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The amusing thing to me is that the question was closed as offtopic. Stackexchange is slowly turning into a Usenet/Wikipedia hybrid.
by Duff 15y ago
The amusing thing to me is that the question was closed as offtopic. Stackexchange is slowly turning into a Usenet/Wikipedia hybrid.
- Apocryphon 15y agoAll of the best StackExchange questions are the ones that are closed for being too chatty.
- chrisbennet 15y agoUm, that's what is supposed to be. It is not a chat room. It's a place to get answers (or give them). "All questions on Stack Exchange are expected to be objective and have concrete answers; we’re not a place for conversation, opinions, or socializing. We also expect questions to represent real problems, not just imponderables, hypotheticals, or requests for opinions."
- Duff 15y agoThe top voted, open question on that particular SE site is "What should a developer know before building a public web site?" I'm a huge fan of SE, I just find the random prickyness of shutting stuff down without editing annoying.
- robryan 15y agoI think they miss out on an opportunity there, just tag them differently or put them in a different section or something. The question and answer stuff is great for searching but when you have put together such a knowledgeable community it seems like a waste not to allow them to engage on topics like this.