[doomrobo]

The most common reason for closure I see is "not constructive." And yet the links of these "not constructive" post have great answers that are then linked to in sites like these. SO's rules are very clear and I understand their reasoning for closing things, mostly because It's a Q&A site. End of story. So could it be that the users are purposely being ignorant of the rules with the knowledge that if it's a good, albeit potentially not constructive, question that it will be answered? Maybe another site more suited to these questions would be more appropriate. Just thinking out loud.

[readme]

Not constructive is often the reason given when a question is subjective. SO is not meant for subjective questions. It's specifically for problems encountered while trying to accomplish some goal.

I've been on SO for a while and have a good amount of karma there. I think another site couldn't replace SO for these closed questions, (there's quora, already, anyway). There is some culture around this: you can post a subjective, or even funny question, and get away with it for a bit, depending on your reputation on the site/who you are etc. The community produces these questions and answers, so merely using a different website purposed for this case wouldn't work, since it would require the SO community to generate the content, and you wouldn't have that.