Stuck due to “knowing too much”

Re:Stuck due to “knowing too much” by JohnMcG on Tuesday May 29, 2012 @04:56PM (#4039841)

Speaking for myself, clicking on a "chat" link crosses a threshold for me from "I'm taking a break and checking stuff out" to "I'm goofing off." Maybe I'm kidding myself that my checking out SE threads isn't goofing off, but once I enter something called "chat" there's no way I can suspend my disbelief, so I don't do it.

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Re:Stuck due to “knowing too much” by yrizos on Tuesday May 29, 2012 @05:13PM (#4039944)

Heh ;)

So, you're goofing off on chat, a discussion oriented medium, and not on Stack Exchange, a platform that's feverishly against discussions.

But on more than one occasion you've asked for Stack Exchange to change it's stance on discussion oriented questions and become more discussion friendly. Assuming that happens, how soon do you think it'll be before you dismiss Stack Exchange as goofing off?

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Re:Stuck due to “knowing too much” by JohnMcG on Tuesday May 29, 2012 @05:18PM (#4039984)

It's all about plausible deniability....

Seriously, I don't think I would dismiss the whole of SE as goofing off if its scope boundaries were relaxed a bit.

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