> they've failed at the majority of them. That's not SE's failure. SE has a fairly rigorous filtering process for judging whether a Q&A community is likely to

> they've failed at the majority of them. That's not SE's failure. SE has a fairly rigorous filtering process for judging whether a Q&A community is likely to survive. Filtering out hundreds, if not thousands, of community ideas that will never get off the ground isn't failure on their part, it's the failure of these communities to reach a critical mass to be successful. Once a Q&A idea makes it past "Area51"[0] and enters beta, which is still no guarantee of graduating to a fully launched and themed site, the SE team do actively nurture these communities to try and make them successful. [0]: http://area51.stackexchange.com/ http://area51.stackexchange.com/