Well. I never thought I'd be writing this message. I've logged into this site nearly every day for over 5 years. I truly love this community. I've learned so many things from it, and I have made countless friends that I consider just as close as people I know in real life. Which is why it's reall...

Do Moderators of the community make any money or get paid from SE. Just wanted to know what is the motivation factors that drive them to work as a moderator ?

A lot has been written and said about users finding Stack Overflow unwelcoming. For example, see The Loop 2: Understanding Site Satisfaction on the weblog, or What about the community is "toxic"? here on Meta SE. Is there any survey data for user satisfaction on other SE sites than Stack Overfl...

I just came accross Is there any user satisfaction data for other SE sites than Stack Overflow? and I think, most likely, the bleak answer will be: no, there is no official survey data that explicitly covers other sites on this network. Leading to a crazy (?) idea: We users could sit together ...

I am a "normalish" user of Stack Overflow. I come here mostly to get answers to my questions and I love it. (I occasionally post answers, but usually find that my expertise is not specialized or quick enough to get many answers out.) As a normalish user, I have been watching a bit bemused by a...