Way more people are on SO than venture into IRC or are now split up on discord. SO had the opportunity to be that community and to be that helping hand, the c

Way more people are on SO than venture into IRC or are now split up on discord. SO had the opportunity to be that community and to be that helping hand, the community were willing (people like me!) but due to the attitudes of some, like yourself (j'accuse!) we closed ourselves off to that because we thought being "correct" was more important than helping. SO could have easily been both but people just overly fixated on the concept of building a perfect library of knowledge.