I'm guessing that most of the EE user base pre-dates the existence of Stack Overflow and the choice it provides. Many of those users have an emotional and habi

I'm guessing that most of the EE user base pre-dates the existence of Stack Overflow and the choice it provides. Many of those users have an emotional and habitual investment in EE and that's not going to disappear overnight but SO does represent a threat to it both in terms of existing users (who can use SO alongside EE with no additional cost) and new users (who are likely to be drawn to SO's low barriers to use - that is it's completely free, as opposed to EE's technically free but you're going to have to look hard for it). The point about users seeing through the BS is over stating is but it's hard to see how there isn't going to be an erosion of the EE user base over time.