The fact that this question is closed is one of the things that annoys me the most about stackoverflow. It sometimes seems like people can't ask interesting questions without others getting offended.
Funnily enough, this is what I like most about stackoverflow. They know what they're good at, they know what use-cases the site is designed for, and they actively fight mission creep.
Seems everything that isn't a direct question/answer gets closed. Seems like they miss an opportunity with the discussion questions. They have really smart community that can't really converse on the site of something doesn't fit into he narrow question and answer definition.
That's the whole point of StackOverflow. It's not a discussion platform. It's a Q&A platform. You can dispute whether that's a good idea, but they know exactly what they are doing.
