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skunkbad · 12-04-2018, 10:10 PM

(12-04-2018, 08:32 PM)ciadmin Wrote: @skunkbad ... that suggestion has come up There are other open source projects that use stack overflow for their community. Not sure how they deal with spam, but it seems like the strategy would offload some/all of that off our shoulders.

Stack overflow is also available to install in-house, though you then end up with forum management issues like we have now.

I do NOT want a wiki for CodeIgniter 4 on github. The one in place for CI3 has been so abused & disconnected it isn't funny. I don't know if relying on stackoverflow would end up similar or not.

The real genius of Stack Overflow is the user self moderation, and their point system that encourages unique and answerable questions. Spam and crappy questions are quickly deleted. Real questions get answered quickly because people want the points.

Example: Removing index.php from URLs. I’ve seen this question 1000 times, but asking about this on Stack Overflow may get you penalized for asking a question that already has an answer.

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Poll: Which of the following policies do you support, for spam control? You do not have permission to vote in this poll.
disable signatures on posts	4.55%	4	4.55%
don't allow company logos for avatars	10.23%	9	10.23%
don't allow signatures or avatars during probationary period	10.23%	9	10.23%
increase moderated posts (probation) from 2 to 5	9.09%	8	9.09%
insist on oauth authentication/login	5.68%	5	5.68%
only allow non-probationary users to use links in posts	11.36%	10	11.36%
only allow letters, digits & underscore in user names (no emails)	12.50%	11	12.50%
purge "inane" posters (or redirect them to w3schools?)	6.82%	6	6.82%
use filter to identify spam content (akismet?)	14.77%	13	14.77%
use "nofollow" links everywhere	14.77%	13	14.77%
Total		88 vote(s)	100%