Yes there definitely seems to be a very bizarre criteria for questions that I have never been able to parse. I often see questions closed as duplicates of anoth

Yes there definitely seems to be a very bizarre criteria for questions that I have never been able to parse. I often see questions closed as duplicates of another, when they are definitely not. As you said, I have come across exact questions that I have had, but they were closed three years ago as being too specific. Questions will be marked closed as being “too opinion based” when it’s a question like “why are singletons considered something that should be avoided? Can someone provide me an example of a situation in which using one would be bad?” I feel like the main goal of SO is to close questions without answering them unless someone sneaks in a good answer before it’s closed.