Timeline for What algorithm does Stack Exchange use to determine if a question may be subjective?
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| Nov 17, 2021 at 16:35 | comment | added | V2Blast StaffMod | Though the Uservoice link no longer works, there's also an answer by Jeff Atwood on another MSE post (that was closed as a duplicate of this one) that includes the same regex. | |
| Mar 25, 2016 at 19:22 | history | edited | M.A.R. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 15, 2009 at 17:37 | comment | added | Pollyanna | We're arguing about the ambiguities of the english language here. "You" refers to an individual implementation of the solution. "How do you do x?" is different than "How should x be done?" in terms of objectivity. "you" allows answers that are not the best, merely the way a particular given programmer does it. "should" refers to ideal or best practices. Keep in mind that this is a list of words that often occur in question titles that are marked as "subjective" by the moderators - it doesn't mean that "you" cannot be used - it's a warning to make one think about the question critically. | |
| Oct 15, 2009 at 14:02 | comment | added | David Thornley | @Tyler: It's a heuristic. It isn't perfect. Nothing like this can be. "Most difficult area to program in" is subjective. "Most difficult problems in NP" is objective - it's the NP-hard ones. | |
| Oct 15, 2009 at 10:23 | comment | added | hyperslug | @Dour, if "you" is plural it wasn't directed at Dour, it was directed at everyone. | |
| Sep 3, 2009 at 21:21 | comment | added | Dour High Arch | Not silly at all. The way I do X may be completely irrelevant to the way you would do X. If there's only one way to X, or you want a way that works for everyone, don't ask how "I" do it. | |
| Sep 3, 2009 at 19:30 | comment | added | Tyler McHenry | Seems a little silly to have "you" in the match list since it will match plenty of non-subjective titles having the form "How do you (do X)?" | |
| Sep 3, 2009 at 19:26 | history | migrated | from stackoverflow.com (revisions) | ||
| May 6, 2009 at 16:24 | comment | added | Darren Kopp | i'll upvote you for being correct, though i'm surprised how close i actually was. | |
| May 1, 2009 at 16:47 | history | answered | Pollyanna | CC BY-SA 2.5 |