So Jeff Atwood wrote an article about what SO wants to be when it grows up. (https://blog.codinghorror.com/what-does-stack-overflow-want-to-be-when-it-grows-up/

So Jeff Atwood wrote an article about what SO wants to be when it grows up. (https://blog.codinghorror.com/what-does-stack-overflow-want-to-be-when-it-grows-up/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/what-does-stack-overflow-want-...) The answer wasn't a Q&A help site it was a high quality curated wiki of the best answers and questions. It isn't supposed to be a forum where you come to ask your one off questions it supposed to be a place where you encounter a unique technical challenge figure out what the core issue is and then see if anyone else knows how to resolve the core issue and then have that core issue answered forever and always. The one time I asked a Question on SO it was a very positive experience that went well got answered quickly, but I first had spent thirty minutes documenting everything checking the actual docs and ensuring I had done my due diligence before throwing it out there for someone else to answer. If you aren't willing to put in work to find the answer to your question why the hell would you expect someone else to.