- The functionality of Q/A seems to be exactly the same
- The visual design is almost indistinguishable from that of StackOverflow
- The classification of questions (votes/answers/views with tags) is identical
- The badges that users can earn is a blatant copy from SO
- "First time here? Check out the FAQ!". Hmmm, where have I seen that before...?
- etc.
There may be some examples where the derivative vs. knock-off classification is debatable, but here, for me, the answer is clear.
Please note that I'm not making a judgement on whether this is better or worse than SO, and I'm not making a judgement on the skills of the developers. Building something that clearly builds on someone else's work without any attribution that I could see, leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Unless of course I don't know the whole story and SO ripped of someone else. I'm awaiting enlightenment...
- The functionality of Q/A seems to be exactly the same - The visual design is almost indistinguishable from that of StackOverflow - The classification of questions (votes/answers/views with tags) is identical - The badges that users can earn is a blatant copy from SO - "First time here? Check out the FAQ!". Hmmm, where have I seen that before...? - etc.
There may be some examples where the derivative vs. knock-off classification is debatable, but here, for me, the answer is clear.
Please note that I'm not making a judgement on whether this is better or worse than SO, and I'm not making a judgement on the skills of the developers. Building something that clearly builds on someone else's work without any attribution that I could see, leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Unless of course I don't know the whole story and SO ripped of someone else. I'm awaiting enlightenment...