This behavior of bulldozing threads is destroying the community little by little.
I, for instance, can't make a SINGLE thread that is not edited, marked as off-topic, Minus Oned, or another BIASED/SUBJECTIVE reason moderators find to close them.
- It's irritating
- It's disrespectful
- It's unconstructive.
Here's why it is also ridiculous: When a question is flagged as off-topic, instruction-seeking, opinion-magnet, or whatever, you can change a few words on the question and it "loses" the appearance that triggered that flag. This fact exposes the lack of interest in quality, but the clear fixation/obsession on appearances, forms and rituals.
No. That is NOT quality. Not even close.
The OP was sharp on his phrase: "Just because you don't understand a question doesn't automatically make it unclear"
Frank Thomas above also nailed: "I really don't like the idea that somehow superuser's overall "quality" as a Q/A site is based on the quality of other peoples questions/answers rather than on trying to reliably help people with questions find answers"
Well... I don't like either.
But then, there's the other guy above that had the gut to suggest to PENALIZE when someone answers a "off-topic" question.
I find this to be the pinnacle of an unconstructive behavior.
About the edits:
On many cases, all the editor does is altering my writing style to replace by theirs. Changing words that I disagree that give a better meaning, so on. In very few cases (I can't remember one) the changes are technical. I let them edit anyway, even disagreeing. Don't like being seen as stubborn.
Edit:
There you are: a perfect example of one of the "I didn't like your question, so I'm gonna downvote it, bash it, say it's not technical, and say it's not worth answering"
https://superuser.com/questions/1740566/revive-dead-sd-card
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