Especially when SO is trying to be the resource that is top result in Google for the question! I did Google, this answer about "You should just Google this" is the result!
At least noindex the closed questions, SO :(
At least noindex the closed questions, SO :(
I always wonder why I get more duplicates as my top hit than the question SO left open as the "original" because it at least feels like those are what I hit far, far more.
...often, with slightly different terms used. So there's a very good chance a given search will find one of the duplicates rather than the original. This is an explicit goal: it helps searches; in fact, if you're not logged in and you land on an unanswered duplicate, Stack Overflow will redirect to the original.