StackOverflow would always shoot down "low quality questions" because they were trying to build an archive of high quality questions and answers that search engines could direct people to.
But what if they had allowed poor questions? Or had a feature about improving people's questions? What kind of website (and site culture) would they have made? People with poor questions still have questions that need answers.
Al Sweigart
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2025-11-25 23:59:43 UTC
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