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Comments on Why does the title come after the body when writing a question?

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Why does the title come after the body when writing a question?

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This might sound silly, but ever since I wrote my first post here, I have noticed that the title comes after the body and I find it quite strange.

Since I have some activity using Stack Exchange (both public and private) I am very used to having the title before the body, so I thought I am way too biased in this direction.

After thinking a little more I realized that I do not remember ever to have encountered any posting system (e.g. medium, forums, blogs) that reverses title with body.

Also I assume that most folks' thought process starts with an idea, a vague question and then it develops into something more, a body that includes a context.

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Sigma‭ wrote over 3 years ago

Can you please add a screenshot showing the behavior you describe? The title seems to come first to me.

Olin Lathrop‭ wrote over 3 years ago · edited over 3 years ago

I think you are talking about the order when writing a question, not when viewing. If that is true, you should be more clear about it.