First, let me say, thank you. A cleanup is sorely needed.

Bad Question: The lifecycle of "cool"

It's bad because it takes 271 words to expand upon a flawed premise (that people only use Textmate and jQuery because of herd behavior) only to ask two questions that essentially amount to "aren't I right? Why am I right?" There are a lot of questions like this on Programmers.SE, and they only serve to provide an outlet to people who want to rant.

Good Question: Job hopping, is it a problem?

It's a question about programmers that isn't programming, doesn't pre-suppose a worldview in the question, and can elicit dozens of good answers without having a definitive one. If only all questions on Programmers.SE were like it.

Basically, beyond the "getting to know you" style questions, the bad questions on Programmers.SE are the ones that pre-suppose a worldview and ask for confirmation or reasons why that worldview is correct. The only thing they succeed in doing is re-hashing the talking points for the position the asker espouses and pissing off everyone who doesn't agree.

First, let me say, thank you. A cleanup is sorely needed.

Bad Question: The lifecycle of "cool"

It's bad because it takes 271 words to expand upon a flawed premise (that people only use Textmate and jQuery because of herd behavior) only to ask two questions that essentially amount to "aren't I right? Why am I right?" There are a lot of questions like this on Programmers.SE, and they only serve to provide an outlet to people who want to rant.

Good Question: Job hopping, is it a problem?

It's a question about programmers that isn't programming, doesn't pre-suppose a worldview in the question, and can elicit dozens of good answers without having a definitive one. If only all questions on Programmers.SE were like it.

Basically, beyond the "getting to know you" style questions, the bad questions on Programmers.SE are the ones that pre-suppose a worldview and ask for confirmation or reasons why that worldview is correct. The only thing they succeed in doing is re-hashing the talking points for the position the asker espouses and pissing off everyone who doesn't agree.

First, let me say, thank you. A cleanup is sorely needed.

Bad Question: The lifecycle of "cool"

It's bad because it takes 271 words to expand upon a flawed premise (that people only use Textmate and jQuery because of herd behavior) only to ask two questions that essentially amount to "aren't I right? Why am I right?" There are a lot of questions like this on Programmers.SE, and they only serve to provide an outlet to people who want to rant.

Good Question: Job hopping, is it a problem?

It's a question about programmers that isn't programming, doesn't pre-suppose a worldview in the question, and can elicit dozens of good answers without having a definitive one. If only all questions on Programmers.SE were like it.

First, let me say, thank you. A cleanup is sorely needed.

Bad Question: The lifecycle of "cool"

It's bad because it takes 271 words to expand upon a flawed premise (that people only use Textmate and jQuery because of herd behavior) only to ask two questions that essentially amount to "aren't I right? Why am I right?" There are a lot of questions like this on Programmers.SE, and they only serve to provide an outlet to people who want to rant.

Good Question: Job hopping, is it a problem?

It's a question about programmers that isn't programming, doesn't pre-suppose a worldview in the question, and can elicit dozens of good answers without having a definitive one. If only all questions on Programmers.SE were like it.

Basically, beyond the "getting to know you" style questions, the bad questions on Programmers.SE are the ones that pre-suppose a worldview and ask for confirmation or reasons why that worldview is correct. The only thing they succeed in doing is re-hashing the talking points for the position the asker espouses and pissing off everyone who doesn't agree.