<story><title>Five years ago, Stack Overflow launched</title><url>http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2013/09/five-years-ago-stack-overflow-launched-then-a-miracle-occurred/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>darkchasma</author><text>The only complaint I have about Stack Overflow is when you&amp;#x27;re looking for a library or toolchain and want to get a feel for some of the pros and cons of each of the tech currently being used.  I understand the argument of why these questions are killed.  But I also have to think that there is value in these conversations.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lelandbatey</author><text>I share that feeling, but I also have to restrain it in the face of the fact that Stack Overflow doesn&amp;#x27;t seem like it&amp;#x27;s &lt;i&gt;about&lt;/i&gt; discussion, or at least not open-ended discussion. It&amp;#x27;s about getting expert answers to focused questions, not polling for data or asking opinions.&lt;p&gt;However, I really wish someone would build and maintain a &amp;quot;Stack Overflow&amp;quot; for open-ended discussion. It&amp;#x27;d basically be a classic forum (in terms of content) but with a different layout.</text></comment>
<story><title>Five years ago, Stack Overflow launched</title><url>http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2013/09/five-years-ago-stack-overflow-launched-then-a-miracle-occurred/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>darkchasma</author><text>The only complaint I have about Stack Overflow is when you&amp;#x27;re looking for a library or toolchain and want to get a feel for some of the pros and cons of each of the tech currently being used.  I understand the argument of why these questions are killed.  But I also have to think that there is value in these conversations.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>matchu</author><text>I suspect that the Stack Overflow community would agree that there&amp;#x27;s value in those conversations. And they&amp;#x27;d also assert that they belong somewhere else, since Stack Overflow questions are meant to have &lt;i&gt;right&lt;/i&gt; answers.</text></comment>