Stack's problem, was and still is, it doesn't do a good job helping new users learn how to use the site. When it first came out, the state of programming quest

Stack's problem, was and still is, it doesn't do a good job helping new users learn how to use the site. When it first came out, the state of programming questions on the web was abysmal. The top answers were wrong, and required you to register to view. There were forum posts, and half the answers were basically "RTFM". In my early days, it was things like "How do you convert a string to an int in C++" asked on Usenet. This was asked so many times that Marshall Cline wrote an FAQ which became the defacto place to learn about C++. Stack solved that problem, AND fixed the issue of low-quality questions and answers. These days, I find the answer to my question on Stack such that I rarely have to ask anything. Occasionally I'll be bored and answer a question. Stack is still an amazing resource, just that the community and platform has matured, and there are less opportunities for new users to ask and answer basic questions. Perhaps head over to Meta and suggest a Minor League Stackoverflow that will allow new users to ask the same basic questions over an over again, earn a fraction of rep, and graduate to the real site.