Comment on Why Stack Overflow Sucks (2012)Comments−prohor12ySomething I start to notice that more and more questions are being closed as duplicate pointing to another question which only sounds similar but when you look deeper it is different.−egoebelbecker12yI see this often too, usually when Google brings me in via the "duplicate" question. I end up steered to a question that is kinda close, but no cigar.But these moderators have a job to do. If they allow too many "duplicates" SO might run out of drive space or something.
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Something I start to notice that more and more questions are being closed as duplicate pointing to another question which only sounds similar but when you look deeper it is different.
I see this often too, usually when Google brings me in via the "duplicate" question. I end up steered to a question that is kinda close, but no cigar.
But these moderators have a job to do. If they allow too many "duplicates" SO might run out of drive space or something.