FWIW, It's easy to come to this conclusion about any 'new' 'fresh' 'empty' medium. The reason people bark one word commands on IRC, and often treat n00bs with

FWIW, It's easy to come to this conclusion about any 'new' 'fresh' 'empty' medium. The reason people bark one word commands on IRC, and often treat n00bs with contempt is just that IRC is so damn big and busy. Millions of people use it daily. Millions of questions/answers/conversations flow through it daily. But, it's still the best (IMHO) way to get instant contact with geniuses, and instant answers to your questions. Tech giants hang out on IRC and you can immediately (And without having to signup or get reputation points) chat with them. So 'SO chat' could be a great medium to get answers.... until it gets big.