Kind of like how the zero-tolerance of the HN community for joke-y / quick-take comments kills the fun sometimes—but also means that people (like me who came here from Reddit and discovered what wasn't welcome right quick) learn the culture, and get to remain part of the culture we signed up for rather than something that morphs over time to the lowest common denominator.
Honest questions getting downvoted, closed for being too broad, duplicates or just "Wrong" in the eyes of overzealous long time members
There's nothing wrong with duplicates
If they weren't doing it, then quality of SO would decrease for all of us.
It's in our interest to have strict mods on SO
You haven't seen a question closed as a duplicate when it was clear that time or details had made the linked question not an actual duplicate?
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Kind of like how the zero-tolerance of the HN community for joke-y / quick-take comments kills the fun sometimes—but also means that people (like me who came here from Reddit and discovered what wasn't welcome right quick) learn the culture, and get to remain part of the culture we signed up for rather than something that morphs over time to the lowest common denominator.