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"Good"? "Bad"? How could one possibly make such a decision for something as huge and diverse as Stackoverflow? Lists of positives and negatives? Sure. Sweep
by oldmancoyote 8y ago
"Good"? "Bad"? How could one possibly make such a decision for something as huge and diverse as Stackoverflow? Lists of positives and negatives? Sure. Sweeping judgements? No.
- yesenadam 8y agoWell, one could express an opinion, and reasons for it. Why not. Incidentally, questions like this that ask for opinion are not welcome on SO and the SE sites, although it's hard not to notice that most of the best, most useful questions ask for opinion (e.g. best books on a certain topic) and are rapidly closed for not being appropriate. e.g. https://mathoverflow.net/questions/43690/whats-a-mathematician-to-do/44213#44213 https://mathoverflow.net/questions/43690/whats-a-mathematici... Question 'with no right answer' not closed because asked by a famous mathematician i.e. Thurston. https://mathoverflow.net/questions/38639/thinking-and-explaining https://mathoverflow.net/questions/38639/thinking-and-explai...
- jamieweb 8y agoI like those examples. Another downfall is when you want a more modern answer to a previously posted question. It will no doubt be marked as a duplicate, even though the original from 8 years ago doesn't have any answers useful in 2018.