Timeline for answer to Next steps for open-ended questions by LWChris
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| yesterday | comment | added | LWChris | @Berthold I am indeed agreeing that open ended questions could add a field of valuable content. "How do you ... in general" opens up a new field of answers à la "when to use which pattern", a chance to discuss nuances that "How do you ... in my specific case" rarely offers. But what feels half-baked is that the solution for "lacked the moderation and curation options" is "go forward without options". It may well be that the best way to find out which tools are necessary is "as we go", but that call should be made by the mods after discussing that, not the company on their behalf. | |
| Jul 9 at 18:06 | comment | added | SPArcheon | Well, the line "What if I don't think the scope of content allowed on Stack Overflow should be broadened? Put simply, [we right you wrong]" feels VERY condescending, so are you really surprised? | |
| Jul 9 at 17:53 | comment | added | starball Mod | options are (and have long been) presented in the right sidebar: "Hide questions in your ignored tags" | "Gray out questions in your ignored tags", and from a brief test, it appears that they do take precedence over watched tags. | |
| Jul 9 at 17:15 | comment | added | Berthold StaffMod | The decision was to stop making open-ended questions second-class content by hiding it in a corner, letting people pretend it's not there, and not providing the proper tooling to manage it. It sounds like you agree that it deserves a chance to flourish as first-class content. The decision was to do that, and have the community decide on the quality parameters. We're coming out strong on broadening the scope because we feel that is the only viable path for this site. Maybe a line in the sand, but not a bulldozer. You get to drive the heavy equipment here. | |
| Jul 9 at 17:10 | comment | added | LWChris |
I am watching c# and had multiple questions for playwright in my feed. As soon as I ignored playwright, all those questions disappeared. Hence I assumed a match for any ignored tag disqualifies a question to be listed (in the feed, not a search result).
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| Jul 9 at 17:06 | comment | added | Thom A Mod |
Ignored tags have never been hidden, just made less visible. If you don't want them displayed, I suggest using a custom filter, then you can, for example, add and not [advice] to the tag filter.
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| Jul 9 at 16:53 | history | answered | LWChris | CC BY-SA 4.0 |