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## Superior technology

* The site software supports more post types than just Q&A, and multiple Q&A sections with separate labels. This allows each community to organize content, post high-quality information without the need to hew to the Q&A format, set up "staging" areas for questions that might need more work, organize contests or other community events, etc. etc.

* Threaded comments allow users to organize whatever discussion might be necessary, while keeping comment threads hidden behind a title by default to minimize their impact for readers who aren't involved (and don't want to get involved).

* Post reactions allow rapid identification of outdated or dangerous information, even if it represents a popular "hack" or was important to know years ago.

* Wilson scoring on posts gives a more accurate view of quality by implicitly giving dissenting votes more weight, pulling controversial content away from the top (and sometimes bottom).

* The site style sheet allows for useful fancy HTML formatting - in particular, to put text on a shaded background and collapse details - making it easier to skim posts while not omitting useful information completely.

* The "Copy link" option for posts includes a Markdown-formatted version of the link, suitable for immediate use in other posts and comments.

* Reputation is greatly de-emphasized, and a system exists to hand out privileges based on demonstrated skills, talent and dedication *related to the privilege*. There is still much that could be designed or improved in this implementation, but *merely trying* results in something far better than handing curation privileges to someone who asked a single hugely popular question years ago.

## A fresh start

The simple fact of being a relatively new site, with far fewer posts, makes it easier to begin curating a canon of the most useful information on a topic. We also have the benefit of 15+ (now) years of experience from Stack Exchange, to understand what makes for really good questions and answers. If you ask a simple, fundamental question about the essential techniques of a craft (or the basic tenets of a religion, "old chestnut" advice for designers or hobbyists, etc.), you'll have the chance to define the scope of the question really properly, and get answers that don't drown in dozens of random related hints (or restatements of previous answers, or arbitrary combinations of two or three previous answers...).

## Ownership that cares

The Codidact Foundation is made up of people who were dissatisfied with Stack Exchange and determined to do better - starting with a focus on community. This is a somewhat nebulous concept, of course; but you can be assured that they are far more *in touch* with each Codidact community than, say, Stack Exchange staff are with the consensus of curators on Meta Stack Overflow. Individual communities have greater power to tailor their site to their own needs - including in particular the content of the site's Help section.