Timeline for "Assuming I know X..." questions
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| Mar 2, 2018 at 16:05 | comment | added | Ben Miller | @Joe I respectfully disagree. I think theoretical questions work well in the stack exchange format, and voting puts the best answers at the top as well as weeds out the questions that are poor. Certainly some questions are better than others, but in my opinion a blanket ban on these types of questions is uncalled for. See also: Is it required for a question to apply personally to the asker...? | |
| Mar 2, 2018 at 15:55 | comment | added | Joe | Further, though, I think that modifying the questions to take out the part that makes them entirely theoretical still makes for a good question, doesn't it? And I think I don't agree with you that the question I linked really generated that good of answers: it would've generated much better written answers if they didn't need the comments about market timing, and perhaps would've had more focus. Many readers are probably not even going to get to the part of the first answer that is actually relevant: that's way too much text first to get through for most readers. | |
| Mar 2, 2018 at 15:53 | comment | added | Joe |
I think theoretical questions can have value, but I'm not sure they do in the StackExchange model. One of the typical tips for good questions in a Stack site is that question should be "practical", and "reflect a problem you face". This is in our help center as well - You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face (help center). Theoretical questions are better for discussion forums, rather than single-answer sites like this.
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| Mar 2, 2018 at 2:03 | history | answered | Ben Miller | CC BY-SA 3.0 |