[Public Beta now open!] Want Bitcoin to have a real user/merchant support site? - page 4.

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Quote from: nmat on August 10, 2011, 10:54:19 PM

I was reading through the example questions and I didn't anything like:
"I am using X GPUs with miner Y and I get error Z. What's wrong?"

This kind of question is very frequent. I wonder if they are on-topic or not...

I would consider that on-topic, and assume others would as well. It's a straightforward technical question.

Quote from: lemonginger on August 10, 2011, 11:14:41 PM

But really on relevant thing is that everyday we don't have a useful edited attractive Q&A site, is another day I'm frustrated. Can we set a time limit on this experiment at which point we move to one of the open source clones?

I understand your frustration, but we're pretty path-dependent at this point. The value of giving up on Stack Exchange diminishes the closer we get to the site launching. What kind of time limit would you set? I estimated a while back that we'd reach the required numbers around the end of August, and that still seems accurate.

Promotion seems to have a big effect on the number of people we get. Since the post on /r/Bitcoin yesterday, we've gotten 6 more high-rep users. That was the second time a Bitcoin Stack Exchange post had been made there. Do you have any ideas for other places to promote it?

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Quora is definitely the rising star but is much more conceptual than gritty hands on specific questions (and doesn't have the same type of topic based organization). SExhange is definitely used by tens of thousands of programmers every single day but personally I think they are going off the rails a bit with all their spinoffs.

But really on relevant thing is that everyday we don't have a useful edited attractive Q&A site, is another day I'm frustrated. Can we set a time limit on this experiment at which point we move to one of the open source clones?

nmat

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I was reading through the example questions and I didn't anything like:
"I am using X GPUs with miner Y and I get error Z. What's wrong?"

This kind of question is very frequent. I wonder if they are on-topic or not...

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Great idea, I'm in with 35k rep.

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Quote from: Drifter on August 10, 2011, 02:47:43 PM

Am I wrong to assume this is something like Quora? I believe Quora is US only right now, but it sounds like a similar concept. Obviously more technical centered questions would be at stackoverflow but the same could be done at Quora I believe. Wish they'd open up in more countries, though.

http://www.quora.com/Bitcoin for anyone who hasn't been there yet.

I don't think any serious Bitcoiner is going to ever seriously consider going there.

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Am I wrong to assume this is something like Quora? I believe Quora is US only right now, but it sounds like a similar concept. Obviously more technical centered questions would be at stackoverflow but the same could be done at Quora I believe. Wish they'd open up in more countries, though.

http://www.quora.com/Bitcoin for anyone who hasn't been there yet.

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This is an interesting idea. I commited! Wooo

nmat

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Bump because I like this idea and because I just got to 200 rep Cool

Also, here's the list of websites: http://stackexchange.com/sites

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No Maps for These Territories

stack exchange is not only programmers! they have question sites for:

- physics
- fitness
- diy
- cooking
- english language
- philosophy

...and so on, and some of these are quite popular. All of these have different themes, the ufo stuff is only the "new topic" request site

It is actually very suited for questions by merchants, because the system rewards people that give sensible answers, so the overall quality of answers is high.

Let's hope that we are able to cross the threshold.

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We need 40 more users, 39 of which need to have 200+ reputation. However if you don't have that much rep, don't hesitate to join; new signups keep our proposal near the top of the main list where more people will see it. Also, gaining 200 reputation isn't that hard, see the OP for some ideas.

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Updated the original post. We need more users with 200+ reputation, so I posted some tips on how to gain reputation.

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Quote from: Smalleyster on July 20, 2011, 11:03:32 PM

I thought the goal was for a "real user/merchant support site".

Merhants want to know how to make money easily right now.

Not programming, not poliics...MONEY...NOW.

We are not looking to direct merchants to the Bitcoin Stack Exchange right now, because there is no site for it yet. All that exists right now is a PROPOSAL to create a Bitcoin site on the Stack Exchange network. In order for the folks that run Stack Exchange to turn this proposal into an actual site, they require a certain minimum number of people commit to using it.

The point of this thread is to get current members of the Bitcoin community to sign on the proposal, so that when the site does launch, and all those merchants show up asking questions, there are plenty of people ready to answer them. This will happen IN THE NEAR FUTURE, NOT RIGHT NOW.

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Quote from: nmat on July 20, 2011, 10:56:34 PM

Quote from: Smalleyster on July 20, 2011, 06:56:45 PM

Well frankly if they want professional merchants to trust or use the site then they should strongly consider renaming it to "staging area for new sites" or something sensible.

Very few merchants have a sense of humor when it comes to handling their money.

Stack Overflow is probably the best programming-related website in the world (and there are many!). Any serious programmer knows stackoverflow and has asked question/searched for answers there.

What you see now has nothing to do with a future bitcoin website there. This is a staging area only. Neither the skin nor the name will be the same. We only want to create a Q&A site about bitcoins using the same software as Stack Overflow, Super User, etc.

I thought the goal was for a "real user/merchant support site".

Merchants want to know how to make money easily right now.

Not programming, not poliics...MONEY...NOW.

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Quote from: Smalleyster on July 20, 2011, 06:56:45 PM

Well frankly if they want professional merchants to trust or use the site then they should strongly consider renaming it to "staging area for new sites" or something sensible.

Very few merchants have a sense of humor when it comes to handling their money.

Stack Overflow is probably the best programming-related website in the world (and there are many!). Any serious programmer knows stackoverflow and has asked question/searched for answers there.

What you see now has nothing to do with a future bitcoin website there. This is a staging area only. Neither the skin nor the name will be the same. We only want to create a Q&A site about bitcoins using the same software as Stack Overflow, Super User, etc.

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Quote from: Smalleyster on July 20, 2011, 06:56:45 PM

Well frankly if they want professional merchants to trust or use the site then they should strongly consider renaming it to "staging area for new sites" or something sensible.

Very few merchants have a sense of humor when it comes to handling their money.

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Quote from: lemonginger on July 20, 2011, 09:05:18 PM

This is why I think that a SE site maybe not the best idea. SE has historically had a very specific audience (programmers), only recently branching out, and anyone that finds the site now essentially just sees a frozen site where they can't ask any questions....

That's exactly the sort of audience that tends to be interested in Bitcoin, though. Really, I can't think of an easier audience for us to appeal to, except maybe libertarians. The question is just how to get the proposal seen by more people with existing SE accounts, either within the current Bitcoin community or otherwise.

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Quote from: lemonginger on July 20, 2011, 09:05:18 PM

This is why I think that a SE site maybe not the best idea. SE has historically had a very specific audience (programmers), only recently branching out, and anyone that finds the site now essentially just sees a frozen site where they can't ask any questions....

And that cycles us back to here!

Dump all the fringe political crap and promote growing the bitcoin eonomy is my vote.

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This is why I think that a SE site maybe not the best idea. SE has historically had a very specific audience (programmers), only recently branching out, and anyone that finds the site now essentially just sees a frozen site where they can't ask any questions....

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Quote from: Chris Acheson on July 20, 2011, 05:03:23 PM

Quote from: Smalleyster on July 20, 2011, 04:31:43 PM

I was going to sign up until the comment about area 51. I deal with enough kooks now as it is.

"Area 51" is what Stack Exchange calls their staging area for new sites. It has nothing to do with aliens or conspiracy theories. Tongue

Well frankly if they want professional merchants to trust or use the site then they should strongly consider renaming it to "staging area for new sites" or something sensible.

Very few merchants have a sense of humor when it comes to handling their money.

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Quote from: Smalleyster on July 20, 2011, 04:31:43 PM

I was going to sign up until the comment about area 51. I deal with enough kooks now as it is.

"Area 51" is what Stack Exchange calls their staging area for new sites. It has nothing to do with aliens or conspiracy theories. Tongue

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Quote from: Chris Acheson on July 20, 2011, 04:29:24 PM

Quote from: lemonginger on July 20, 2011, 01:52:44 PM

yeah we def need more established SE users to join up....

Any ideas on how we can promote it to them specifically?

I was going to sign up until the comment about area 51. I deal with enough kooks now as it is.

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