It seems like Stack&nbsp;Exchange is geared solely towards fact-based answers. This makes some sense, in that it allows answers to stay relevant, whereas opinions can't be viewed as "right" and can change over time.  I want to be able to ask the same people who help me with programming problems questions for which answers would be considered opinions.  Mainly, sometimes I'll name something, and the name feels wrong, but I can't think of what would be a better name, or why. Where can I have these discussions?
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Recently  was "closed as subjective and argumentative".  I wonder, where would you recommend to ask such questions?
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I frequently come across a really useful answer on StackOverflow which has been closed because it doesn't match the Q&amp;A format.  Examples include  ,  ,   ,  and there are others.  Where should this information be exchanged if it's not on stackoverflow?  It seems the moderators are often somewhat overzealous...  ---edit  When I say best, I mean they are informative and useful for someone who's looking for an answer to them.  Even if they do become a bit of a discussion, I value other people's opinions on the relative merits of the different JPA frameworks.  I come here looking to choose one and the answer helps me.  So what if it's not a definitive answer?  ---edit  I don't care how popular a question is, nor how interesting it is.  Users are interested in stuff that's useful to them.  Plenty of those were useful (as judged by the upvotes on the answers: 'This answer is useful'), but closed because they didn't have a definitive answer, as far as I can tell.  ---edit  Seems I'm not the first person to think this: there are various similar questions to mine like this one:   In it the user lists lots of other useful questions which have been closed:                    So isn't there a place on stackoverflow for these questions?  A discussion section, maybe?
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I just found  , and I must say I found it very useful; however, it was closed as "Off topic". Now, it hasn't generated all that many page views, but I would have loved it if it was open, in case something new came up in the past year it was closed.   The "Off topic" specification doesn't exactly explain what the problem is with the question; I see the point for Stack Overflow, given there is no actual coding problem discussed - but a user in that post points out:     (That aside, prepare for your question to be closed, it's a bit too close to "please provide me a list of", which isn't muchly appreciated)   Now, the thing is, a lot of times I actually would appreciate greatly a "provide me a list of" question, like in this case - however, I can see the point in this posting in particular not being on-topic for Stack Overflow.   My question then is - is there a place where such "listing" questions about computer software in general can be asked? I don't think it would fit in programmers.SE, and one may think superuser.com would be appropriate - but then again, its purpose could be understood as specific questions about how to do more advanced stuff with existing software, thereby excluding again listing questions.   If that is so, then where do such question belong? If Super User on the other hand is appropriate, wouldn't the referred post be better off moved to Super User, and opened for contributions there - instead of sitting on Stack Overflow closed?
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I have answered . My answer had links to valuable information in context of the problem, but the conclusion was useless (striked through in my answer). Another user gave correct solution to the problem in question, in the comment to the answer.  I decided to quote his comment, so my answer would be more likely upvoted. (I could say also: to make my answer complete and more informational; but to be honest, in the end it is because of the reputation :) )  Although I quoted it, because of the reputation issue, I'm not sure how ethical it is. On the other hand, reputation is just a mechanism for getting quality answers to clearly stated practical questions, in short for the site to have the qualitiy and valuable practical information.   So, my questions are:   is this action ethical? is this action acceptable? does this action indeed add to the quality of solution of the problem in question (e.g for some unknown (probably, but not neccessary, non SO user) surfer who stumbles upon it searching for the solution)?
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Useful threads are being closed as "not constructive:"     This question is not a good fit to our Q&amp;A format. We expect answers to generally involve facts, references, or specific expertise; this question will likely solicit opinion, debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion. See the .   For example,  was very useful for me since I am new to obfuscation and the question gave me a start. Also that question has lots of votes and bookmarks - these alone are the  markers of usefulness. The question is closed anyway. No idea why.  Same happened to my question, , which received one bookmark immediately.  I was waiting for an answer with the two products downloaded and installed.  I desired that experienced people would share their thoughts and point me to the better one. No. Closed. I.e. I must go to some other forum and ask there or I must search on Google and write down the pros and cons of each myself. I am not asking questions just because I have tons of time and want to chat; I need an answer, that's why I am asking. I am asking because I think that SO has the most professional people to answer and because I didn't find a good answer in Google.  I saw other questions closed which I myself found to be useful and I bookmarked some of the closed questions.  UPDATE  If I want people who have an experience which I do not have with some software products and I want to see which product is better in the terms of usability and reliability, not just better in terms of the price or has a better official website or better described on the official website, how do I ask this question? Or is this a question which I cannot ask on SO? I.e. this sort of information is not available on SO?  Is this one breaking the rules as well:  ?
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I get Stack Overflow (which I'm guessing was the first site?) and Super User, Code Review, and the other sibling site names make sense to me.  But I've never heard of a stack exchange before.  Is a stack exchange a real thing, or is this site's name a combination of Stack Overflow and an exchange of ideas?
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Sometimes you just want to let out some steam, and troll about some technology or software. You are not looking for any answers, but for users with similar experiences and interesting stories. So why not create a separate discussion site (trolling.stackoverflow.com?), where you could ask questions like "why do you hate technology X" or "What are the stupidest bugs you encountered in X"?
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I noticed that  (about basic  syntax) received a lot of downvotes as soon as I posted it. Is there any specific policy against the posting of questions with "obvious" answers on Stack Overflow?  I'm unclear as to why questions with "obvious" answers aren't usually well-received by the community - are beginner questions considered harmful for some reason? ("Obvious" is a relative term, of course - this type of question would be helpful to anyone who was learning C# for the first time, but it wouldn't be helpful to an experienced C# developer.)
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Since the  would it make sense to create a Stack Exchange site dedicated to homework help? It wouldn't have to be limited strictly to homework either, possibly including discussions of puzzles and brain teasers and possible approaches to solving them.  I have a programming background so I would be interested in helping with CS or math related homework, discussions of programming contest problems, etc. Topics don't necessarily have to be related to programming either. That's just where my interests are.  What are your thoughts?
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The stackoverflow.com guidelines request specific questions that programmers would ask, no vague questions that would elicit discussion or debate. But as an architect a lot of my questions are just that. In a lot of cases I'm looking for other professionals opinions on a topic. An example is a question I was planning on asking today: "What are considered the best architectures for high volume data capture?" I have a need to design a system to capture a lot of small data elements and wanted to hear other opinions of the best way to do that.    Is there a Stack Exchange site to discuss those kinds of questions?
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Is developerquestion.com a Stack Exchange ripoff, or is there some valid connection to SE? I.e. does it use the Stack Exchange framework (it really looks very similar)?  Interestingly, it mirrors all the questions of the Stack Exchange sites. Unfortunately, the site does not contain any "about" info at all.
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I have a coding question with two compilable options. I want to ask which is better and why. Code review, programmers, stack exchange...im not really sure? Where is this question appropriate.   It may be an opinion based question and it may not. I don't really know until I know the answer. Like I said, both ways produce the same results, but I don't know which is the better practice.   What site does this belong on?
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"What library can I use to do X?" type of questions are not welcome on Stack Overflow, right?  Even if they are not welcome on SO proper, is there any other SE board where I could ask such questions?
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Was Stack Exchange named after Experts Exchange, or is the former using the word "Exchange" a coincidence?
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SO is not Open-Source, but I like the whole idea of Stack Overflow :   Giving bounties for Questions Up/Downvoting Questions The Badges The intelligent use of Ajax-Technologies Highly Rated users have administrative powers Reputation system Editing posts like a wiki   So I would like to program a (what is it called) Q&amp;A site / board / wiki system. Am I allowed to?
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On a few occasions I've wanted to know about experiences in a certain situation, only to get close votes because the question resembles a similar question answered by hard facts.  On other occasions those same questions are shot down because they are non constructive.  Programming often is not an exact science. There are multiple solutions for a problem and often those solutions all have their pro's and con's.   I do understand why those type of questions can run against some opposition, they do tend to end up in a meta-discussion, actually exactly why meta.stackoverflow.com exists.  My question however is: How would one ask a question of which the answer is highly debatable, even though the opinions of people is actually the answer you are looking for.  Typical examples of this types of questions: - Use REST or SOAP for for a webservice - What is currently the best IDE of choice? - What programming language would currently be best to learn.
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There is so much great information on Stack Exchange. A lot of it one discovers only on a need to know basis when running into a similar situation. I was thinking about a new feature to leverage this.  I think that Stack Exchange holds great value in turning its old questions (which already have answers) into a more direct learning experience. Let us say I'm a user that wants to learn more about a specific topic. SE has some knowledge of my skill level on that topic. If not it can try to estimate it by presenting me with questions which already have answers. If I feel comfortable with answering the questions I receive, and the answers are familiar terrain, I can give feedback on how confident I am in resolving the question and also how entertaining the question is as a learning experience. This way SE can update my skill level and update the difficulty and meta information of the question. With this closed feedback loop it can then continue providing me with questions which are relevant to my skill level. Once I'm at a high skill level it could then occasionally present me with questions which don't have an answer as well.  Do you think this makes sense? Would you use it or do you think it would help attract new users to the site and teach them how to write higher quality answers?