Ask HN: If a framework has a lot of questions on SO, is that a good thing?

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While reading a framework comparison, I came upon an interesting value judgement. The author noted one framework had generated more StackOverflow questions & Google queries, and used this as evidence of it having a stronger community. Now, it seems possible that a more complex framework would naturally generate more questions & queries. What are your thoughts?

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I think it is possible this could speak to a frameworks complexity, flexibility, or lack of documentation. Only one of those things is inherently negative so I would be inclined to appreciate a framework that had a larger presence on google and SO. I speak from my experience with angularJS. I spent time research Angular, Ember, and backbone a while back and went with angular because of its popularity and large presence on SO.

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