I meet a lot of people regularly who have the knowledge and interest to participate in various SE communities however, many a time they do not know of SE, or of the existence of any site beyond Stack Overflow.  So, in such cases, what would be a good  that would make them log on to Stack Exchange and explore the Network?
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What's the best blog post/video/tweet/whatever to explain how the Stack Exchange system works to regular people? I am trying to gauge interest for a new Stack Exchange site, but I want to explain it to people as best (and preferably) as visually as I can. Any YouTube clips breaking it down?  anyone?  Note: I am fully aware of , but mine is about Stack Exchange, not Stack Overflow.  Most people think I'm describing traditional forum software, which they know sucks. Is there some way to describe the magic of how the design of the Stack Exchange system actually produces useful results very quickly? I can describe generally that it is a Q&amp;A site that users vote on the answers, but Stack Overflow feels like so much more. Am I perhaps thinking too big about this?
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Is a "log out from every SE site in the network" button technically feasible?  With so many SE sites popping up, it would be a very useful feature.  Edit: has this been implemented now, as @Ben suggests in his comment? I've lost track.
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Is this a StackExchange site? It looks and seems to function the exact same, but seems to have its own user system, and doesn't contain links to all of the other SE sites at the bottom like all the ones I've seen do.  If this is not an "official" SE site is it acceptable for third party sites to "copy" the look &amp; feel of SE to this extent or is this site in violation of something?
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Has the Stack Overflow crew considered partnering with other existing, more traditional forums to support open ended discussion?  I understand Stack Overflow is strictly a Q&amp;A site. We all know the drill. We also all know that when a more 'discussion-y' question is asked it's either coerced into Community Wiki mode or out right closed by the moderators. And that's fair enough I suppose but sometimes a question is open ended or spawns many, many comments. With Stack Overflow's lack of threads it can be difficult to follow anything of length. So, on to the my feature request!  Partner with other forums such as Reddit (stackoverflow.reddit.com?) so if open discussion is wanted it can happen easily. And by easily I mean provide a link on each question page saying something like "Open an official discussion at $forum_name", or if the discussion was already opened then "Join the official discussion at $forum_name". And of course on the forum posts provide a link back to the SO question for reference. When clicking the outgoing link a bunch of heavy lifting is automatically taken care of such as signing into the forum (As who? Obviously that will have to be figured out) and filling in the various post fields with data from the question and submitting it.  As to which forums would be official partners I only came up with Slashdot and Reddit as possible candidates but I imagine that there should be a number to choose from depending on the topic of the question. Select the best forum for the topic.  The key part is to still let SO be really good at Q&amp;A and still let the various forums be really good at being forums while providing a little bit of official integration between the two. Additionally if the discussion devolves into nothing worth while then it's only related to SO and not actually a part of it. No harm, no foul.  So at the risk of making this sound too 'discussion-y', what do you people think? ;)  PS, And on second thought maybe this would be better implemented as a browser plugin or Greasemonkey script. :P  PPS, Or perhaps the focus should be a little narrower. One of the options for closing a question could be to migrate it to a forum area. That way the Q&amp;A isn't polluted with discussion questions and the actually discussion could be isolated to a discussion area.
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I just got a question closed because it was rendered subjective by the moderators. The question is important to me and I believe other people would benefit. So, I ask the following non subjective question: on which site of the Stack Exchange ecosystem should I post  question?
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I would like to ask for help finding resources regarding a particular programming language. I realize that Stack Exchange is designed to be more of a hunter and less of a gatherer; it is meant to be very specific. If I ask a question that is not intended to objectively elicit &quot;the right answer&quot; then what forum should I post that question to? Is there one at all? In my case I am looking for information to help get started with  and feel that I am having a hard time finding resources. I believe that the SE community could point me in the right direction, but I want to be sure that I ask in the appropriate place.  suggests that I use  to ask for &quot;opinions&quot;, but the  states the following:  &quot;You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face.&quot;  Now, I feel that my question will be practical and indeed answerable; it's even based on actual problems that I am facing... But my question will not be specific enough to elicit a single &quot;AHA! This is the answer!&quot; - it won't be meant to do that. When I'm done asking, I hope that my question will have several answers from several different people and that it will be useful as a resource for someone else in the same position as me. Is Programmer's SE the place to do that? Or should I be looking elsewhere? Should I entirely leave the SE family of sites and find forums related to the topic somewhere else?
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One thing that seems to be missing in the Top&nbsp;Bar is a link to the Stack&nbsp;Exchange portal. It only displays under the "Current&nbsp;Community" section when you are in the community, but it disappears as soon as you go to another one.  Would it be possible to add a link that would always be there no matter which community you are currently on?
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SO has helped me so much in times of need. It is crazy - sometimes I am having a huge issue with a program I'm working on at school or work, and I post it on SO and the answers come quickly and easily. Lots of time it's a typo, while others it's a deep misunderstanding of mine. I wonder how I can fit in here at Stack Overflow. How I can contribute. In fact, I feel such a “beginner”, I don't even know where to look half the time. But I see there is now a place for /Programmers/ which leads me to wonder if there can be a site for beginners - and strictly beginners. Beginners post in Stack Overflow, and only beginners can post answers. Meaning, you must ask a question in the beginners forum in order to answer one. Or something, I'm not sure, I just want a place to connect with others who are just starting out how to learn about programming, and want to get the chance to answer other beginner questions so I can learn more (you learn 40% of what you do and 90% of what you teach). What do you all think about this?
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I am an Movies &amp; TV SE user.  Why there is no donation page on Stack Exchange?   With donations, the SE communities could make the site design even more beautiful.
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I recently noticed a new feature, the network profile link, just under the flag weight in my user profile page. It probably seemed like a good idea but I really don't like it. Here's why:  I am very committed to StackOverflow, use my real name for the account, take a professional approach to it and hope to use it as something of a portfolio-light at some point in the future.   Every now and then I venture onto other Stack Exchange sites but I do so with mostly different names for different SE sites. I have posted some questions and answers that I would rather not have connected back to my Stack Overflow account. They've been silly or controversial and have nothing to do with software engineering. I would rather a potential employer not see these posts or even see links to other sites I may be a member of. There are sites where mere membership can be offensive to people. For example: Atheism, Christianity, Skepticism, etc. I really do not want these sites and accounts to be linked back to something that I do take seriously such as SO.   It is also a matter of privacy. I see the network profile and accounts links as something akin to using a particular browser and finding out that the browser is publishing your history for all the world to see. Some might be OK with that but not me. There are SE sites I find interesting and want to participate in from time to time but only anonymously. Had I known that all of my SE accounts would at some point be tied and published together I would have never signed up for many of them.  I would very much like to see a check box when editing my profiles that specifies whether or not my SE accounts should be displayed.  Thank you for your consideration.
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When I was trying to help , I noticed that there is no "Sign Up" or "Login" option for a Stack Exchange account when you are already signed in.  I know it used to be there, what happened to it?  Ok, I see both the signup and login options when I am not logged in        But if I log (I tried with my test account since it doesn't have an SE account already associated):        In the second picture, there is no more SE login option.  The account definitely does not have an SE login associated, but I can't see it on my account either and I do have an SE account.
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There are some plans to put more information on  which is a Stack Exchange site. I am concerned it may not be as readable to everyone as it could be on a plain wiki.  Is there any information on how to use Stack Exchange with a screen reader?
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I see that the  contain some usful links:        But it seems that it's kinda weird and out of context. When exactly would a user that want to contact Stackexchange will find these links useful? What is so special about those links as opposed to a link to  for example?
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Ever since Everything That Happened with Stack Exchange, it's understandable that many users are hesitant to get re-involved on SE.  It's understandable that  are deleting their own accounts, out of protest, or out of frustration, or for many other reasons.  But I have noticed that, at the very least on , where I spend most of my time, questions are getting fewer views and fewer answers, fewer votes are being cast, and fewer questions themselves are being asked.  I've also noticed that flags are taking a long time to be processed, probably because of the fact that Writing.SE .    Are other sites also experiencing inactivity?  Is this in direct correlation with Everything That Happened?  Is it just this site, or are other sites experiencing the same patterns as well?
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There is so much great information on Stack Exchange. A lot of it one discovers only on a need to know basis when running into a similar situation. I was thinking about a new feature to leverage this.  I think that Stack Exchange holds great value in turning its old questions (which already have answers) into a more direct learning experience. Let us say I'm a user that wants to learn more about a specific topic. SE has some knowledge of my skill level on that topic. If not it can try to estimate it by presenting me with questions which already have answers. If I feel comfortable with answering the questions I receive, and the answers are familiar terrain, I can give feedback on how confident I am in resolving the question and also how entertaining the question is as a learning experience. This way SE can update my skill level and update the difficulty and meta information of the question. With this closed feedback loop it can then continue providing me with questions which are relevant to my skill level. Once I'm at a high skill level it could then occasionally present me with questions which don't have an answer as well.  Do you think this makes sense? Would you use it or do you think it would help attract new users to the site and teach them how to write higher quality answers?
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At the moment, I actively participate in Stack Overflow. I would like to be able to participate in others (Project Management for instance). I can do this but I have to watch two "Interesting" lists. Imagine wanting to participate actively in 10 sites. How would you manage?  I think it would be great if, alongside tags, I could also select sites to include questions for.
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I am thinking of making a site which will have a forum. I already have a lot of users (in an old forum, which I want to renew).  I like the Stack Exchange concept (voting, reputation, etc).  Can I build one of my own on my site? (I don't intend to copy any source code, just the concept itself.)  Is the concept patented or otherwise legally protected, or is it free to use?