When SO first came out I was on it quite a bit but as the community grew larger, I found that I rarely added much value to answering questions beyond what other

When SO first came out I was on it quite a bit but as the community grew larger, I found that I rarely added much value to answering questions beyond what other users were already doing. Now I use it as a great reference tool, like searching how to fix weird IE7 issues (yes, my company still officially supports IE7). For that, it's been a great tool.