points by Izkata 6 hours ago | 0 comments
> Why doesn't it move the question to the other site and then make a stub link? More awful, user-hostile experience.
It's to teach the user where it belongs, so they don't make the same mistake again, by making them actually go through the action of going to the other site. Otherwise by auto-migrating it they'll learn to just keep posting on the wrong site and someone else will do the work for them.
[–] solyin 4 hours ago
[–] Izkata 2 hours ago
Sure didn't cause any problems when usage was rapidly rising in the early 2010s. That was not a new policy.
> StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a month.
Yup, treating the user like a child and making them feel like a dumbfuck was definitely the right move! Good riddance!