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recursive on July 16, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Is StackOverflow being ruined by its mods?

From the faq:

Chatty, open-ended questions diminish the usefulness of our site and push other questions off the front page.

CamperBob2 on July 16, 2012 [–]

If you don't like open-ended questions, software development may not be the career for you.

recursive on July 17, 2012 | [–]

Maybe so. And Stack Overflow may not be the site for you either.

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