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14 questions linked to/from Redefining the scope of Lifehacks
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What is a lifehack?
In-line with my other question: Is there anything that isn't on-topic here?
Can we get a clear definition of what a lifehack is?
I think if it's clear what a lifehack is, we can clearly define ...
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The scope of Lifehacks
So it should come as no surprise to anyone that this site is struggling.
The problem:
In the few days this site has been in private beta, we've been trying to:
Figure out if there's anything that ...
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Close reason request: They haven't tried anything
Can we have a close reason such as this:
Questions that don't give information about what has been tried are off-topic for Lifehacks. Questions searching for a substitute tool require a reason why ...
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Should we be downvoting conventional answers?
This is a site about lifehacks.
Currently, it sounds like the definition of a lifehack is that it's an unconventional solution to a problem.
Does that mean that we should be downvoting answers that ...
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How medical is too medical?
So apparently, we've agreed that medical questions are off-topic here, largely because accuracy matters, and we can't take the responsibility to judge serious medical issues through the SE format -- ...
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Does all questions require 'solutions already tried'?
What if I want to ask a question for which I haven't got any idea what to try but want simple solution?
What if I want to ask a question for other gender's general problems which I can not try? (She ...
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Should we require a certain amount of research from people asking questions?
I think a majority of the questions that have been coming in are pretty poor in quality, and I think the problem is that people aren't asking questions about problems that they're actually having. It'...
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Is there a psychological aspect of lifehacks?
In regards to this question: https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/181/what-tricks-can-i-use-to-increase-my-concentration-on-a-boring-topic
And related to this previous discussion: What is a ...
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A Lifehacks Manifesto
This is a gentle introduction to what this Lifehacks site is about. For a bit more detail about how we got here, see the Un-Manifesto.
Welcome to Lifehacks! We can't teach you how to wire your stereo ...
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At what point does a hack become a common/standard method?
I guess my question is still a bit hypothetical at this point, but I'm wondering...
At what point does a "hack" solution become so common that it it isn't really a "hack" anymore?
As in the "life-...
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Some questions tend to turn into polls, is this bad and how can they be answered better?
I see a lot of questions here that essentially turn into polls. Often the nature of the question leads to poll-style answers but to me the "issue" seems to be in the answers themselves.
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Why is our definition of "lifehack" so obscure?
I discovered Lifehacks a few weeks ago and loved the idea. I posted a question, started to tell a friend about it, and then my first question got closed as "off-topic". ...I decided not to tell my ...
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"I have problem X. I would try solution Y, but I can't because of Z"
Given the new scope here, that says (in part) that
If the question is not looking for an alternative to a product or solution that they have tried, then that question is off-topic on this
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should there be a well established criterion for voting a question and an answer?
I was just thinking whether some questions really belongs to a life hack or not. I tried to find the criterion to select whether it belongs to a life hack or not but couldn't find an explanation for ...
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