Since I joined Hashnode I was referring it to my colleagues and friends telling how its different from StackOverflow
What do you think? How Hashnode is different from StackOverflow?
Oh dear, there are a lot of differences between StackOverflow and Hashnode. Here are a few of them:
If you want TL;DR, go to "Comparison of Stack and Hashnode".
In a general way, Stack individual believes in a logic of total competition, rather than a logic of collaboration. In the logic of competition, the identification of the opponent is fundamental for him. The opponent, by exclusion, is anyone who is different from myself, or at least from the idealized image I have of myself.
In addition, those newcomers and junior programmers have their status legitimated in the Stack inidiviual's mind as the weak and losers of open competition with whom they do not wish to identify. They are a kind of natural "trash" of the Stack system.
Due to the Stack system, there are also those who adhere to the cause by selfish and conjectural defence of their immediate individual interests, which is nevertheless legitimate, though occasionally immoral, depending on the point of view.
For all this, Stack restricts the knowledge only to high-ranked privileged senior professionals because they do not like to have much competition, but they are also too competitive because they believe in the logic of competition, therefore, they tend to be right wing, conservative and do not admit the existence of many newcomers and junior programmers the which they see as a menace in their market.
Comparison of Stack and Hashnode
Hashnode is newbie-friendly.
Stack is competitive, individualist so tends to be closed-minded and right-oriented.
Hashnode is collaborative, collectivist, so tends to open-minded and left-oriented.
Stack is elitist and privilegist. It hates newbies and junior programmers. It is overly xenophobic.
Hashnode is open for all.
Stack moderators are authoritarians and impatient, ban everybody without reasons.
Hashnode moderators are supporters of freedom of speech, although Code of Conduct is required, and they are patient.
Stack developers do not hear feedback, censure, close and ban feedbackers.
Hashnode developers hear feedback, implement, improve and welcome feedback.
Stack has upvote and downvote system. If your question is downvoted many times, you will get banned.
Hashnode does not have this caste system.
Stack is Palpatine.
Hashnode is Yoda/Luke Skywalker.
Stack is Sith.
Hashnode is Jedi.
Stack is Galactic Empire.
I think we had a related discussions in july. [I just link the old articles as reference.] (hashnode.com/post/why-ask-technical-questions-on-…)
You can take a tour to understand what StackOverflow is:
Stack Overflow is a question and answer site for professional and enthusiast programmers. It's built and run by you as part of the Stack Exchange network of Q&A sites.
And you can know more about hashnode in about page:
This is a safe place where you can discuss your ongoing projects, write blog posts about up-and-coming trends in software development, share what you’ve learned with the rest of community, get career advice from fellow developers, and provide feedback to others in a non-toxic, friendly environment.
Everything else, I would say StackOverflow is like a hen and hashnode is like an egg for professional and enthusiast programmers. You might disagree with this. But I will insist on this because hashnode is just an egg in its growing age.
i don't want to write something but there is not Dislike emoji :(
Ok, I'll go first!
In StackOverflow you can't ask opinions, best practices, advice from other devs etc
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I go to SO for answers. I go to Hashnode for discussions.
SO is not newbie friendly. SO is the largest programming question and answer website on the internet. SO is English/Western centric. SO is the reason a site like Hashnode exists. SO has an established culture, and expects anyone/everyone to inform themselves on how to participate before they start asking questions. If you choose to observe and follow the community norms, it is a great developer resource. One of the primary goals of SO is to be a searchable repository of quality information. SO is a huge community that, for the most part, is run by volunteers - the moderators are all volunteers from the SO community;The reviewers are all volunteers from the community; The editors are all volunteers from the community. Participation in the SO community gains you more privileges and responsibilities.
Hashnode is a discussion board and blogging platform. Hashnode is very newbie friendly.