"Hacker-news, however, is more free-form and definitely much better for "need advice" type questions with highly subjective answers." Assuming the question doe

"Hacker-news, however, is more free-form and definitely much better for "need advice" type questions with highly subjective answers." Assuming the question doesn't drop past the second page or so before someone who is interested in the question sees it. But yeah, is it is seen and kept alive for a few minutes, the discussion is potentially very useful.