Founders@Google Presents: The Cultural Anthropology of Stack Exchange

Why it was recommended

If you want to hear more about this you should watch Joel Spolsky's talk

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What it covers

Joel Spolsky's 2012 Google tech talk on the cultural anthropology of Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange. He explains how the software was designed to shape community norms and. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel

Google TechTalks

Length

55 min 39 sec

Year

2012

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