I've answered a few questions casually on StackOverflow, when I ran into something that was unanswered and I knew what the answer was, but I've never invested s

I've answered a few questions casually on StackOverflow, when I ran into something that was unanswered and I knew what the answer was, but I've never invested seriously in it, as you can see from my profile: https://stackoverflow.com/users/1128957/nateeag https://stackoverflow.com/users/1128957/nateeag I've also never had a gatekeeper jump down my throat. I think you are overstating how bad SO's culture is. I have definitely seen problems there, but they aren't the whole of the story. (Though SO itself has entirely lost my goodwill due to the Monica Cellio incident: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/342039/firing-community-managers-stack-exchange-is-not-interested-in-cooperating-with/342950#342950 https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/342039/firing-commu... )