I wasn't talking about whether I thought it was good or bad, just that it seems to me like most people on HN usually look down on it. And the reasons are mostl

I wasn't talking about whether I thought it was good or bad, just that it seems to me like most people on HN usually look down on it. And the reasons are mostly ones of user-friendliness (not technical reasons). I've heard of plenty of people who still never signed up for StackOverflow because it requires OpenID.