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Comment by selcuka

3 years ago

It is ironic that many questions on Stack Overflow are about various cloud services, hyped-up technologies, and problems caused by over-engineering.

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didntreadarticl  3 years ago

various cloud services

This question does not appear to be about programming, Closed.

hyped-up technologies

subjective, Closed

problems caused by over-engineering

Opinion-based, Closed.

  • motoxpro  3 years ago

    I know you were joking but I am so glad stuff like that is not on SO. It would look like Quora which is the scourge of the internet.

    • rhaway84773  3 years ago

      This! Quora is a great example of what SO would be if it wasn’t for their moderation.

      That being said, I think most would agree it might have gone too far and there may be value in trying to tweak it a bit to make it easier to contribute.

docandrew  3 years ago

I’m always puzzled when I’m using SO to help diagnose some obscure problem in my tech stack and I see a bunch of “hot questions” in the sidebar about whether dwarf armor can deflect magic bullets, or what the energy capacity of a Stormtrooper’s laser rifle is, etc.

  • docandrew  3 years ago

    Not knocking any interest, just really curious that there is such a wide range of topics on there.

    • selcuka  3 years ago

      Those are not Stack Overflow questions. Stack Overflow is strictly for programming questions. They are from other sites that are also part of Stack Exchange.