I'd really, really like to see links to specific questions that were closed for allegedly bad reasons. These posts complaining about SO almost never contain the

I'd really, really like to see links to specific questions that were closed for allegedly bad reasons. These posts complaining about SO almost never contain them, so we're only getting half the story. Stack Overflow can be a rather harsh experience if you're unfamiliar with it and have wrong assumptions about how it works. The "wrong assumptions" part is not intended to blame the asker, it's just a fact that SO has some rules that are not obvious if you're used to more forum-like sites. I still find SO very useful, and I have no issue at all with getting questions closed. I may have received a downvote or two that I found unwarranted, but not more. And you don't always get an answer, but that is not that surprising for more specialized questions. It's still the most useful general purpose site for programming questions for me.