SO is sort of like Wikipedia in that they're tremendously useful sites that are widely misunderstood. So many of the complaints about them seem to be based on m

SO is sort of like Wikipedia in that they're tremendously useful sites that are widely misunderstood. So many of the complaints about them seem to be based on misunderstanding their purpose. People see SO for the first time and jump to the conclusion that SO is sort of like Reddit, and that Wikipedia is someplace where anybody can write anything about anything. When the moderation works against them, they blame "asshole mods" instead of their own ignorance of the purpose of the sites themselves. (not that there aren't asshole mods, but that's beside the point) Anyway, hooray for SO (and hooray for Wikipedia), pretty much the rest of the web is composed of anything-goes sites and I love that they actively try to craft a particular experience.