Edit: honestly all excellent answers for a question I honestly didn’t put much thought into
No, because there are always new users who haven’t seen the question yet.
As a mod ,this is my logic too. Questions aren’t posted for me to read something new. Questions are posted because (hopefully) the poster wants to learn something new. And new readers might benefit as well.
Plus, if a question were to be repeated by many users over a long period of time, it could always be stickied.Ah. The “eternal September” problem.
I understand this from a moderator and frequent user perspective, but I’d warn for the slippery slope. If the goal is to build a community, then this is a bad approach as it alienates new users and people who haven’t visited much. Might as well automate a lmgtfy link for every question at that point, or an automated search for askreddit sorted by top and direct them there…
I love the way people seem to think they are obligated to answer a question they don’t think others should be allowed to ask. As if reading the question and moving along is such a huge burden. LOL.
No, I think there’s always merit in new discussion. Perspectives and answers shift over time, so a question asked this year might have very different responders and responses 10 years from now.
Take an open question like “What is your go-to TV series/movie/game/book that you recommend?” A discussion on that topic that is 10 years old isn’t as valuable as one asked today, because new media will have released and older media will be recontextualized. Even if a lot of the answers are still recommending timeless classics.
And I also wouldn’t trust moderators not to be heavy-handed with posts that are “close enough” but not quite the same. A question like “How do you deal with the loss of a loved one” versus “How do you support someone going through a great loss” might seem similar, but are targeting two different purposes.
You mean like Google?
I haven’t seen the same question repeated outside of some users asking the same question in new wrapping periodically (Looking at you, /u/Grimreaper@sopuli.xyz . “Why don’t people hate teenage superheroes who date with an age gap and engage in street racing?”)
I hate to say it but this is a good use case for AI filtering. it could filter content we’re already familiar with yet allowing it through once the content changes enough to warrant some threshold of new learning. It’d help older folks from nlt getting left in the dust by these young whipper-snappers.
How about just let users vote on the submissions, or better yet just don’t engage if you don’t want to?
Nothing I suggested prevents that.
Nah. Mods can do it easier and quicker.
