It's extremely frustrating. I used to look forward to finding a Stack Overflow link in my google search results. Now, I can pretty much predict that the topic w

It's extremely frustrating. I used to look forward to finding a Stack Overflow link in my google search results. Now, I can pretty much predict that the topic will be closed based on how interesting the title looks. I've actually been collecting all the annoyingly closed discussions I've run across in everyday internet browsing: https://pinboard.in/u:zpinter/t:closed/t:stackoverflow https://pinboard.in/u:zpinter/t:closed/t:stackoverflow On the bright side, StackOverflow content is available via data dumps and an API. Combined with the fact that they use OpenID logins, I've been tempted to setup a domain that matches stack exchange urls and automatically pulls in content for closed topics to continue the discussion. Something like: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/316265/tricks-to-speed-up-eclipse http://stackoverflow.com/questions/316265/tricks-to-speed-up... to http://stackoverflow.whyyouclosethis.com/questions/316265/tricks-to-speed-up-eclipse http://stackoverflow.whyyouclosethis.com/questions/316265/tr... However, it really seems crazy that StackOverflow itself can't find a way to incorporate these types of questions into their ecosystem. There's clearly a demand. Whether or not they want it to be the core focus, they've got a community that's interested in these discussions. They really should find a way (even if it means moving them to an off-topic section) to allow it.