All the data is creative commons and Stack Overflow makes complete data dumps available:
https://archive.org/details/stackexchange
So the trade off (going where the users are vs. the assets) doesn't seem that bad.
So the trade off (going where the users are vs. the assets) doesn't seem that bad.
Note that I've never been in charge of a large product like this, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.
It's a shame that the SO community is constantly killing interesting and useful questions, just because "they don't match their format".
I agree that is baffling the way interesting questions are always getting quashed.