it's a trade off on current trajectory - i suppose it does get cleaner and more focused, better integrated with google and whatnot but i find contributing unp

it's a trade off on current trajectory - i suppose it does get cleaner and more focused, better integrated with google and whatnot but i find contributing unpleasant. and it doesn't attract the greatest minds anymore (<-- ain't talking about me) when SO appeared - it was like a nuclear explosion in software development field. i remember it was enough to follow some tags i were interested in to easily ride THE bleeding edge without losing all the good legacy bits. blogs, tools, ideas, fun, community sentiment - it had it all