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Questions that may not necessarily have a clear-cut right or wrong answer and are often subjective. If your question isn't a bug report, feature request, or request for support, it's probably a discussion.

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Why do I feel like I need to be an expert first before asking questions on Stack Overflow?

I found that I had answered (or tried to at least) nearly 100 questions before I found a question that I could ask! Prior to that, each time I thought I had a question to ask, either doing a search o …
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1 vote

Work and Stack Overflow

I've found SO to be very useful and make a point of keeping it open in a separate window at work. If questioned about using it then I think I could quickly provide measureable benefits to management …
4 votes

Why should one vote on questions?

Because it gives postive feedback that you think that it is either a great question. I up vote questions that made me think, even if at first glance it seems a simple subject. Or because no matter w …
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