I think this experiment would have gone over much better if SO leadership wasn't so disconnected from the actual users of the site, and had been willing to say

I think this experiment would have gone over much better if SO leadership wasn't so disconnected from the actual users of the site, and had been willing to say "here's an early prototype, please red-team it and show us where it breaks so we can hopefully get it to a state where it's actually useful in a way that makes your jobs easier"