The absolute worst experience is when the top link on Google is on a Closed/Duplicate/Invalid Stack Overflow, where the answers and comments are all on how the

The absolute worst experience is when the top link on Google is on a Closed/Duplicate/Invalid Stack Overflow, where the answers and comments are all on how the question is bad- especially when the question is almost verbatim to the search. The problem with SO is that there isn't an alternative with a user base large enough to get that critical mass of answers. That means that there are no real alternatives to the very well defined limitations of Stack Overflow. Without an alternative, it puts contributors in an adversarial position against askers- trying to close as many questions as possible to try and keep the mission statement alive.