Few new users joining Stack Exchange and long time users less engaged due to relentless flow of new users and their low quality questions plus the "be nice to people too lazy to learn how the site works before posting" nagging.
Documentation didn't work so let's scrap that and try something else that's non-core to keep the investors happy.
I've learned from Google Reader that you don't rely on non-core services.
I'd give this a year or so before it's either made free or scrapped.
I quite like the idea, we have confluence at the moment, this would take a whole section of what we do in confluence away and make it better, but it kind of becomes a bit of mish mash of systems and the pricing would double
We've been playing with this. Seems to be working well, however it's early days so we only have limited content so far. I can imagine it'll particularly shine with new hires, but we'll see.
tldr: pr piece
Personally, it reads a bit desperate, solution looking for a problem.
Flagged as irrelevant. (SO is full of self important a-holes and I would never even give this service a chance because of how much I hate the platform for encouraging such a-hole behavior).
Stack Overflow is teeming with jerks and tinpot Napoleons such as g00glen00b who make it miserable for even experienced developers. I use the information there on occasion but never contribute. It's not worth it.
Can't wait, sounds great. I've got some coworkers whose questions I would definitely [close - already answered]. We already covered this last week, Terry!