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0 pointssmoyer7y ago0 comments

This is actually a good place to ask important questions that will be closed by the moderators there.

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barrkel7y ago· 2 in thread

In fact these are the only questions I'm really interested in asking of other developers any more, and most of the reason why I almost never ask or reply on SO, despite 37k rep.

It was looser in the earlier days, but I guess moderators wanted easier to evaluate rules, and it's easier for moderators to decide to come down on the side of moderators than people who ask questions and start discussions.

scarejunba7y ago

Makes sense, though, right? They want a Q&A site where you can get definitive answers. This sort of discussion-oriented thing is better suited to a forum with threaded replies and whatnot.

barrkel7y ago

I actually think there ought to be levels, where you can access different kinds of conversations at higher rep levels. Or some other way of gating out clueless people. Noise drowns out signal otherwise.

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