Thing is, there have been viable and useful alternatives to old software (like PHPBB) for quite a few years now that still operates within the guidelines of for

Thing is, there have been viable and useful alternatives to old software (like PHPBB) for quite a few years now that still operates within the guidelines of forum software! Your comment is snarky and poorly formed - comparing new/old forum software to SO and experts-exchange is pretty silly. There was a very clear need for an improved communal QnA platform in SO's case; in this forum software's case? Not so much when other offerrings have existed for many years that are good and solid. If it aint broke, don't fix it.