I get where you are coming from and agree on the premise, and much of the application, but with some qualifiers. The founder of the forum had a vision for the promotion of self sufficiency and good content, whish is representative in this post he made about a year ago: He preferred subtle bread crumbs to spoon feeding, from what I understand. I think the question is: are we hoping to have more in depth content or very basic questions?
I think the consensus of those who have built and developed this forum is that the latter is accurate and it was never designed an introductory step.
In fact for several months last year all of the new questions were referred to STG, as that forum was the "Stairway" and this was hopefully more intermediate to advanced content. I think assuming it is elitism or gatekeeping is not an accurate lens to see this through, it is simply a graduated course that hopefully allows for all levels of knowledge without the extreme basics of bargain hunting and very pedestrian questions.
I do compliment you on your recent handling of this controversial philosophy and enjoy the debate it can provoke when discussed intelligently.
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