Comment by bostonvaulter2
15 years ago
> I still love SO, but am sort of discouraged from starting any discussions unless it's a very direct question.
That is by design and the direction that they want to focus the site.
15 years ago
> I still love SO, but am sort of discouraged from starting any discussions unless it's a very direct question.
That is by design and the direction that they want to focus the site.
Yes and no. While they did want to discourage offtopic and open ended discussions, they say in the last podcast[1] that the community itself took on a much stricter approach than they would have - it's probably why old popular questions are now all closed.
[1]: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/03/se-podcast-31-goodbye-...