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- Great UI18
- Easy15
- Customizable10
- Cute mascot10
- Looks great and is fun to use8
- It's friggin awesome5
- Make sample API calls inside the docs3
Pros of Stack Overflow
- Scary smart community257
- Knows all206
- Voting system142
- Good questions134
- Good SEO83
- Addictive22
- Tight focus14
- Share and gain knowledge10
- Useful7
- Fast loading3
- Gamification2
- Knows everyone1
- Experts share experience and answer questions1
- Stack overflow to developers As google to net surfers1
- Questions answered quickly1
- No annoying ads1
- No spam1
- Fast community response1
- Good moderators1
- Quick answers from users1
- Good answers1
- User reputation ranking1
- Efficient answers1
- Leading developer community1
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Cons of ReadMe.io
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Cons of ReadMe.io
- Support is awful4
- No backup and restore capability3
- Important parts of the CSS are locked2
- Document structure is severely restricted2
- Full of bugs2
- No notifications of edits by other users2
- Supports only two documents plus a blog1
- Does not support pre-request scripts1
- Random pages display content of other pages instead1
- Review and comment functionality is hard to work with1
- Navigation in user-facing copy is spotty1
- All admins have full editing rights1
Cons of Stack Overflow
- Not welcoming to newbies3
- Unfair downvoting3
- Unfriendly moderators3
- No opinion based questions3
- Mean users3
- Limited to types of questions it can accept2
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What is ReadMe.io?
It is an easy-to-use tool to help you build out documentation! Each documentation site that you publish is a project where there is space for documentation, interactive API reference guides, a changelog, and much more.
What is Stack Overflow?
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. With your help, we're working together to build a library of detailed answers to every question about programming.
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