[Graffur]

Honestly I've used stack overflow since it started and read tech news daily. I do not know or care about Monica Cellio or internet/twitter drama.

I would bet money that if I asked any of my friends or colleagues they wouldn't know either.

[the_jeremy]

Sure. That's a little like saying you use Wikipedia regularly. I have ~10k rep on Stack Overflow from >200 answers, but I'm still a small fry compared to the volunteer moderators and the true power users.

There are people who spend an insane number of hours closing or editing basic "How do I do this" questions that would otherwise overwhelm the site (whether or not you agree with the standard these users set for the site is a separate discussion). When Monica got removed, the people who had made SO a significant part of their identity were understandably upset (the fact that she managed to raise >$25k to sue SO for defamation[0] should show just how upset). Why should anyone try to make the site better when SO was insulting its most helpful users and self-sabotaging?

I dramatically cut down on my time spent learning by answering questions. It's certainly a minority that did so, but I think it's a formerly-prolific minority.

[0]: https://www.theregister.com/2020/01/02/stack_overflow_settle...