Do we need a JavaScriptHelp subreddit?
Seems like almost every post in this subreddit is about very basic help questions regarding someone's blog site or bootcamp homework project.
I can't be the only subscriber here who doesn't want to see this. I'm here for JavaScript news, cool libraries, new developments, etc. This subreddit isn't StackOverflow. Am I wrong? If so, please point me to the right subreddit.
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So if these resources exist, why don't the /r/JavaScript mods require all help topics to be posted there?
p0tent1al 9 points · Aug 2017
This isn't feasible. Even big subreddits like /r/apple allow newbies to make comments. I personally don't come here just to hear about new libraries and updates to existing ones... if anything, if all you want to hear about is stuff like that, then there's probably a better place for you.
A normal Javascript developer probably shouldn't be wanting to hear about new packages and new ways to do stuff constantly. You pick paradigms and then you buckle down and stick to them. So you're most likely the outlier.
The mods could institute more aggressive tagging of topics so people can sort, but that's a lot of effort on mods to enforce rules like that. Some subreddits have the manpower to get it done, who knows if /r/javascript does, is even wiling, or if it's even necessary.
[deleted] 11 points · Aug 2017
/r/programming and /r/java both do this so I don't buy the argument that it's not feasible.
If you know of a news aggregator like this, I'd love to hear it.
Wow, if that's your attitude then good luck, but it's kind of ridiculous to say that JS programmers don't want to learn about what's on the horizon or what's big in the community right now.
jarail 3 points · Aug 2017
I absolutely love the Web Development Reading List (WDRL) newsletter. The guy (Anselm Hannemann) puts it out about once a week. When I'm really on-the-ball reading everything on my coding subreddits, hacker news, github, etc, the newsletter is a nice recap. He honestly doesn't miss much noteworthy stuff.
Latest issue is 195 but doesn't have a big JavaScript section. Check last week's 194 for a better example of JavaScript news. You can read online or sub for email delivery (I do).