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I purpose auto removing bad questions, after a given grace period But, this requires a definition of a bad question. What's a bad question ? While that seems like a very subjective question, tha...
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I purpose **auto removing bad questions**, after a given grace period But, this requires a definition of a bad question. What's a bad question ? While that seems like a very subjective question, that doesn't mean it can't be answered somehow objectively - initially, it's any question that shouldn't be in a community according to its users - which is any question with a very **low score** (as all the 3 examples in the OQ) - a low score: my be defined as a score in the lower 5% of the scores globally, or in a community, or just as a constant LS, so that we can have something like ``` if(question.score < LS) question.init_removal_process() ``` We may then: - add to that some other factors to initiate the removal process, - use a hidden score for a question value that take on account how much it was reached, give more weight to upvotes than downvotes, check if it had answers or no, ect.. instead of `question.score = up_votes - down_votes` - make the process a bit less robotic, by notifying the poster and/or a community mode sometime before the post removal --- Note 1: By removing I mean make it invisible, unindexable and unreachable, (which can be done softly) Note 2: Bad, is very subjective, and a badly posed/received question may be improved, or perceived differently by others. So whatever, the definition that we chose, it should be flexible and lenient Note 3: Among the 3 example questions, there is only one that I wholeheartedly agree that it shouldn't be in a serious QnA website, even before opening it. and it's the one with the lowest score