ExpertsExchange used to be nearly 100% scraped usenet. Then eventually a few poor souls stumbled in thinking it was an actual site and started posting question

ExpertsExchange used to be nearly 100% scraped usenet. Then eventually a few poor souls stumbled in thinking it was an actual site and started posting questions there directly. Eventually people even started answering them. Had they not had such a terrible site design and revenue scheme, they might have actually made the transition from scraping bottom feeder to respectable site.