Should a question ever be closed?

Nope.. Let the mods deal with it. Flag it and let them sort it out.

The questions, like the undead, can show up forever, I think (if one can ever find them. I occasionally search for one of my old questions and it behaves like Jimmy Hoffa, even when I get the tags right.)

Trust me on this…the mods will take it out if it gets too bad. believe me, I know

[Fluther Moderator:] I don’t think having the ability to ‘close a question’ would really help… It’s not like ending a discussion puts it back on track. We occasionally end up removing very off topic chatter to keep things together, usually if the question hasn’t even been answered yet. But 99% of the time, censoring things and ending discussions is what we like to stick away from. Giving this power to everyone isn’t the way we want Fluther to go. Silencing people is the last resort. Hope this gives a little insight.

thanks

question closed ;)