> I must be missing something, given the "reverence" SO seems to get. I suspect that the part that you are "missing" has to do with the following belief: > an

> I must be missing something, given the "reverence" SO seems to get. I suspect that the part that you are "missing" has to do with the following belief: > answers supplied by random internet people and "graded" by other, less-knowledgeable random internet people You've inherently discounted the quality of content on the site, so it's no wonder you find nothing valuable there. The fact is that "crowd sourcing" actually can work, and "random internet people" are able to curate and raise visibility of quality content. I think Stack Overflow is one of the best examples of this. Despite being inundated with terrible content, the system is able to consistently identify quality and float it to the top while mostly keeping the trash out of sight.