A lot of people didn't see the problem in splitting the horde of websites into categories (Yahoo! directory) before Google came along. I actually agree with th

A lot of people didn't see the problem in splitting the horde of websites into categories (Yahoo! directory) before Google came along. I actually agree with the demarcation between sites for some of these concepts, as it gives opinion and other background concepts a place to flourish (cf, programmers stack exchange). But this tendency to want to create a perfect little taxonomy and then track down every bit that defies your view of that taxonomy is an unfortunate side effect, IMO. It happens far too frequently that good questions get knocked down that hole inappropriately, and it's never a good experience for the users when it does. I'm honestly surprised that the site has never found a better way to deal with the problem. When most users who encounter a problem like this for the first time feel insult at the site's action, perhaps there could be a gentler way of redirecting their energy?