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There might be some users wanting joke threads on HN but there's a massive number of people who feel closed questions on SO are a problem. It's a very well know

There might be some users wanting joke threads on HN but there's a massive number of people who feel closed questions on SO are a problem. It's a very well known issue in our industry. > Don't blame the mods for keeping the site at the intended focus. For better or for worse, the users are going to blame the mods for this since they're the ones closing the questions.

olavk 9y ago
Questions are closed by voting just as they can be reopened by voting. You do need a certain level of rep to vote either way. So the closing and reopening trends for better or worse reflects the community using SO, not just some cabal of mods. A closed question only needs 5 votes to reopen, if I remember correctly. So if there are massive amounts of people who wants a question reopened it should be possible. Not disputing some people are overzealously closing qestions, and this problem should be addressed - just saying it is just as easy to vote against closing.