with those who are not able to write the perfect text on the first try. Is that a reason to bash them? I am certainly not of that opinion.
I am here on Codidact now to figure out, if this community is less toxic and more welcoming to new posters. So far it looks to be a very calm place, something that gives the impression of a safe-space where someone really can post a question that is dear to his/her heart and not being judged about how "entertaining" it is for the answerer "to waste their time on answering that".
I was shocked though to see, that essential sites are totally absent here. At least totally invisible. They are hidden in the Incubator from the outside world.
A newcomer looks at the dashboard, does not find "his/her" category and leaves again. This is uninviting.
TL;DR: The best place to contact people and make them aware of Codidact would be SE... is it possible to advertise there? This would be awesome.

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One strong driver to keep in mind are the strict rules enforcements of SE. I was on WB:SE recently and the way new posters were "welcomed" with a "Vote-to-Close-in-their-face" sometimes barely an hour after posting, was/is totally annoying. And the users who experienced it and dared to speak up in Meta were really shocked and did not understand, why they were "killed" so to speak. They also indicated that they are "afraid of posting again".
I really do not like that attitude. I regard the opinion based closing of a few against the unsuspecting newcomer as downright arrogant. Why do they think they know what question is worth answering or not? They don't, actually, just their opinion and maybe "gutfeeling" tells them.
How on earth would a poster regard his/her question as not "deemed fit to answer" if there is no one willing to help them. Everybody just points to the "holy rules" and "principles" which are cut into stone and will and must not be changed... All burden is shifted to the _questioneer_ those who come to do the _Q_ part of Q&A. Those are the real VIPs... but Q&A (on SE) perverts this into the opposite: Everything revolves around what kind of _answers_ can be given. The _A_ part of Q&A is the primary thing. Nobody cares about how to _understand intention of a question_ and be gentle/kind with those who are not able to write the perfect text on the first try. Is that a reason to bash them? I am certainly not of that opinion.
I am here on Codidact now to figure out, if this community is less toxic and more welcoming to new posters. So far it looks to be a very calm place, something that gives the impression of a safe-space where someone really can post a question that is dear to his/her heart and not being judged about how "entertaining" it is for the answerer "to waste their time on answering that".
I was shocked though to see, that essential sites are totally absent here. At least totally invisible. They are hidden in the Incubator from the outside world.
A newcomer looks at the dashboard, does not find "his/her" category and leaves again. This is uninviting.
TL;DR: The best place to contact people and make them aware of Codidact would be SE... is it possible to advertise there? This would be awesome.

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One strong driver to keep in mind are the strict rules enforcements of SE. I was on WB:SE recently and the way new posters were "welcomed" with a "Vote-to-Close-in-their-face" sometimes barely an hour after posting, was/is totally annoying. And the users who experienced it and dared to speak up in Meta were really shocked and did not understand, why they were "killed" so to speak. They also indicated that they are "afraid of posting again".

I really do not like that attitude. I regard the opinion based closing of a few against the unsuspecting newcomer as downright arrogant. Why do they think they know what question is worth answering or not? They don't, actually, just their opinion and maybe "gutfeeling" tells them.

How on earth would a poster regard his/her question as not "deemed fit to answer" if there is no one willing to help them. Everybody just points to the "holy rules" and "principles" which are cut into stone and will and must not be changed... All burden is shifted to the _questioneer_ those who come to do the _Q_ part of Q&A. Those are the real VIPs... but Q&A (on SE) perverts this into the opposite: Everything revolves around what kind of _answers_ can be given. The _A_ part of Q&A is the primary thing. Nobody cares about how to _understand intention of a question_ and be gentle/kind with those who are not able to write the perfect text on the first try. Is that a reason to bash them? I am certainly not of that opinion.

I am here on Codidact now to figure out, if this community is less toxic and more welcoming to new posters. So far it looks to be a very calm place, something that gives the impression of a safe-space where someone really can post a question that is dear to his/her heart and not being judged about how "entertaining" it is for the answerer "to waste their time on answering that".

I was shocked though to see, that essential sites are totally absent here. At least totally invisible. They are hidden in the Incubator from the outside world.

A newcomer looks at the dashboard, does not find "his/her" category and leaves again. This is uninviting.

TL;DR: The best place to contact people and make them aware of Codidact would be SE... is it possible to advertise there? This would be awesome.

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