[kenniskrag]

Also to create a democracy.

> Our sites are all intended to be a sort of representative democracy. Moderator elections are an important part of that plan, but voting on questions and answers is the primary mechanism through which the community governs the site on a day to day basis.

https://stackoverflow.com/help/why-vote

[bombcar]

And it can fall to all the errors and issues of democracy too - especially the “pseudo-expert” one. At least you can leave a comment on the answer if there’s an issue.