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by Daishiman 978 days ago
The moderation policies that lead to this are the product of SO's management.
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Agree completely. They did the same thing with discourse. The type of thinking I classify as "I'm smarter than my users".

Draconian limits on even slightly adjacent questions in SO are basically the same thinking that led them to prevent posting on a Discourse thread _in private instances_ unless your answer has the number of words they think you should use.

And they of course justify it by saying their "research" says this will create a "healthier" community which is of course bullshit.