Re:Strange and maddening rules
by rrauenza on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @12:33PM
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There is also a tendency to try to mark something off-topic as quickly as possible... occasionally you see this in the Hot Question feed. A good question was initially voted to be off topic.
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Re:Strange and maddening rules
by cnaeotnh34nh on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @06:27PM
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I saw this once with a question where some kid was asking about something wildly off-topic like how to make friends or meet a girl or something. Tons of people jumped in to answer. It was quickly closed, and rightfully so despite being interesting to the readers of the site, as it has nothing whatsoever to do with programming. Being a hot question doesn't suddenly make it on topic.