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0 pointsnine_k12y ago0 comments

A "not relevant" question is usually not a "bad" question, but just a question that can't have a good, definitive answer. SO are trying to be a site hosting such answers, not discussions.

So opinion-based questions are explicitly unwelcome on SO. They can collect lots of worthy information in comments, so such questions are usually closed but not deleted.

SO even tried to channel the discussions by developing discourse.org so that interested parties can get a them a discussion forum and continue there :)

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jsmeaton12y ago

It was Jeff Atwood (and friends), not SE, that developed discourse. One of the reasons he headed in that direction was because of the discussions that weren't appropriate for SE sites - but it wasn't SE trying to fill the discussion need.

nine_kOP12y ago

Yes: it was owners' efforty, not a community effort.

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jsmeaton12y ago

nine_kOP12y ago

Yes: it was owners' efforty, not a community effort.

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