I've never successfully had a question answered in StackOverflow. I have had one question "answered" by a person who obviously didn't at all read the question.

I've never successfully had a question answered in StackOverflow. I have had one question "answered" by a person who obviously didn't at all read the question. I think this is because the only people on that platform are the people who love getting imaginary Internet Reputation Pointzzz next to their name, and those people will never answer difficult questions because the same amount of work could get a more points if applied to a dozen simple questions. And I never ask a question until I'm truly stumped, i.e., it's difficult. In theory, I could put a "bounty" on the question to get it answered, but since I don't give a crap about Internet Pointzzz I don't bother spending hours building up my points on easy questions just so when a difficult question comes along I can spend those points to try and get other people to answer it. Anyway, it's just Wikipedia all over again. If you "gamify" a site, after a few years, the only people left are the people who care about the Internet Pointzzz, who have driven all the people who cared about the original mission away. (In the case of Wikipedia, by edit wars, in case of StackOverflow by voting to close literally everything.)