But under the pile of this manure, real content is still there, real people with knowledge still answer real questions.No, not really, not in a density that makes it worth it from anyone. I mean I looked hard at several points for question answerers as well as attempting to be one. You yourself admit the place broken by the end of your post.
The obvious thing is that good answers that involve effort on the part of the answerer generally don't get you anything like the appropriate Karma.
Even more, SO actually reduced the amount of Karma you could get by asking questions so there's nothing to distinguish good questions from crap questions.
