Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow
by chrisjj on Monday July 31, 2023 @07:23PM
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> Strict moderation isn't toxic
SO's toxic moderation isn't strict.
strict
/strɪkt/
adjective
demanding that rules concerning behaviour are obeyed and observed.
Proper moderation for rules can be no more strict than are the rules themselves, and SO's are appallingly slack.
E.g. try and find the rule prohibiting duplicates. Mods have fabricated their own definition: "Questions may be duplicates if they have the same (potential) answers" (verbatim).
Using that bogus grounds to close a question that fully follows the delared rules is, yes, toxic.
SO's toxic moderation isn't strict.
strict /strɪkt/ adjective demanding that rules concerning behaviour are obeyed and observed.
Proper moderation for rules can be no more strict than are the rules themselves, and SO's are appallingly slack.
E.g. try and find the rule prohibiting duplicates. Mods have fabricated their own definition: "Questions may be duplicates if they have the same (potential) answers" (verbatim).
Using that bogus grounds to close a question that fully follows the delared rules is, yes, toxic.