Showerthought: I keep seeing folks ask the same basic questions over and over here.

Back when this community started, you'd get wild, open ended stuff. Now it's like 70% 'how do I fix my phone screen' or 'what's the best pizza place in Chicago'. The point was to ask anything, not just get quick fixes. Am I the only one who misses the weird questions?

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janac512mo ago

Is it really a problem if people get help with practical things? Communities change over time, and maybe simple questions just mean more new folks are joining. It's okay for a place to be useful in different ways.

cole_patel412mo ago

Honestly, my old forum died because nobody answered the basic questions anymore.

hugobarnes5d ago

Yeah, I gotta gently push back on that a little. In my experience, when a forum gets flooded with only simple questions and nobody sticking around to answer the deeper stuff, the real glue that holds a community together starts to crumble. It's not about gatekeeping, it's about keeping a balance so the place doesn't turn into a one-way help desk.

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