Do we need a JavaScriptHelp subreddit?

Both you and /u/captocode mention "very basic" and "beginner" questions. So it seems like it's not a matter of asking for help but of "asking for basic help". And it's this that makes the matter not so simple, because it becomes a matter of where to draw the line between basic and advanced. This makes it more difficult to manage. Who decides exactly how basic is a question? What's basic for you may not be for others, or vice-versa.

And regarding that, there's also the matter of that number there on the sidebar: "122.783 subscribers". You are surely not the only one who doesn't want to see that content here, but then again there are some people who surely do, just because there are many different people here. And I'm fairly certain some of they do, because they answer those questions and very rarely, if ever, they suggest going to /r/learnjavascript.

Finally, passing this responsibility onto the mods is not a good idea. If you (and anyone else, of course)) want these questions to go to /r/learnjavascript I'd suggest telling them that (politely, if possible). "This question will get better answers at /r/learnjavascript" or "This question is a better fit in /r/learnjavascript". Downvote, if you want.


Note that there is, however, a (mostly) general dislike for "homework questions" and those (most of the time) do get downvoted or told to go somewhere else. But even this is only "most of the time" because, again, it seems some people still want to answer even those.

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