I didn't see in the article, or anywhere in these comments, the reasons that Stack Overflow became a "read only" resource for me. The article did center around

I didn't see in the article, or anywhere in these comments, the reasons that Stack Overflow became a "read only" resource for me. The article did center around user's as moderators, but I felt there was a sudden increase in moderation around the time the company was sold. Previously I had been able to enter a question, or an answer relatively easily. But there was a sudden and sustained increase in the need to have a high enough "reputation" to be able to do either. It seemed like the site became centered around people who spent a lot of time there, honing their points. And anyone who wasn't doing this just became unable to post questions or answers. At that point, I would just use the site to refer to answers already in place, and no longer posted at all. From then on, there was a slow degradation of new and relevant posts. It does still occasionally come up in a search on a technical question, and I still use it when that happens.