Timeline for Do we scare off new users?
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| Apr 20, 2015 at 19:01 | comment | added | user13451 | @MikeW indeed. That one specifically talks about the photography site and process. | |
| Apr 20, 2015 at 19:00 | comment | added | MikeW | @MichaelT Or a variation of this blog post: blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/qa-is-hard-lets-go-shopping | |
| Apr 20, 2015 at 15:56 | comment | added | user13451 | @MikeW taking other approaches from Programmers.SE, you might want to consider writing a self answered meta post that goes into the "why shopping questions don't work" so that the terse comment and closing can point to a longer meta reference. Consider, where to start (a constant problem on Programmers) or On discussions and why they don't make good questions as examples of what can be done. One could even link that directly into the close reason or help center. | |
| Apr 17, 2015 at 2:38 | comment | added | MikeW | I in no way want to encourage shopping questions or answer them here. Just saying that a popup may not work, and it's not too tedious dealing with the ones we get, and pointing out that a terse comment and closing is a bit cold. We could be a bit gentler in our comments sometimes. A camerarecs would be awesome though as we could direct them to another network site. | |
| Apr 17, 2015 at 2:02 | comment | added | mattdm | I share the concern about not seeming welcoming, but I think encouraging endless crushing wave of "what camera to buy?" questions may make a few people looking for purchase advice happier but unlikely to return with real photographic experience and expertise, crowding out more interesting questions about photography itself - and thus the people who might answer such questions. Maybe it's time to revisit the idea of a Camera Shopping Stack Exchange, now that softwarerecs.stackexchange.com shows that the network in general is willing to explore that space. | |
| Apr 16, 2015 at 20:58 | comment | added | MikeW | Drat. Yes, they need 20 rep to use chat. Not suggesting we start answering shopping questions - they are off-topic for good reason. Just saying that if the idea of a popup doesn't work out, it's not entirely bad to get those questions - some of them can be reworked into on-topic questions or we can at least point the OP to a site that will help (as opposed to a popup which discourages them from asking, so we don't interact with them at all) | |
| Apr 16, 2015 at 20:48 | comment | added | SailorCire | Don't they need 20 rep to talk in chat? So if I'm a 1 rep new user I don't think I can chat. Also, how should we handle shopping questions? If we don't close it or try to discourage it then we'll be spending every waking moment recommending cameras which will discourage the non-beginner user. It's a tough balance, no doubt. | |
| Apr 16, 2015 at 20:05 | history | answered | MikeW | CC BY-SA 3.0 |