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I tend to lurk on code4lib and got a little behind. I'd be interested in participating in a clone of Stack Exchange, if one existed that would fit. I'm willing commit time to help get it going. What I particularly liked about Stack Exchange was the ability to upvote answers and see the reputation of people answering and asking the questions. As others have already pointed out, some listserv questions gets asked again and again. Or, a question might have a lot of answers with various "me too" responses mixed in that makes seeing the full picture difficult. What I didn't like about Stack Exchange was the emphasis on only asking questions that had one true answer. This prevented me from asking pretty much any question I actually cared about. It seems to me that questions with one true answer are the type of questions that are the easiest to answer by oneself. Ideally, I'd prefer a site that accepts a broad range of questions but has excellent filtering options. So, for instance, my profile could highlight any questions about the Horizon ILS and demote anything around readers advisory. Getting enough people to seed questions and answers seems like it'd probably be the hardest part. I don't have a good answer for that challenge. Gem Stone-Logan High Plains Library District http://www.mylibrary.us/