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Why is "closed as not constructive" sometimes so destructive?
@slhck Maybe I do. But as a matter of fact I will certainly stick to the StackExchange platform because it is very useful. Deleting posts down would be even worse, that is for sure. When I see a closure note I interpret this with "this is bad" and when I then look at it I often must say "this is not really bad" the question and its answers are what I was looking for. I think that was my original reason for this question "Why is ... ?" and it has throughly been answered.
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Why is "closed as not constructive" sometimes so destructive?
I cannot see what is exactly so wrong with this "kind of questions". I like them and many others obviously, too, hence the many upvotes. Few can overule the many upvotes by deciding that a question is not by the rules and vote for closure. I know, I still got something wrong about "topicality" and "good order" and "purpose of this site" and "this is not a forum". So I will give in and stop arguing. But I want to make a point that popularity of questions being closed leaves some bad impression and may drives one (like me) away from this place to a more friendly place.
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Why is "closed as not constructive" sometimes so destructive?
@allquixotic Long answer and it was not TLDR. I read it all and compliment in interpreting my question better than I was able to put it in words (I mean the "unjust world" part). Next time I will come across a question that seems to me unjustly closed (or destructively closed as I phrased it) I will look at it different. I think I tend to the less strict more tolerance policy. The question I referred to was the last out of a row of closed questions I saw that I found unduly closed. This one drove me to action especially as the question was almost identical to the question in my mind.
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Why is "closed as not constructive" sometimes so destructive?
This is an excellent answer. Thank you. Yes, it has been too aspects here: 1) The [closed] looked scary to me and it seems like I am not the only one with that impression 2) The question is bit open and I can see how this does not match the rules but I would like to add that sometimes my question are "open" and I am happy someone asked it before and I can just read the answers. Thanks for the long answer again.
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Why is "closed as not constructive" sometimes so destructive?
Agree my question is ambiguous. Yes, I wonder why this question was closed. Also I wanted to know if other share my impression that closures seem to me more destructive then anything else. I do not know about the reopen mechanism, maybe that would be the right answer to me on how I can deal effectively with such a situation.
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