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StackExchange has always been about having high-quality content. A requirement for high-quality content necessitates that some people will be filtered out. I consider this filter to be the defining feature of Stack Exchange and not a bug to be eliminated.
– MechMK1
Commented Jan 23, 2020 at 12:31
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True. But this place also added gamification as motivation factor. Also from early on. And that immediately raises the conflict between upholding quality and "upvotes upvotes upvotes".
– GhostCat
Commented Jan 23, 2020 at 12:35
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@MechMK1, but that defining feature makes Stack Exchange to be a "non welcoming" to "toxic" environment for help vampires.
– Bart van Ingen Schenau
Commented Jan 23, 2020 at 12:36
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@BartvanIngenSchenau Toxic for the vampires (I smell garlic), but also hard for "first day beginners".
– GhostCat
Commented Jan 23, 2020 at 12:38
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@GhostCatsalutesMonicaC. I agree, which is why I think the actual problem is "Beginners don't know how to write high-quality content" and not "The community reacts badly to low-quality content".
– MechMK1
Commented Jan 23, 2020 at 12:49
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But I think some of the criticism is valid. If some high-rep user can't be bothered to actually read the question, just skims for keywords, and unjustly closes it, it is far too difficult to have the closing reversed.
– This_is_NOT_a_forum
Commented Jan 23, 2020 at 23:55
@PeterMortensen True. Added another paragraph to cover that part.
– GhostCat
Commented Jan 24, 2020 at 8:11
SO has loads of "high quality" content. Its getting less and less userful, I can see why some consider SO harmful. popular votes are not the same as curation for quality.
– gbjbaanb
Commented Jan 24, 2020 at 11:54
@gbjbaanb That would be the next level I guess. Some way where maybe 5 or 10 gold badge holders for a tag ... can force that some answer gets a big warning sign on it.
– GhostCat
Commented Jan 24, 2020 at 15:00

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