I haven't been very active on there in years, but I might put it more simply. SO was more fun 10 years ago. As it got more popular, average question quality wen

I haven't been very active on there in years, but I might put it more simply. SO was more fun 10 years ago. As it got more popular, average question quality went down. This gives too much room for the primary purpose to be a site to criticize the quality of the question.