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The author of the article also sounds like the sort of individual or clique who derail Stack Overflow posts because they feel the premise of the question is wrong (leaving both the original asker and any later reader with their actual problem still unsolved).


Imagine for a moment what SO's signal:noise ratio would look like if people didn't set some sort of bar for quality?


Probably better, honestly, as people would be encouraged to give answers rather than close questions for being duplicates of things they aren't.


Pretty much every closed duplicate I've seen in over 10 years on the platform has been justified.


Exactly what it is?




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