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In what degree is subjective questions welcomed in Codidact?
From How to ask a great question:
Avoid too much subjectivity
Questions like "What's your favorite way to eat an egg?" can't be answered objectively - the answer, naturally, changes depending on who you ask. On the other hand, "What's the difference between hard-boiled eggs and an omelette?" can be answered without relying too much on personal opinions. Try to ask questions that can be answered with some level of objectivity.
However, I'm not sure how subjective questions be welcomed in Codidact, especially when comparing with Stack Exchange. From observing the UX of Codidact (voting display, no accepted mark), I guess that it allows some more subjective questions than SE, especially the ones that requires structural knowledge on the field to see whether they are subjective or not, which usually the askers don't have.
Useful link: What types of questions should I avoid asking? - Help Center - Information Security Stack Exchange
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The help text you quoted seems about as clear as such a thing can be. It is therefore difficult to understand the question.
One thing to keep in mind is that the individual sites on Codidact are more independent than other places with Q&A sites that you may be familiar with. Each site gets to set its own course, with Codidact providing the structure and only some very basic rules. What you ask is therefore really up to individual sites, and could vary between them.
The section you quoted is from the help text of the main Meta site (here). Strictly speaking, that's the only place it applies.
However, the Q&A format itself does not usually work well with subjective questions. As a result, most sites don't want opinion-based questions, even if their help doesn't say much about that one way or another.
Given all the above, the advice is:
- The help text from the Meta site (that you quoted) applies here on main Meta.
- If the help for another site describes what they want in regards to subjective versus objective questions, that's the answer for that site.
- If a site isn't very specific about the issue:
- Start with assuming subjective questions are discouraged, same as here on main Meta.
- Read the room. Look around on the specific site to see what kind of questions are being asked, and how they are received. Try to fit in with the perceived norm.
- If you want to know more definitively, ask about it on Meta for that specific site. Every site has a Meta where issues of the site itself can be discussed.
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