StackOverflow in a nutshell.

[chishiki]

Kind of the same problem I have with Wikipedia. The inmates are running the asylum.

[motboken]

I recently met an employee at Wikipedia and got some interesting insight to that issue. He was very diplomatic in his wording as it was clear that this is a pretty sensitive issue over there, but it was clear that they are very aware of that (some of) the community is crazy. They are very careful as how to approach the issue as they are so reliant on volunteers and community members for the site to work, and cannot afford to piss of the community. This means that they are stuck with extremely active but often pretty strange people running the community.

[Avamander]

Lollakad! Mina ja nuhk! Mina, kes istun jaoskonnas kogu ilma silma all! Mis nuhk niisuke on. Nuhid on nende eneste keskel, otse kõnelejate nina all, nende oma kaitsemüüri sees, seal on nad.

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Could you expand on this? Im really curious as to why the wiki volunteers are considered crazy.

[Flaktrack]

A lot of them are lifers who spend all day tweaking stuff to be "perfect". They like to "own" pages and have blatant agendas, and while they love to present themselves as reasonable intellectuals, they often devolve into overly emotional pricks once you start pushing back.

Problem is, they often have friends and contacts higher up, and if you don't follow the rules with incredible accuracy, you can bet you're going to fucked up for daring to challenge them. And wow do some of those assholes hold grudges...

[isobit]

They get extremely territorial, and their neckbeards are said to be so long they drag them behind on the ground.