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Closed as not a real question. 150 question upvotes.
by shortstuffsushi 13y ago
Closed as not a real question.
150 question upvotes.
- insteadof 13y agoAsking about the colour of the bikeshed always draws more upvotes and views than a question asking why the screws buckle and eject when the outside temperature reaches 30C but only if the interior is 21C. Popularity does not mean a question is within the scope of the site guidelines.
- frostmatthew 13y ago> Popularity does not mean a question is within the scope of the site guidelines. True, but it might indicate adequate reason for modifying the guidelines.
- m_myers 13y agoThere is a time and a place for everything. For opinion-based questions about programming, that place is http://www.slant.co/ http://www.slant.co/ (not affiliated with Stack Exchange).
- vitd 13y agoI just checked this out and it looks horrible. There are no categories. It's just a long list of unrelated questions, like "What's the best app for listening to music?" and "What's the best 2D graphics and physics engine?" It looks completely unusable.
- praveenhm 13y agoThis is one of the most annoying part of stack overflow,instead of closing the discussion,they should have a provision to move to more opinionated discussion list.
- vitd 13y agoThey do. When you vote to close a question (and anyone can do that, not just moderators), you have to give a reason. One of the predefined reasons is "belongs on SuperUser stack exchange," and another where you can fill in a reason, such as "belongs on Programmer stack exchange." (Programmer is for code review, style questions, opinion-based stuff, etc.)
- mark-r 13y agoMy experience is that programmers.stackexchange is even more militant about closing questions than stackoverflow. I guess they got tired of receiving all of the unwanted garbage and it makes them extra sensitive.