[asid61]

I believe F4 Connect is primarily aimed at non-technical questions related to students. Getting a student's perspective in addition to an adult's could be a valuable resource, but I'll let Sam respond more in-depth as to the reasoning/execution in the morning. Sometimes getting a fellow student to talk about something with you in a small group is more relatable than posting on a forum such as CD, and doesn't encourage anybody to make burner accounts; more private than threads and less personal/easier than PMs.
I agree technical questions are better suited for CD, and I think F4 is trying to mostly avoid them (although I could be wrong, I'm not too familiar with this myself).