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As noted in my other Meta Q Why is the culture here so broken?, I'm seeing lots of questions being close-voted by high-reputation users who clearly do not understand the question, are intolerantly devoted to their own foibles on these issues, and are unwilling to consider even scholarly evidence against their reasoning. For this reason, I think the number of ...
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I'm a keen SE reviewer, and I have certainly noticed the difference on EL&U in the elimination of massive close queues. But there's an outcome that seems to have received little attention: fewer bad questions getting answers.
It's an unfortunate fact that a number of users, even some with high rep, will leap to answer a question but ignore its obvious ...
answered Jul 6 at 6:01
Chappo Hasn't Forgotten Monica
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I'd like to post an answer from the viewpoint of a relative outsider. (For context, I'm on-and-off active in ELU's review queues, with 3 Steward badges here, but I have less than 5k rep and less than 100 posts, almost all answers. On other sites I have two moderator diamonds and 335k network reputation.)
Asking a question on ELU is a daunting prospect. I ...
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