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That is going to be an enormous read, I'm still waiting for the damn thing to load. And I'm already running out of disk space.
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Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, they preserve indentation, improve readability, and make me actually look at the code.
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Sometimes I think too much - so excuse me if I sound out of place. I'm Just suggesting something that came to my mind, and I am only trying to be constructive and if it's not practical it may just be ignored. There are a lot of guys who write these articles and feed into codeproject. Now, to maximise impact, these articles should be searchable and be found on search engines - for people to find them and read through them.
In short one might consider writing articles and content that one might be able to show on one's blog or that the category and context of the article should be such that it should be searched frequently on the search engines.
Now could article writing be monetised for eg if a 3'd person clicks on ads posted on the side of each article the article writer might gain 15% of the ad revenue. So apart from the points that one gains one might also earn some revenue.
For eg I dont want sound like I have an ulterior motive here - but I was working on building this search engine called inter-xect where one can showcase your blogs and articles to other individuals and potential recruiters for jobs etc, which is not possible in existing search engines.
Now not only will people put codeproject articles in their online resumes and blogs - but they might be able to earn some revenue out of that and that would help incentivise and promote article writing.
I reiterate - these are just some constructive thoughts that I had and needn't be accepted at all.
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The whole ethos of CodeProject is, and I hope will remain, that we all do this for FREE and in our own time. We are not looking for any reward beyond the occasional 5 vote for helping someone resolve a problem. Everything you can see on this site can be found via Google, if you have enough intelligence to use Google, that is.
The best things in life are not things.
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I obviosly didn't want to provoke a reponse that says "Google, if you have enough intelligence to use Google, that is.". I do understand that - I was only not trying to criticise and find fault here, but just wanted to point out that at Codeproject many articles are a little hifi types - not the one's that exactly show up on search engine queries. A lot of programing search queries throw up results by stackoverflow - may be because their data is more aligned with what a programer searches for. Now you could always say everything is fne - dont bother, but another way is to listen to what some people have to say and may be choose some points out of it.
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T1000_ wrote: "Google, if you have enough intelligence to use Google, that is.
I don't think this was aimed at "you" per se, more that we have a lot of questions here that are posted by people who aren't clever enough to use Google. Two examples at the top of the C# forum even as I type.
StackOverflow produces a lot of quick (and often incorrect) responses by people who want to improve their reputation on StackOverflow. CP's main problem at the moment is that we've introduced a rep-points system and a Q&A. The reputation system is creating a SO-type reputation building exercise for people wanting to show how good they are, the Q&A (again in SO style) has added a second, redundant way of asking questions IMO.
As for paying people to answer: that is a dreadful idea, I like the idea of helping others (as I myself was helped). The net result of paying cash will be people posting articles, then getting their friends [or sock-puppet accounts] to upvote and we won't be able to tell the good article from the bad. The friendly upvoting is already a problem here in my view due to the rep points, this will
CP is much more in line with the hacker ethic[^] (in the original sense), I'm happy to help others as I've been helped.
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I think you mis-understood what I said. I was not talking about paid for Q/A. Only for Article writing. First of all the thought came in while i was just going through some articles and I found some of them too hi-fi for this forum.
Not that this forum is substandard or anything like that , but the forum is too small an audience for some of those hifi articles. The objective obviously was meant such that a wider audience could be reached - that's all.
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Do you realize that hi-fi does not mean what you think it does? Unless you are using insinuating that the hi-fi articles are reproductions of an original, I would stop using that term.
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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Don't blame me. I voted for Chuck Norris.
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Q&A / Articles whatever, the principle stands.
What do you mean by Hi-Fi BTW? The only definition I know is "HIgh FIdelity" when related to sound systems.
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Hi fidelity is niche, sophisticated, rich and probably complex as well. Some articles are like that - I was just reading one aerodynamics simulations. Not that I understood every bit of it, but it was something more sophisticated than the average article.
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T1000_ wrote: I obviosly didn't want to provoke a reponse that says "Google, if you have enough intelligence to use Google, that is.".
The problem is that far too many people who post questions here don't.
T1000_ wrote: many articles are a little hifi types
you what?
T1000_ wrote: A lot of programing search queries throw up results by stackoverflow
So there are alternatives which most people are in favour of.
T1000_ wrote: another way is to listen to what some people have to say and may be choose some points out of it.
I did.
The best things in life are not things.
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You obviously do not pay attention to what existing search engines do.
Code Project Articles, Tips/Tricks and even Lounge messages show up on both of the major player's search engines.
As far as Ad revenue goes, that pays for the site itself.
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I'm with Richard and Henry: I don't contribute here for money. One of the reasons I like this place is it's open-to-all attitude. Compare that with ExpertSexChange.com and you will see why I have them specifically excluded from my Google searches. I am sure they have the answer, but I don't like the attitude that comes with it.
I'm not saying I would turn away free money - I didn't float down the Clyde on a water biscuit - but I don't think the quality of the information available on this site would be improved if people got paid for it. Rather the reverse, robably.
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Original, at experts exchange the answer seekers have to pay for seeking an answer. Not sure sure if people who answer questions get paid by experts exchange for their answers.
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People come here to help... this is the main objective of the site... if the method you are suggesting would be introduced possibly crappy articles with the correct tags would appear just to get clicked hundreds of times and earn money... That would definitely be a pity.
has saved my life (programer life) several times thanks to the ians that come here day after day... the community works... and works really well.
Definitely I would not go that way...
Moreover I don't have any problem searching CP...
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And why would I mean "introduced possibly crappy articles with the correct tags", Rationality suggests - I would mean Good articles with good tags.
Q/A is different from article writing. Q/A can show up on search engines but articles need to be showcased. Of course I dont have one article to my credit, but neither do I ask technical answers on CP.I just enjoy the lounge and the news letters.
If i were writing good articles - I would like to show other people or employers that I dont waste my time insteAd I do good work at CP.
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I don't know why you would mean nothing, but if you read a little bit more carefully what I've written... then you'll see that I've not suggested even remotely that...
I've only told that if there would be an economic compensation, then every single user here would like to post tons of articles... but possibly at the cost of the quality. It has nothing to do with you... it's simply human nature.
Then what could be a good idea at the beginning rapidly would become a problem for the site.
Of course this is my point of view and my opinion.
T1000_ wrote: If i were writing good articles - I would like to show other people or employers
that I dont waste my time insteAd I do good work at CP.
And I guess that nothing prevents you of doing that even if you don't earn money for doing it.
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I agree, if there was financial incentive the site would likely flood with low quality articles.
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"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. "
— Hunter S. Thompson
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There could always be filters - like a minimum nos of + votes by the mentors and the mvp's
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Getting paid by cp might be a violation of my contract with my current employer...
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"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. "
— Hunter S. Thompson
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Not fr answering questions - come on ! Do you even read what's written ? If you were to have a blog with ads on them - your employer would dump you is it ?
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If I blogged during work hours, yeah.
Craigslist Troll: litaly@comcast.net
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. "
— Hunter S. Thompson
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Do we need to have an elaborate discussion on this wizz ? Now how many articles have you written for code project during office hours, and is that possible at all, unless you are merry making out there.
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Yeah and I even would get deported back to India by doing so.
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I might find your idea very good. Or I might not...
Pay me and find out!
Email me for bank account information
It's an OO world.
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