[cheald]

> it does seem like there is a natural ceiling on the service which doesn't afflict others like wikipedia or facebook where content can be generated endlessly.

Software development, languages, toolkits, libraries, and frameworks are constantly evolving; there will always be new questions to answer, but they will require you to develop knowledge of those systems ahead of those asking the questions.

The really good questions are usually few and far between, but that's generally because the sorts of people who ask really good questions tend to be the kinds of people who are able to discover the solution without resorting to SO.

[untilHellbanned]

> The really good questions are usually few and far between, but that's generally because the sorts of people who ask really good questions tend to be the kinds of people who are able to discover the solution without resorting to SO.

Yes, this is the ceiling i'm concerned about.

[logn]

> Software development, languages, toolkits, libraries, and frameworks are constantly evolving

Just make sure to never ask or answer anything related to this on SO. Only copy-pasted stack traces are allowed. Otherwise your thread will be locked and the mods will disperse the crowd.

[cheald]

I assume you're talking about threads which ask for advice on which framework, etc to use? Those are specifically off-topic.