Comment on YX ProblemparentComments−falserum2ybut it's unfair to the dozens of people who follow in their footsteps and find their question years later.Exactly.In similar fashion: duplicate questions are alternative ways how people can find the question. (I.e. Useful for later searchers)−MisterSandman2yI can see you’re getting downvoted but I 100% agree. StackExchange is so, so bad at this - they will close a question because there’s like a 75% overlap with a different question.−falserum2yDuplicates could be useful if they are properly linked with earlier question/answer. (Something like “import answer” could be useful)
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Exactly.
In similar fashion: duplicate questions are alternative ways how people can find the question. (I.e. Useful for later searchers)
I can see you’re getting downvoted but I 100% agree. StackExchange is so, so bad at this - they will close a question because there’s like a 75% overlap with a different question.
Duplicates could be useful if they are properly linked with earlier question/answer. (Something like “import answer” could be useful)