(off topic)
stackoverflow’s “quality” is partly a function of it focusing the whole world of ignorance into one stream of questions, which presents a “fire hose” to any altruists willing to waste some free time answering questions there. and partly because it’s hit-and-run and newbies aren’t sanctioned for being lazy or ignoring the reward mechanisms that are supposed to keep the altruists from rioting.
this place has no reward mechanisms in the first place, and it’s niche, so the fire hose is just a garden hose.