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Slant.co
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Pro/con association
When upvoting existing answers, you can associate the pros and cons which influenced your choice of chosen answer(s).
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Has strange ads
Drug and gambling ads are a huge turnoff.
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Community rated answers
Unlike a number of other Q&A sites where the person asking the question picks the winning answer, Slant accepts that they're asking because they don't know the answer, so they allow everyone in the community to pitch in by upvoting the best answer.
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Primarily for comparing products
Slant is a great website for comparing products to each other, but if your question isn't about products, the limits of Slant's format start to show more clearly.
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Pros and cons vs users' answers
Most Q&A sites give each user the chance to give an answer (sometimes multiple answers). A lot of the content of each user's answers will overlap, resulting in duplication of information (thus more to read), or information being lost in noise (e.g. if someone sees existing answers and adds a missing point without copying existing information, their point will likely languish at the bottom of the list of answers as it did not answer the majority of the question). Slant approaches this differently; rather than focusing on the users, it focuses on the points; Pros and Cons. Any user may amend the information in a pro/con, may vote based on how much that pro/con influenced their decision, and may add their own pros and cons if certain points are missing from the canon.
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Fake and dated ratings
Some ratings seem fake and many of the top lists seem very outdated listing products years and years old when there are better modern alternatives. Probably paid rankings.
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See all answers clearly
An enumeration of recommendations is easily viewed as a list, making it a good starting point for researching available options. This is the opposite of other sites in which multiple choices may be listed within a single answer, with the need for the user to read through paragraphs of information to pick out the key articles.
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Video ADs
They are annoying and traffic consuming.
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Designed for subjective questions
Slant.co's reason for being is to answer subjective questions. It was born with the knowledge that other sites existed to handle objective questions and answers, but they made no attempt to handle the intricacies of subjective answers. Slant.co is the only site focused on solving this specific area.
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Needs improvements to avoid redundancy
Many questions can lead to the same app. Example: https://www.slant.co/topics/4648/~es-file-explorer-alternatives-for-android https://www.slant.co/topics/1956/~file-explorers-on-android. If you comment something on "Total Commander", you have to do this in more than one place. According to this the Slant team is working on this issue.
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Multiple chosen answers
Subjective questions may have more than one answer. Slant allows people to vote for more than one answer as being correct, and to append the pros and cons which influenced their decision to their vote; thus giving a context of in which situations each answer may be considered correct.
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Can be quite biased
For example, this one here: https://www.slant.co/topics/1196/~q-a-websites-for-subjective-questions
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Public visibility
You do not need to have an account to view existing content (questions or answers). People can see what they're getting into before deciding if they'd like to sign up for an account and contribute to the site.
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Requires javascript
Unusable without JS.
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Continuously updated for relevance
Since recommendations and pros / cons can be updated by community members, content evolves to reflect modern standards.
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Maturity
The site is still young and has yet to build up the large user base required to have users with knowledge of all areas in which questions may be asked.
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Subject matter: programming tools, services, & technology
The site is currently dedicated to questions within the technology area. It is implied that as popularity grows it may open up to questions in other subject areas (ref: use of "Starting with..." on their Twitter profile).
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Behind Cloudflare
Slant is behind the Cloudflare MiTM.
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Allows Google independent rating for Android apps
It can be difficult to get user-ratings for Android apps that are not available on the Google Play Store. So far other sites either indirectly use Google Play Store rankings or some technical writer tells you "which are the best XXX apps for YYY".
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Broken rating system
Developers need to create systems to detect spam votes. At one point Salix was bot voted to the top of "what are the best linux distributions for desktops".
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Pros and Cons don't travel from question to question
If you see a new question and choose to add an option already recommended in another question, you need to add all pros and cons from scratch.
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Slow response
Updates uppear very slowly.
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The questions and answers are concise
I can quickly know the advantages and disadvantages of every tool/app/software/game etc and decide which one fits me best.
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Unbiased information you can trust
Slant isn't financially tied to any products listed on it. All the categories (organized into 'questions'), products (organized as 'options'), and pros/cons are added, and edited by real users - there is no way for a company to pay to have a favorable review (and if they try to do it themselves, the community can report (flag) or edit any false claims).
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Subjective claims have to be backed up with evidence
Each subjective statement needs to be backed up with objective information. An opinion has to be backed up with facts. An evidence for a claim on Slant can be provided with examples, sources, and facts.
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Reddit
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"For hire" posts get a lot of attention
Where many of the current remote job boards are specifically for employees looking to apply to positions, reddit is a good place to post "for hire" ads and allow the employers to contact you.
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Not specifically a job board
Reddit is not specifically a job board, so may lack some of the features you're looking for (such as a strong search feature).
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Variety of freelance and salaried positions
There is a good variety of job types so you're able to find what fits your schedule and lifestyle best.
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FileDiffs
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Allows you to open diffs in external diff tool
Instead of creating a new tab with the diff in it, you can tell FileDiffs to open the diff in an external diff tool for side by side comparison and other features.
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Doesn't have side by side comparison
After running FileDiffs, it creates a new diff file in a new tab, which doesn't have the benefit of showing the diffs in context. However, it is possible to open the diff in an external diff tool instead of creating a new tab.
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Easily compare arbitrary code sections
FileDiffs allows you to compare any arbitrary text through multiple commands: Compare the current file or selection with any other file via a file select menu Compare the current file or selection file with previously selected tab or window or panel Compare the current file or selection with your clipboard Compare between two selections through Sublime Text's multi-select feature
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Command pallet integration
In addition to providing shortcut commands for custom shortcuts, FileDiffs adds new command pallet entries. If you don't use diffs often enough to warrant memorizing a new shortcut command, the command pallet provides a quick and easy way to access the plugin.
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Wortherendum
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Provides clear 'verdict'
Just like in referendums, provided you get enough yes/no answers - very helpful for people who find decision-making difficult.
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Doesn't require long answers
Wortherendum is based on binary answers - worth it/not worth it. Simple voting is all that is needed in order to answer the question. Textual answers can optionally be used to for more detailed explanations.
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No need to log in to see the content
User account is required only to post new questions and answers. Reading them doesn't require one.
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Answeree.com
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Lots of possibilities for member interactions
Members can follow each other, use private messaging, create their own signatures, add their social media profiles, websites, and blogs.
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Users can create signatures
Unlike other Q&A websites, users of Answeree can create a signature link to show below their posts.
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Easy to navigate and fast website
Mobile view is just like a mobile app.
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AlternativeTo
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Comprehensive
Full website with lots of content, info, users, comments, etc. Value for free.
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Limited details available on the site itself
AlternativeTo excels at showing you options, however it doesn't really tell you why one option is better/worse than another. It lists options by the number of likes it has received, but to directly compare the options is relatively hard to do.
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Easy to skim through content
AlternativeTo makes it easy to quickly find stuff. The lists are organized by likes which floats the best content to the top, and helpful tags warn you of undesirable attributes (such as the product being discontinued or if it includes bundleware).
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Filtering and sorting capabilities
The ability to filter by platform and license means that you can easily filter out software that you can't use. More specific filters and sort orders are also available.
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Better usability
Slant is really terrible by design.
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Has a lot of information about products easily accessible
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Shows all options
If you have a large list(~100) on slant only the first ~15 entries are displayed - even if you click see full list.
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Less JavaScript
Which drastically improves the sites performance.
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Less manipulation
Less manipulation with guest/fake accounts.
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Does not use redirectingat
It does not use redirectingat so links won't break if you use an ad or tracker blocker .
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Straightforward
Pages load much faster and there is less annoying bling bling.
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Moderation is superior
It has a good moderation team that removes spam or hate posts.
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Tag based instead of individual Questions
It is tag based so there are less duplicates.
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Quora
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No customization options
There is no way of making your Quora blog different from any other Quora blog. It is only an extension of your Quora profile.
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Tags help promote your content
When you tag your blog post, it will show up in feeds of people following that topic.
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Community interested in learning
Quora has a built-in audience interested in learning new things.
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GitHub
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Large community
GitHub is the largest code host on the planet with over 21.4 million hosted repositories and many users. It's unarguably the largest VCS used by developers worldwide and as such, it has a vibrant community that follows it resulting in many guides and tutorials for new users. Even experienced developers can always find an answer to any question they may have.
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Rule of thumb: 1GB per repository, 100MB per file
For most repositories this is acceptable, but for already large repositories with a long history, this may be a limiting factor.
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Nice and usable UI
GitHub's UI is clean and intuitive. Each view is designed to not fill the screen with useless information. For example, the repository view displays only the most crucial data about that repo - on the top it displays the number of commits, branches, releases and contributors. When clicked, each of them will take the user to a page that displays more detailed information.
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Proprietary
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Integrated issue tracking
GitHub has integrated issue tracking that makes hunting and solving bugs easy. Each project's issues page can be filtered by closed issues, assignees, labels and milestones. Issues are also sortable by age, number of comments and update time.
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Steals and sells your privacy
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Provides free hosting for static websites
GitHub Pages is a feature that allows developers to create websites for their projects or anything they need a static website for, for free.
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Limited web browser support
Modern web browsers like Waterfox are no longer supported, breaking basic UI elements and making the site unusable.
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Anyone can fork
Any user can fork a project and submit a pull request. If accepted by the owner, the fork will be merged with the master branch.
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No OAuth2 support
In order to sign in to GitHub, users have to sign up first with unique credentials for GitHub only, so no option to sign in with Google+ or Facebook.
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GitHub makes it easy to find open source projects
GitHub is the largest host in the world for open source projects. Developers from all over the world fork and work on countless projects hosted on it. GitHub's search box is a powerful tool that allows developers to find open source projects in areas they are interested in and where they can immediately start to contribute. GitHub also has a page dedicated solely at exploring and finding open source projects, grouping them by each topic they cover. In the same view, GitHub displays trending repositories and sorting them by day, week or month.
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Owned by Microsoft
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Gist (Snippets)
Gists is GitHub's way to easily share code, text snippets or any kind of information with the world. They are an easy way to share text and they work as Git repos, which means that they are forkable and versioned. They are also fully compatible with Git.
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Very inconvenient UI
Very hard to switch between projects.
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Simplified team management tools
GitHub has easy and useful features to control teams, large and small alike. Team members can be given different powers on different projects, ranging from the ability to create them, to only being able to have read-only access.
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Convenient continuous integration with Travis CI
GitHub can be integrated with Travis CI for code testing and deployment, furthermore it is free of charge for free open-source projects.
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Supports Two-Factor authentication
GitHub has added another layer of security to their user accounts. This layer comes in the form of Two-Factor authentication. After it's enabled, GitHub delivers an authentication code by SMS, or by a free application for smartphones. After two-factor authentication is enabled, the authentication code is sent to the account owner's phone any time someone attempts to sign into their GitHub account. This means that only someone who has both the password and authentication code can sign into the account.
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Easy integration with cloud hosting services
Many widely used cloud hosting services are easily integrated with GitHub. Any project hosted on GitHub can be set up on these services in seconds. Some companies that offer this feature are: Amazon Web Services Google Cloud Heroku Windows Azure
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Support for mandatory code reviews
GitHub allows maintainers to make code reviews mandatory for any repository they choose.
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Code search functionality
GitHub supports searching code. Whether it's from a specific project or from the whole website. What's more, GitHub has excellent SEO and you can easily find any line of code hosted on public repos on GitHub even from Google.
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Excellent native apps
GitHub has native apps for mobile (iOS and Android), Windows and Mac, which make code deployment easier and faster.
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Student discounts
GitHub offers very good student discounts along with other things, such as AWS credits.
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Additional features for academics
For those with a valid .edu email or valid school ID there are additional benefits such as free private hosting. While it may take time for the account to be verified, it can easily be worth it.
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Project management tools available
GitHub has a tool called (quite intuitively) "Projects". It helps teams to organize and prioritize the work they are doing by creating roadmaps and release checklists.
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Objective; Not Subjective
The Stack Exchange sites are specifically designed to work for objective questions; questions with subjective answers are explicitly discouraged. See their blog for more information.
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Popularity / maturity
The Stack Exchange sites have a large user base. Due to this being broken down to sub-sites per topic however some of their sites have more users than others, so depending on the subject matter of the question this pro may not apply.
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Limited in scope
There is a large number of different "stackexchanges", but they are all completely closed off from one another.
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Subject Matter: Various (site specific)
Whilst sites under the Stack Exchange banner are focussed on specific topics, there are a wide variety of such sites. As such Stack Exchange could be described as being open to questions on any subject matter, but has the advantage that within its sub-sites, questions are targeted to the specific users/audiences of those sites.
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Intolerant and immature culture of the community
The people on the platform aren't very outgoing or accepting of others.
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Expert-level questions & answers
Many topics have active members who are among the top professionals in their fields. MathOverflow, for example, has Fields Medal winners.
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Popularity contest feeling
The reward system feels like you're in a popularity contest. While this encourages good answers, it feels like everything is built around the reward system. So much that, you need to have certain points to unlock features on the site.
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User ratings by topic
Users are scored based on their contributions, with the context of those contributions also being scored (i.e. answering a question tagged as being about XML increases that user's XML score). This results in allowing the questioner to gauge a rough idea of the answerer's relative knowledge within a domain when considering their answers vs contradictory answers from other users.
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Allow any type of question
They allow users to ask any type of question, including questions about school, books, memes, products, feedback, and much more.
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SEO value
Offers dofollow links, which help to boost seo.
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Really great community
The people are really kind and helpful
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TOPAttack
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Lots of detailed specifications
On the lists, there are detailed tables that show the specifications of all of the products. If a product has a certain feature, there is a checkmark in that box. If the spec is numerical, they list the specific number there (for example, in the best PDF printers & creators list, each product was tested twice for both the conversion speed and PDF file size, and both numerical results are listed.
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Very limited database
TOPAttack only focuses on software and appliances, and the products seem to be submitted from a single user which limits the scope of each list.
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Glanceable information
Every list has a ranking of the products, and a bar graph at the top of the list quickly shows which products are good and which are not based on their rating. You can also sort the graph by different factors - for example, when looking at the best front load washers you can sort by things like washing capacity, energy cost & efficiency, spin speed, and more with just the click of a button.
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