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They are a user, they choose to moderate or not, forcing people in this way to contribute only in a very specific way means, less users ...

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But better more consistent data - which is what I want from SO.

However SO Inc wants money and so more users.

citation needed that it actually provides better more consistent data. all it leads to is a flood of closed articles in Google search results. no curation whatsoever

If a question is closed as a duplicate it provides a link to the question it is a duplicate of and you can see the answer there.

You can"t expect the answerer to answer each individual question which is the same, especially as the answer might have been given over 10 yuears ago?

What do you expect a good answerer to do with a question asked for the hundredth time?

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