Answer by bta for How about an interactive welcoming tutorial?
As others have mentioned, there are two categories of new users. Those that care about the site and genuinely want to use it correctly, and those that only care about getting their own problem solved...
View ArticleAnswer by Marco13 for How about an interactive welcoming tutorial?
There are several layers that could be unpacked here, and it's hard to address each of them in all detail.At the first glance, this sounds like a good idea to solve some of the homebrewn problems: New...
View ArticleAnswer by zero298 for How about an interactive welcoming tutorial?
New user onboarding on Stack Overflow is a service problem. (Most) new users don't care about this sites mission at all, they probably don't even know it. They see a lot of answers to questions and...
View ArticleAnswer by Ian Kemp for How about an interactive welcoming tutorial?
How about never gonna happen?The fundamental problems are that Stack Exchange Inc. (a) doesn't appear to want to invest anything into actually improving Stack Overflow (b) is actively opposed to...
View ArticleAnswer by Makoto for How about an interactive welcoming tutorial?
I don't think this'd work, specifically because we're talking to students - a demographic which has given us a lot of angst in the past.It'd be a lot better to figure out what it is students are...
View ArticleHow about an interactive welcoming tutorial?
Some students say:without a clear understanding of the community’s rules, it was hard to get started. [...] it seemed like the site punished people for not knowing how to engage with the community in...
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