gwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoWould it make sense to have a list of "Retired Questions"? - Questions asked so often and with no real change in answers that they're deleted on sight - if so, what questions would you pick?message-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareWould it make sense to have a list of "Retired Questions"? - Questions asked so often and with no real change in answers that they're deleted on sight - if so, what questions would you pick?gwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoHave a pinned thread with links to those questions.
minus-squarecattywampas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 days agoSo that in the future somebody asking a question can go read five year old responses? No thanks. Why not encourage new discussion even if the question’s been asked before?
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 days ago go read five year old responses What’s keeping the responses at 5 years? If there’s a new update to the established answer, the pinned one is the place to update that. It’s okay for things to be older than 3 months.
Have a pinned thread with links to those questions.
So that in the future somebody asking a question can go read five year old responses? No thanks. Why not encourage new discussion even if the question’s been asked before?
What’s keeping the responses at 5 years? If there’s a new update to the established answer, the pinned one is the place to update that.
It’s okay for things to be older than 3 months.