Stackoverflow.. such a horrible place. If they want the site to be what the mods say they want then the answer is simple: have a test before you get membership

Stackoverflow.. such a horrible place. If they want the site to be what the mods say they want then the answer is simple: have a test before you get membership. The policies say basically we don't want anyone who is not already good on this area and also we will punish and very publicly humiliate you to "help" you learn. Hate to say it as one, but this is just aspie ignorance. 1. People learn with support, that makes a community. Otherwise they are your enemies and this is an arms race 2. People don't know how to ask questions about things they don't know about, don't be idiots. 3. If people aren't asking questions how will you get points? There are many more issues etc but those are some blondes IMHO. They should definitely drop anything about being for hobbyists as it is totally not. There are many easy solutions but it's not what the mods want so it's prolly gonna die. E.g. only let low score / new user to answer questions at first . Especially for new or low score users That way everyone has a chance to learn from some one closer to their skill level. Then after it's answered open it wider.. that way the question should already be cleaned up before skeet sees it. I don't mind having a chat with someone to explain how to all their specific question, or narrow down a wide open one to something more specific. I realise that I may be turning someone of programming for decade if I act like those it comes naturally to.. you need time to toughen up before you can take the full force of an geek who cannot see your face but had to deal with your ignorance. Also don't close or deleted questions, just have a tag and filter then out of normal searches. People love the opinion questions and to me they are more valuable that something I can brute force if I have to. Anyways I could go on all day.. but there is no point as it's a community and it's their choice, but we need something similar for non expert humans too.