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Re:Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming – It’s Time for That ... by galangalalgol on Friday April 27, 2018 @08:32AM (#16940290)
This removes a great deal of utility from the site. The majority of value in the site is not answering one individuals question at a time. Every single time I ask the search engine a programming question SO pops up as the first result. Most of the time that link has the answer I need, but every single time the conversation has violated some inane rule and has been shut down. Every single time. The rules are wrong, it is that simple.
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Re:Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming – It’s Time for That ... by mistermann on Friday April 27, 2018 @10:00AM (#16940797)
> Most of the time that link has the answer I need, but every single time the conversation has violated some inane rule and has been shut down. Every single time. The rules are wrong, it is that simple.

Not 100% for me, but easily 30%. And you can almost taste the authoritarian arrogance dripping from the moderators words. I was disappointed this incredibly negative aspect of the site wasn't even mentioned in the post.

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