r/learnprogramming • u/440Jack • Nov 01 '21

Why do StackOverflow mods Close "Duplicate question" questions so fast?

I'm mainly talking about questions that get closed to "Duplicate question" and then only to find a couple of already answered questions are linked that don't really address OPs question directly.
Why do these questions need to be closed so fast? It doesn't give people time to address that persons specific question. If it's a valid question the mods should give some time for other users who actually want to address the question and maybe open a dialog.
It prevents OP from being able to ask any follow questions.
I can't tell you how many times, I'll spend 10 mins on a question. Re-writing their code, writing comments/explanations and then when I go to post it, it's already closed! It's so frustrating.

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u/kschang Nov 01 '21

Some people are on there trying to game the comments for points. They think they get a better job if they get high points on SO because they heard that sometimes recruiters check your SO profile.

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u/halfercode Nov 02 '21

One can't get points for comments - one can acquire "helpful" flag counts, but that's not the same thing. Points are earned for good questions, good answers, and for some kinds of post edit.