Question

Should closing a question close it to further posts?

Answer 1

Only if we have the option to reopen a question I think.

Answer 2

Hmm. I think it should close the question to further comments by the asker. Indicating that they are satisfied with it. But perhaps the closed questions should remain commentable by tutors and answerers?

I am tired of seeing users bypass the question limit by posting and closing twenty questions at once, which remain accessible to them, and essentially getting whole assignments done that way.

Answer 3

I have come to questions after they were closed because I was tagged in them, only to find the person closed it after being given bad advice or the wrong answer.

Answer 4

Ahh, I have not seen this type of abuse of the system since they "fixed" it; now I understand where you're coming from.

Maybe we can mesh the bump button timer into a system where it prevents you from spamming questions.

As far as @e.mccormick is saying, I find myself in closed questions often times for legitimate reasons similar to that.

Answer 5

I agree with Erik - that's why answerers should be able to go on commenting on closed questions. But should the askers still have the power to comment on them? It seems to me that they indicate 'satisfied, no further comments' when they close the questions - and that point should be out of the mix...?

Answer 6

Basically I'd like some consequence to closing questions that makes askers more careful about closing them. That would slow down the 20 question assignment askers considerably.

Answer 7

I feel like if they're going to circumvent one system, they'll circumvent another. They can still reply in private messages and their icon will show up that they're "watching" it still, so not a lot has changed except now it's harder to track and moderately more annoying.

Maybe what should happen is that medals can't be awarded on closed questions and if you try to tag people in a closed question it won't work.

Answer 8

My question is - why? "If it isn't broken, don't fix it," right?
There are plenty of legitimate reasons for commenting on your closed questions, as are equivalent foul purposes. I'd argue that comments on closed questions, whether by the sender or recipient, have, in most cases, reasonable and legitimate concerns compared to postings with ill intentions.

Why restrict a perfectly good system to simply avoid the foul use of a minority.

@Blues , sometimes, also, questions are closed simply because users are not satisfied with the answers. It isn't until later that someone may stumble upon their question and provides an adequate answer. Then, lets say, the original poster logs in, reads the question, and decides to respond or give the recipient a medal for their answer. These are valid reasons and I feel they should also be addressed.

Maybe a limit, or "cap" on questions asked daily should be implemented. One that monitors a users activity and allows a total all-over, or subject relative postings. Again, though, I feel this isn't fair to the majority of users who ask questions for legitimate reasons.

Answer 9

we could have timings i think
i mean after closing the question we could have a specific amount of time till posting next question
for example if i was to post a question and then close it and if we had that timing thing like 20-30 mins
then i'd have to wait for 20-30 mins till i can post another question after closing the previous one
i think it would decrease cheating
since the person asking/ trying to cheat would either wait for 20-30 mins or just post all the questions in 1 post, which clearly shows that the asker is cheating

don't know if im making sense
its just my opinion :)

Answer 10

also, some people close the question the moment the person they want to help them comes, to prevent outside input

Answer 11

Another random thought, it could be possible to implement something for people with smart scores of 60+ (That seems like a good level) for them to act as almost mini-mods. They'd be able to put a downvote on questions (that no one except the person voting can see) that seem to be poor questions. After 5 or 10 such users have done this within about an hour or other certain amount of time, the question asker would be given a temporary time limit that prevents them from asking questions for 24 hours or so with a little message that says you're limited.

Alright, so that's pretty out there, but it might be a springboard for other ideas. Perhaps using the new smart cents we can give people who have earned titles by answering questions a little more power since these people are generally not terrible people who come on here in their free time to help others.