This is about the currently closed question: What should I look for when upgrading Nintendo Switch microSD storage? It had been left closed in the reopen review queue.
I don't think the above question is an off-topic recommendation question. The question is unlike the bad, off-topic examples mentioned in the Stack Overflow blog post, Q&A is Hard, Let’s Go Shopping! It is more like the on-topic, good example mentioned in that blog post:
[...] However, there is a way to ask these questions that avoids the inherent problems with shopping recommendations. For example, let’s say you wanted — as I did — to buy a point-and-shoot camera that takes good low light photos. So we’re going to ask on photo.stackexchange.com, naturally!
Here’s one way to ask:
Q: What’s the best low light point-and-shoot camera?
A: Canon S90 and Lumix LX3.
Here’s another way to ask:
Q: How do I tell which point-and-shoot cameras take good low light photos?
A: I strongly recommend looking for something with
- a fast lens (2.0 at least)
- reasonable ISO handling (at least 400, but preferably 800)
- the biggest sensor available
The sum of these factors are really critical for low light situations.
The former question provides the path of least resistance: a laundry list of products I can buy without thinking about it too much. But that answer will only be valid for a year at best. The latter question may take some thinking, but its answer will be valid forever … or at least until camera technology somehow shifts beyond lenses and sensors as we know them today. Thus, when it comes to shopping questions, don’t ask us what you should buy — ask us what you need to learn to tell what you should buy.
If I had to summarize our network in a single word, that word is “learning”. People come to our sites to learn about topics they are passionate about. As the old Chinese proverb goes, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Every question and answer ultimately should be about teaching and learning — yes, even the shopping ones.
The question is not asking which microSD card brand/model one should buy (unlike the off-topic examples mentioned in the blog post), but rather, like the on-topic example — what features/specs should one look for (or: what factors should one consider) in a microSD card?
