alt Hacker NewsIt's claiming "questions on SO are deleted because people don't understand them", as opposed to the reality that moderation is done by the more experienced users (in this case the least-experienced close voter had 5K reputation).
The deleted question (linked twice, once mislabeled as "mailing list" for some reason) is of the form "Where in my IDE is the option to do X?". While questions about IDEs are not entirely off-topic on SO, they face an uphill battle, and this particular question didn't even have any code.
The question might have become a good fit for SO if the asker had bothered to follow the "edit this question to add ..." instructions ... or if anybody who follows the tag had done it either. Note that deletion only happens after a question is closed for 30 days with a negative score and no answers, and is essential to keep search meaningful.
Thanks. Can I ask how you saw the original question? I only get a page saying this question has been removed, but then again I'm not logged into SO on my phone.
I think this confirms my suspicions: Someone didn't read the SO rules, posted a trivial question, encountered moderation, and has taken it so personally that they're on a crusade against the entire website.
Stack Overflow is not without problems, but I don't think this blog post captures any of those. It's just someone with a grudge about having their low-effort question moderated out.