I continue to be optimistic about this site's potential and hope that it will graduate soon. That said, my enthusiasm for the site's direction has waned somewhat. I felt the site going into a fairly theoretical direction early on... understandable, given the early adopters were pretty much universally from TCS.SE. I find myself occasionally visiting the site nowadays and thinking that it's become TCS-lite. Even that might make for a passable site (though, perhaps tellingly, not one I'd be particularly interested in visiting), but for the combative "problem dump" trend emerging of late. — Patrick87 ♦ 2 hours ago

@vzn I'm of the opinion that the current stance is counter-productive, if not outright rude. Alright, this is the Internet; people are going to find ways to get offended about anything, and we don't need to pander to them. That's not a carte blanche to be a jerk. It's like my going to questions I find to be duplicates and writing "This is a tired worn-out old question we've already answered several times." If the site's going to drive practitioners away with a slavish devotion to remaining anti-implementation, it feels like a bad move to also alienate students looking for homework help. — Patrick87 ♦ 1 min ago

What I'm saying is this: if I were King of the Internet, I'd decree that we encourage (good) implementation questions to the extent that they relate to the subject matter of computer science; furthermore, I'd treat condescending and/or dismissive language (especially when targeted at less experienced users) as a punishable offense. (I'd rather not name any names or give any examples, but use your imagination.) This is especially true in cases where site policies, like the Homework policy, are being skirted or paid lip-service. — Patrick87 ♦ 32 mins ago