This is the most recent question I was thinking of: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/62222/centos-or-debian-as-a-server-os http://stackoverflow.com/questions

This is the most recent question I was thinking of: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/62222/centos-or-debian-as-a-server-os http://stackoverflow.com/questions/62222/centos-or-debian-as... But looking through my history, I was slightly incorrect-- at least one was closed as "not constructive" rather than "off-topic." (I remembered incorrectly because it's true the question is not about programming specifically) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3630506/benefits-of-ebs-vs-instance-store-and-vice-versa http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3630506/benefits-of-ebs-v... The question resulted in answers based on facts and expertise that I found extremely helpful. It was almost exactly what I was looking for when I put the search into google. The question got 161 upvotes and the best answer got 150. The most upvoted answer included 6 factual statements, 1 assertive opinion, and 1 testimonial. Here's an example of a question closed as off-topic from serverfault. I honestly have no idea why, or where such a question should be asked: http://serverfault.com/questions/5111/how-to-test-real-network-throughput-between-two-points http://serverfault.com/questions/5111/how-to-test-real-netwo... Once again, I found it on a google search and the first answer had exactly what I was looking for. Minutes later I had downloaded iperf and had used it to run the tests I wanted to run. Yet the question is locked with a disclaimer about how it's only preserved for legacy reasons and it's not on-topic for the site. To be clear, I don't have a strong preference for where these questions get asked and answered so long as the answers are high-quality and an itinerant surfer like me can find them and active+fruitful discussions don't get permanently squashed because the question caused a red-flag in some moderators pruning algorithm.