The word/concept "suggest" is similar to "recommend" in that they can be used in both good and bad situations.
Both can potentially fall into the "not constructive" trap:
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This is a close reason, and close reasons are used to suggest to question authors what they can do to improve a question. In the case of a "bad suggestion" question, consider offering good subjective or objective criteria for solutions to the problem.
If there's just no way to ask the question in a way that gives these criteria, it might just be a question that is not a good fit for the site.
When a question is detailed enough to fully frame a concrete problem, asking for a suggestion or a recommendation is a natural way to say "I need help with this."
mod-rec
, but since then I've campaigned (somewhat successfully?) to stop closing all of these as a category