Re: PowerUsers of StackOverflow, not always worth their reputation:

[quote user="ObiWayneKenobi"]The problem with SO is that it basically ONLY rewards people who give out the popular/textbook answers. If you make a valid suggestion and someone disagrees with you (for example, saying VB.NET is good, or PHP is good, or Stored Procedures are NOT evil) then you get downvoted while someone who tosses out a bogus answer or one that appeals to the masses will get tons of upvotes. I really don't see how anyone can consider SO "good" since it basically just enforces the status quo and is a big dick-waving contest among programmers.[/quote]

True enough, but between an anonymous mass of nerds with unknown cluefulness and select set of self-declared experts, I have more faith in the wisdom of transient crowds.

Or at least, I have less faith in self-declared experts.