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10 questions linked to/from Should we stop closing questions?
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How much research effort is expected of Stack Overflow users?
I'm well aware that some research effort is expected of Stack Overflow users before they post any new questions, but I'm not sure just how much research effort is considered adequate.
I asked a ...
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Make Stack Overflow more friendly: remove the stigma of duplicates?
One of the best friendly-fication features on Stack Overflow was this change to duplicate handling, that allows users to take some ownership of the process: New UI encourages askers to confirm or ...
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Why isn't it required to provide comments/feedback for downvotes, and why are proposals suggesting this so negatively received?
Sometimes my post receives downvotes with no explanation on what I've done wrong. Even worse, sometimes I just get snarky comments!
It seems like this is especially bad for new users, who are made to ...
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How long should we wait for a poster to clarify a question before closing?
Many questions in the close vote queue have comments asking for clarification, as well as close votes because they're "unclear" or "too broad" or "off-topic/questions seeking debugging help ...". The ...
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A minor change to the description of the "not an answer" flag: "the question" → "a question"
Every once in a while, which some regularity, somebody on SO completely misreads a question (or is just generally confused or insane or on drugs, or whatever) and posts an answer that has absolutely ...
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Should we change "on hold" to "needs revision" or something similar?
One thing that I like about the Russian Stack Overflow site is how the community, in the process of discussing the translation of the site, has decided to reword some things to make them clearer and/...
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Modernizing curation: A proposal for The Workshop and The Archive
TL;DR: The opinion experiment revealed that users aren't looking for subjective debates; rather, they most often seek detailed explanations. To capture this value, we propose a radical shift: stop ...
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Why should I help close "bad" questions that I think are valid, instead of helping the OP with an answer?
There seems to be a very high bar for contributing to Stack Overflow, especially when it comes to asking questions. These standards can result in serious self-doubt, and seem to be the driving force ...
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Do you agree with Gergely that "Stack Overflow is almost dead"?
Software industry blogger Gergely Orosz claimed that "Stack overflow almost dead" in a 15 May 2025 post.
Today, Stack overflow has almost as few questions asked per month, as when it ...
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How does the continued decline in posts since May '25 influence our interpretation of the state of SO?
I've been noticing stories about how our rate of questions is in significant decline, with an accompanying chart. Specifically, this MSO post from May links to a blog post about how StackOverflow is ...
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