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    I'm not new to SE, and I still don't understand the overlap of topics across multiple sites, so don't feel too bad! Commented Apr 18, 2012 at 5:34
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    I agree, there are some that feel almost too close to each other. Even SuperUser and StackOverflow can occasionally have questions asked that could fall into either. Commented Mar 22, 2017 at 21:48
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    Jeff Atwood (SO co-founder), was at least partly responsible for the fragmentation of SO into arbitrary overlapping microsites that promoted identity politics and duplication/overlap, instead of attempting to reduce anti-patterns. He explained his reasoning c. 2010-2011. I disagreed with his reasoning then and I still disagree with it now. See these two discussions: 1 2. Commented Dec 1, 2018 at 17:42
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    @CodyGray: they don't make sense to me, only confusing users. E.g. whatever you ask in CodeReview could be asked in StackOverflow. Commented Dec 7, 2018 at 23:56
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    In my view the most frustrating thing about there being so many is that you get penalised for using any of them other than SO, since much less people will see your question there. So even if someone is actually aware that their question belongs better in one of the other ones they will still post in SO to be more likely to get a good answer. This is what I consider the most broken thing about Stack Exchange. Commented Mar 7, 2020 at 6:48
  • @CodyGray +1 (now Your votes is 123 on the comment :p) thanks for that comment really !! edit: thought I was alone Commented Jan 11, 2023 at 13:15
  • Yeah, and add to that the 'We closed your question for your ignorance, read this collection of pages, and better luck next time!". I have been a member for MANY years, and maintain a pretty decent reputation on many sites. Yet this still gets confusing sometimes, especially when you DO read the questions posted on those sub-sites and it seems completely logical to post where you did, at least to you... Why some of us are welcoming ChatGPT and why some sites are fearing it, remove the egos and quests for clout, and things get way more useful, as of yet AI does not have that ego. ;) Commented Mar 19, 2023 at 17:05
  • The discoverability of this is low (even though it has 310 linked questions). Commented Oct 20, 2023 at 21:20