We’re all supposed to be sycophantic morons with no > brains?
Not all of us. But 19 out of 20 commenters here assume greediness/carelessness/stupidity whenever the team makes a decision that is different than expected. You guys are in lockstep. Maybe, though, the SO/SE team has thought longer, harder, and with far more vested interest about the SE problems than the rest of us. So they come up with a bold new plan. It may succeed, it may fail. But the current course of action was failing, and I’m glad to see that they are trying something that has the possibility to be better. Sure, point out problems. I’m sure they all benefit from some of the comments here. But griping helps nothing. When you say: > This all sounds a lot like some other (overbearing) > CEOs/companies who have very specific and controlling > views on how the world, computing and internet should > look.