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Feel free to drop links to your said questions. Often it's just vague allegations with little evidence. Getting something closed as a duplicate shouldn't be ta
by matsemann 3y ago
Feel free to drop links to your said questions. Often it's just vague allegations with little evidence.
Getting something closed as a duplicate shouldn't be taken as a slight. It's often good that various formulations of a question then can point to the same answer. Or if the answer to the other question answers yours, isn't it just good that you and other people will be directed there? It's a Q&A site, not a forum. Which question stands doesn't matter except for feelings.
Same with your vague or clarity. It's Q&A, not a forum with back and forth discussions. It's just not a right fit. You might think that's not how you'd like the site to be, but it is how it is. It's not overzealous moderators closing it.
- dclowd9901 3y agoAnd the site is dying as a result. That fact alone makes your point moot.
- user_7832 3y agoNot the person you replied to but StackOverflow is ridiculously hostile to new users including formerly me. I have over 2k points on HN and much more on reddit. I've spent much more time on SE than on HN but I don't even bother contributing because the times I tried it, it went nowhere.
- int_19h 3y agoI've been on StackOverflow for almost 15 years now, with 100k reputation (mostly from old answers). I can tell you that I routinely run into examples of what GP described while searching for answers - it happens quite often that search engine produces link to an SO question that is about the same exact thing I'm investigating, and it's a well-written question covering the details and various explored avenues... and it's closed as "duplicate" of something that isn't actually relevant.
- IshKebab 3y agoIt's in my real name so I don't want to link any of my questions, but I'll start keeping a list for when this comes up next.