SO is definitely a club, and the guys who spend all day on that thing are not necessarily any more knowledgeable than others, despite their score.<p>In fact, many of the most impressive developers I&#x27;ve gotten to know, like Rich Hickey and others, have low scores on the site. You can&#x27;t judge the contributors by whether or not they know what they are talking about, just whether or not they are addicted to answering questions first before anyone else. And many of them just like the power they have over other users to close and moderate things, often in an unpredictable way.<p>That said, many of the contributors are genuinely helpful and the site has helped me tremendously in the past. But just as many contributors are narcissistic and think they invented both chickens <i>and</i> eggs.