> I just want the moderators to go away and leave us alone, it also makes me think stack overflow is successful in spite of this - not because of it. You can u

> I just want the moderators to go away and leave us alone, it also makes me think stack overflow is successful in spite of this - not because of it. You can use the chat site, message them directly (if their contact information is listed) or anything else you like to help someone with a useless/duplicate/beginner/help-vampire-ey question. You just aren't allowed to do it inside the reputation system to mine these kinds of answers for karma, and aren't allowed to do it inside the wiki system so you don't pollute the results of searches.