[andreareina]

ExpertsExchange was[1] a paid StackOverflow before the latter existed, SO came along and ate EE's lunch. Some of that was undoubtedly due to EE's (anecdotally, I never used it due to the money issue) bad UX, but free makes a big difference.

[1] They still exist, and it apparently gets traffic/use, but never hear anyone talking about them, and it never comes up when searching to resolve or diagnose a problem.

[pbhjpbhj]

EE had a scheme where you could answer questions to get free membership; I used that for a while.

I remember getting screwed over but don't remember the details: they locked up the site and I couldn't even access the solutions I'd written anymore. A bit later still they made it appear locked but you could still get to the answers if you knew how (I think that was to get their solutions on Google.

I'd guess it was taken over and someone tried to squeeze the money out, hasn't happened to SO yet.

[wolco]

if I remember you had to scroll down past the ad content.

[mort96]

I still hear people talking about ExpertsExchange. Usually accompanied with a joke about their name; ExpertSexChange.