I see a lot of people complaining about SO because of duplicates, barriers, etc but it seems that none of those people actually read the article. You have to g

I see a lot of people complaining about SO because of duplicates, barriers, etc but it seems that none of those people actually read the article. You have to go through all these hoops because you can't force your way through this learning process the same way as you can't have 9 women give birth to a baby in 1 month. Contributing to SO is a journey and the milestone system is geared towards helping people through it. You have to admit that nothing is perfect and complaining won't help. Criticizing something is easy but I see close to zero suggestions for improvement. Just ask yourself whether you can do better than Joel and the others or at least give some suggestions for improvement. Disclaimer: I'm also one of those 2% people and I also see problems but I think that it is not that serious as some people claim it to be.