Timeline for How do I recommend software in my answers?
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| Mar 20, 2017 at 10:18 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Mar 17, 2017 at 10:12 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| May 12, 2015 at 22:39 | comment | added | Mokubai Mod | I'm not entirely sure what you are saying. You seem to imply that we are intentionally persecuting you because we have rules on topicality and do not want the site to degrade into a mash of "what's your favourite tool to do X?" type questions. Would you expect to go to a site about cookery and be welcomed with open arms as you spoke about Bose-Einstein Condensates? No, the site would tell you to look elsewhere, just like we have decided that software recommendations are off topic. We are not persecuting you, we are just asking you to look elsewhere to ask that sort of question. | |
| May 12, 2015 at 17:44 | comment | added | fixer1234 | If your car needed its transmission fixed, would you take it to a tire store? Each SE site is a specialty shop. Defining the scope of what is on-topic at each site & having quality rules is part of what make the sites a place to go for information in an efficient form. If what you're looking for is unrestricted brain vomit so you can wade through it looking for useful nuggets, there are plenty of forums. SU is not a forum. The model is more akin to creating a textbook. When is the last time you saw a textbook packed with random thoughts and graffiti to promote free expression? | |
| May 12, 2015 at 12:43 | comment | added | James Mertz | The reasoning behind such a strong stance here is that 99% of the time when a question asked for specific software the answers became outdated and were just links or very low quality answers. More importantly asking for software that does XX doesn't really solve the root issue the OP has. The idea here isn't to be a dictatorship but rather to adhere to a level of quality unmatched anywhere else. | |
| May 12, 2015 at 10:11 | history | edited | Michel Merlin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 12, 2015 at 9:50 | history | answered | Michel Merlin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |