[twymer]

I thought they were encouraging such questions to be posted on http://programmers.stackexchange.com/ instead.

[itafroma]

Programmers mod here: this is inaccurate, as these types of questions are pretty much off-topic everywhere on Stack Exchange.

Programmers is the whiteboard to Stack Overflow's compiler: if you have a specific (emphasis on specific) programming issue that doesn't involve code, it's likely on-topic for Programmers. If it's just a poll of weird/funny/cool/etc. stuff, it's not welcome.

[optimisticprog]

facist moderators who delete the site's best questions make it worse one deletion at a time.

[smackfu]

It's too bad the name is so generic, or that it makes such a fine distinction between programmers and programming.

[icebraining]

I don't think so, from the FAQ:

    You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual
    problems that you face. Chatty, open-ended questions diminish the 
    usefulness of our site and push other questions off the front page.

Programmers is simply for less focused on code, more conceptual questions.

[vajrabum]

Well then they're missing out. The only time I visit Stack Overflow is when it comes up in a Google search or when it shows up on hacker news with something actually useful and book-markable like this.

[pnathan]

No, Programmers is for strict Q&A as well.

I am on record on meta.programmers.se as disagreeing with that policy.