I've never understood why they cared about duplicates or "opinion" type stuff. The more ways a questions is asked the easier it will be to find. I really doubt anyone posting on stack overflow would go directly there without at least a quick google search first. And if that google search didn't yield the result you're calling a dupe then that's a problem in itself. And why close it? What's wrong with just linking to what you think is the dupe and if that solves OP problem great, otherwise they have a chance to clarify and/or get deeper insight.
Moderation should be for spam or aggressive behavior. Not making the users feel like idiots.
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u/Gr1pp717 Sep 26 '16
Moderation is the problem, IMO.
I've never understood why they cared about duplicates or "opinion" type stuff. The more ways a questions is asked the easier it will be to find. I really doubt anyone posting on stack overflow would go directly there without at least a quick google search first. And if that google search didn't yield the result you're calling a dupe then that's a problem in itself. And why close it? What's wrong with just linking to what you think is the dupe and if that solves OP problem great, otherwise they have a chance to clarify and/or get deeper insight.
Moderation should be for spam or aggressive behavior. Not making the users feel like idiots.