Timeline for Is it good practice to analyse past questions by today standards?
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| Oct 24, 2015 at 16:01 | comment | added | quid | You seem to be convinced the content is not harmful but the content might in fact be harmful in a way. You, as quite a few others in such arguments, argue the case from the point of view of an informed users. But this is not really what is most relevant. Most traffic the site gets is via search-engines. Some potential new user might stumble over an old "bad" post and this post will shape their first impression of the site. They might be turned away by the poor quality or might take it as a model for their question, which then is also "bad." (I deleted some of the older comnt mainly about MO.) | |
| Oct 24, 2015 at 13:15 | comment | added | Gottfried William | Regarding replacement see Concisely ... (More words ... ) Basically we don't throw away the results of preferences after they change. There is no reason and some users may still be satisfied with them. We also don't throw away content that causes satiety after additional such content, this superfluous and not taken. This content is still serving some purpose. There is a mix of users some in the first case others in the second case. Which suggests doing nothing with past well received content. | |
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| Oct 24, 2015 at 8:41 | comment | added | Gottfried William | I know. However does that make them invalid? Choice theory is needed to make the arguments stand. There are also many factors to consider. Anyway I clarified my own thoughts about the subject. This question pops up on the various SE sites periodically. | |
| Oct 24, 2015 at 8:23 | comment | added | Lord_Farin | The pretty good points you make drown in the number of words you need to make them. | |
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| Oct 24, 2015 at 4:36 | history | answered | Gottfried William | CC BY-SA 3.0 |