[meta] Do you think this site is a useful resource for SSC users?

I hope this will become a more question and answer site for specific items, more like an FAQ. However I treasure the discussions on SSC proper, and hope they continue.

Sharing many of the same feelings as others here.

Not sure how this format will sit alongside the existing SSC forum, will it be obvious to newbies and veterans alike, as to which is the right place to post questions/discussions etc. StackOverflow has been going for quite some time now and you still see people being berated for posting in the 'wrong' place, although it may be more confusing over there as they do have a multitude of sites (StackOverflow, ServerFault, MetaStackOverflow, SuperUser,..)

I am a user of StackOverflow, but must agree with what others have said here about the lack of community feel - SO users are interested in gaining rep, SSC users seem more interested in helping people.

Guess will have to see how this pans out....

Edit:

just been browsing around and this question jumped out at me as a typical type of question that does not fit with this type of format that 'rewards' the right answer.
RBarryYoung - not criticizing you per se, as I've seen that you are trying to raise some momentum here!

As an active user on SO, I like this format!

Grant Fritchey mentioned that he didn't see how the voting up/down corresponded to correct (or quality) answers. As the site attracts experts (such as Grant), these people tend to get more votes (from the other experts) and things kinda work themselves out. Though I'm not suggesting that a high reputation is a single indicator of a person's knowledge or expertise.

One thing that StackOverflow does: when you sign up for one of the SO sister sites (such as serverfault.com), if your reputation is 'high enough', you immediately get 100 reputation points. This makes 'seeding' a new SO-based site easier.

SO does have it's shortcomings, and improvements/changes are made from time to time. Will you be 'shadowing' these changes, or was this a 'one-off' software licensing?

One thing that I think we're quite aware of is that many SQL Server questions don't have a straightforward answer, and do require discussion. So 'how do I make my query faster' probably hasn't got an answer, as such!

I posted something similar on "The Thread" on the existing SSC forums. The thing that, in my opinion, SSC from other forum sites is that it really is more like a community than just a place to ask a question. So while I like some of the features (voting, reputation, tags) in the StackOverflow model, I don't see the community there. I don't know if it is the people posting or the model that causes that. So I guess we'll see.

Mel, is there a plan for integrating it with the existing SSC site so you don't have to maintain 2 accounts/profiles?