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| Sep 24, 2012 at 20:46 | comment | added | Rubber Duck | The meta users are downvoting simply because you question them. This is a great way to handle this situation; downvotes for this show the power-trip PS meta users are on. | |
| Sep 12, 2012 at 20:00 | comment | added | Neutrino | I completely agree. What is the point of having Programmers at all if anything chatty or subjective is going to get closed, when there is already Stack Exchange that already has the exact same mandate? I thought the whole point of Programmers was to provide a place for the more subjective stuff to live. And if the subjective stuff doesn't live here then where else should it go? | |
| Sep 4, 2012 at 18:47 | comment | added | yannis Mod | If the responders usually admit that "it depends on your circumstances", what's the point of the question to begin with? How is that useful to anyone? | |
| Sep 4, 2012 at 18:24 | comment | added | John Fitzpatrick | Hi Yannis. I'm not talking about what's "best" or "bad". I just mean objective discussions of a technology's merits. As a matter of fact, most of the closed posts that I've found valuable have not dwelled on good or bad, and the responders usually admit that "it depends on your circumstances". And regarding "debate", even the answers to purely tech questions can be debated. | |
| Sep 4, 2012 at 18:20 | comment | added | yannis Mod |
It really needs a place to happen, and SE is the place because that's where the People Who Know are all hanging out now. And why you think that is? Could it be because this isn't a typical programming forum, full of pointless debates on foo vs bar, and what's "best"? There are a million other places out there where people can ask open ended questions, why do you think the "People Who Know" are here and not there?
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| Sep 4, 2012 at 18:05 | history | answered | John Fitzpatrick | CC BY-SA 3.0 |