> We know it can take time to adjust to design changes, especially when
> the site is so integral to many people’s workflows.

Calling this a design change is a severe understatement... I don't have a proper words for it... This is not a design change. This is a complete destruction of the Stack Overflow core feature: dedicated answers. This is like burning down the library of Alexandria. 

For the last few years you (the company) have been shooting yourself in the foot. Now you are aiming for the head. If you don't reverse course the site is as good as dead. 

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The experiment with opinion based questions gave you pretty good idea about what you shouldn't do. We gave you plenty of feedback. We explained with arguments that threaded replies are not good format for a knowledge base. But you didn't listen. And here we are.