Please read! FRC.Stackexchange Proposal

[synth3tk]

Originally Posted by gblake

For the goals you outlined, please try collaborating with the Chief Delphi folks to help them improve this site, before trying to create a spin-off site.

With all due respect to the administrators, it doesn't seem like things move at a pace necessary to keep up with suggestions and new use cases. Heck, the planned vBulletin upgrade from 2013/2014 still hasn't happened, so the forum is running on a version from 2006 (!). I don't know if it's lack of time from Brandon, or licensing, or what, but I'm sure I'm not the only one who would be willing to help test and deploy updates a bit more quickly if given the chance.

Also, the forum format is great for many things, but not everything. If we were to suggest trying to keep those minor Q&A-type threads here, at the very least a few plugins should be installed to make the experience better. Best-case scenario would be finding a StackExchange-like module that is a part of (or integrates deeply with) vB. The ability to upvote, edit others' answers, and use a more robust tagging system makes a world of a difference.

Lastly, I think no one is suggesting that the SE site take over for CD. In fact, it can be a huge help, as long as it's promoted and highly visible on CD itself. In my opinion, the subreddit should be seen as much more disruptive than SE, yet CD still stands after all this time.