Perhaps the best place to get programming tips/help is
http://stackoverflow.com/.
What makes the site so effective, is its "moderation" or editting system. This type of system, generically called a Reputaion system, is based on the user rating of the quality of the question or answer. Higher ratings cause the content to bubble up.
I first became a fan of such a system on perlmonks.org, a site for perl questions. The format really broke out when it was implemented with a beautiful UI on Digg.com for any type user submited content.
These systems quality can vary depending on the behavior of the community. XKCD riffed on this. I am fascinated that these system generally produce very high quality results, even when it is known that you can game these systems. A good read on this topic is "The Wisdom of Crowds".
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