I recently involve more in Reddit, and surprisingly find out a subreddit named AskAcademia. I know that Stack Exchange is not Reddit, and the way Reddit works is different to the way SE works. In SE, people ask and answer. In Reddit, people post a link/thinking and comment. However, in Q&A subreddit like AskAcademia, I see no different to here. Bad questions may never be closed, but they will never be raised. Can you tell me when should I ask questions on Reddit rather than Stack Exchange?
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You should ask a question on Reddit whenever you feel like it, regardless of whether you ask the question on Academia.SE.
Academia.SE doesn't make any claim to be the only site you should ask a question on. It only asks that you not ask the same question on any other SE site, because that is general SE policy.
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I know that Reddit doesn't have so much restrictions. I want to know which questions would be best to ask here, not there. The restrictions of Stack Exchange are born with reason anyway.– OokerFeb 1, 2015 at 22:03
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6Though as a courtesy to potential answerers, it is a good idea to mention the cross-posting both places, to avoid duplication of effort. Feb 2, 2015 at 9:20
- Born for open-ended discussions
- After 6 months posts are automatically locked so discussions are "fossilized" to reflect what happened in that time
- No way for users to improve others' posts
- Downvotes can (and usually?) mean "I don't like this" or "this is uninteresting"
- The only way to have links to relevant posts within the subreddit is by having other users provide
- More active users in my opinion
Stack Exchange
- Born for Q&A
- Posts can always be improved until the Sun dies
- Contributions from users are encouraged and peer-reviewed
- Downvotes mean "This post is wrong/not useful"
- Have tag system, related questions to categorize and discover more questions/answers
- Posts can have images, HTML. The site overall is nicely designed
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Posts can be improved... until the site gets shut down. Which could (theoretically) happen tomorrow.– ValorumFeb 4, 2019 at 0:02
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