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Correct. Microsoft did this for Azure support. I had a question, they redirect you to post on SO. And then the question is closed because it's off topic. Now m

Correct. Microsoft did this for Azure support. I had a question, they redirect you to post on SO. And then the question is closed because it's off topic. Now moving to a dedicated Stack Exchange site would be fine (like AskUbuntu). The software is OK, it's just the idiotic mods and hostile users that make SO suck. I asked a question on Server Fault, and 5 years later someone added a helpful, perfect answer (a new library was available that did exactly what I needed). That answer was down voted, and then the user was chastised by someone, telling them off for answering an old question. Bizarre.

tonyedgecombe 12y ago
Strange, I answer old questions all the time.
Kiro 12y ago
> telling them off for answering an old question I find this hard to believe. Link?
- afandian 12y ago
  I'm guessing it was this: http://serverfault.com/questions/23058/linux-equivalent-of-windows-nlb#comment780018_645312 http://serverfault.com/questions/23058/linux-equivalent-of-w... There are a lot of people on Stack Exchange. There's a surprisingly strict adherence to the rules, but it doesn't mean everyone thinks and acts to the same way. Nothing should come as a surprise!
cesarb 12y ago
Strange. There's even a badge (the "Necromancer" badge) for answering an old question: "Answered a question more than 60 days later with score of 5 or more".
- k-mcgrady 12y ago
  I don't think all the badges are for good things. I recently got a 'peer pressure' badge for "Deleted own post with score of -3 or lower."
teh_klev 12y ago
Your post is a "recommend me something to do this" rather than a "I have this specific issue". One of the problems with these types of questions is that they attract "lists of things" answers which are mostly only backed up by links to external sites. Eventually these links rot away and the answers never get any proper love to keep things fresh. Early on SO/SF/SU tried to combat this: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/qa-is-hard-lets-go-shopping/ http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/qa-is-hard-lets-go-sho... The chastisement was probably unfair because John Ranger did attempt to summarise the linked landing page content, however the question probably should have been closed according to [0] to deter more link-only answers: [0[: http://serverfault.com/help/on-topic http://serverfault.com/help/on-topic and it is not about… Product, service, or learning material recommendations YMMV whether you think this is fair nor not, but it's the site/network rules.

tonyedgecombe 12y ago

Strange, I answer old questions all the time.

Kiro 12y ago

> telling them off for answering an old question I find this hard to believe. Link?

afandian 12y ago
I'm guessing it was this: http://serverfault.com/questions/23058/linux-equivalent-of-windows-nlb#comment780018_645312 http://serverfault.com/questions/23058/linux-equivalent-of-w... There are a lot of people on Stack Exchange. There's a surprisingly strict adherence to the rules, but it doesn't mean everyone thinks and acts to the same way. Nothing should come as a surprise!

cesarb 12y ago

Strange. There's even a badge (the "Necromancer" badge) for answering an old question: "Answered a question more than 60 days later with score of 5 or more".

k-mcgrady 12y ago
I don't think all the badges are for good things. I recently got a 'peer pressure' badge for "Deleted own post with score of -3 or lower."

teh_klev 12y ago

Your post is a "recommend me something to do this" rather than a "I have this specific issue". One of the problems with these types of questions is that they attract "lists of things" answers which are mostly only backed up by links to external sites. Eventually these links rot away and the answers never get any proper love to keep things fresh. Early on SO/SF/SU tried to combat this: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/qa-is-hard-lets-go-shopping/ http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/qa-is-hard-lets-go-sho... The chastisement was probably unfair because John Ranger did attempt to summarise the linked landing page content, however the question probably should have been closed according to [0] to deter more link-only answers: [0[: http://serverfault.com/help/on-topic http://serverfault.com/help/on-topic and it is not about… Product, service, or learning material recommendations YMMV whether you think this is fair nor not, but it's the site/network rules.