In fairness to SO it was envisioned and originally created as a peer helping network and all the content is licensed in very liberal ways. The fact that it turn

In fairness to SO it was envisioned and originally created as a peer helping network and all the content is licensed in very liberal ways. The fact that it turned into 99% of the questions asked by noobs / answered by a very small group of experts may have been inevitable but I don't think it was planned. It's one of the few socialized Q&A-style sites that I feel as primarily a question "asker" I have benefited while the predominately question-answerers have as well. Synergy!