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The internet running out of space is a red herring. The concern is a dilution of focus of Stack Overflow.
by recursive 14y ago
The internet running out of space is a red herring. The concern is a dilution of focus of Stack Overflow.
- foxhop 14y agoThe answers and questions were both on topic and related to the sites purpose connecting common programming problems with great programming answers.
- recursive 14y agoFrom the faq: Chatty, open-ended questions diminish the usefulness of our site and push other questions off the front page.
- CamperBob2 14y agoIf you don't like open-ended questions, software development may not be the career for you.
- recursive 14y agoMaybe so. And Stack Overflow may not be the site for you either.
- CamperBob2 14y agoThe internet running out of space is a red herring. The concern is a dilution of focus of Stack Overflow. I see you have the same bad habit I do, which is to hit 'Reply' and start typing after having read the first third of a comment.
- recursive 14y agoI am often guilty of that. In this case, I actually read the whole comment. Apparently I'm not comprehending something.
- CamperBob2 14y agoI followed the red-herring comment with a couple of attempts at identifying the underlying issue and correcting it without engaging in excessive censorship.