Questions asking why a certain feature is missing from software seems kind of impossible to answer without speculation. The question you refer to is just like that. I disagree ; my question is about a general phenomenon, not a specific one and hence there might be some rationale there that most of us users here aren't aware of and can learn about.

@JohnDoea‭ How is questions asking for speculation on overly broad topics any better than those asking for speculation of specific things though? That just means there's multiple problems: too broad, asking for opinions, possibly cannot be answered at all, and so on. It essentially boils down to: can anyone reasonably answer this with facts and references to sources? Or are all answers just very likely to be speculation and opinions?

Apart from that I really don't think the question belongs on Power Users either. Software Development does supposedly allow program design questions, but when we proposed that to be on-topic, then at least I thought the scope would be limited to design questions about the program that someone is developing themselves.

too broad, asking for opinions, possibly cannot be answered and can anyone reasonably answer this with facts and references that's too StackExchangeish for me ; I don't think it's too broad at all; if all grand hosters do so there can be some good rationale which to me is just not too broad for any question anywhere and can easily be answered; for me someone with proven experience from within the industry (from within inside it) is often better than a "reference" whatever that means.

@JohnDoea A lot of the rules on SE actually originate out of common sense. If you were to ask me such a question and I have domain knowledge because I work at a company making such products, I'll very likely be gagged by a NDA with my employer. So it will only lead to broad and vague answers - overall low quality. This is the very difference between a Q&A site and an Internet forum. If you want broad & fuzzy subjective discussion where everyone drops their personal opinions, use a forum.

Codidact isn't striving to become Quora 2 or Reddit 2... because those sites and many others like them already exist.

@Lundin, you have responded to so many things I didn't write that I don't even know where to begin; I disagree with pretty much everything of it but about I'll very likely be gagged by a NDA with my employer. So it will only lead to broad and vague answers Well I think that, na - not in this case (about other people at least); if there is a general information security problem with Markdown or any other formatting I personally don't recognize how it would be any secret by any NDA.

And of course people can work somewhere even 1 month and switch a company, happens so much these days.

Rules originating in common sense we can find pretty much everywhere, that doesn't mean the system is efficient / moral in its entirety.