Ask HN: Could stackoverflow.com work for other fields?

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17 years ago

I tried asking this question on the actual site, but it was closed as "non-programming-related" fairly quickly.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/674232/could-stackoverflow-work-for-other-fields-closed

Unfortunately, I'm still curious to hear what people think. Here is my original question:

"Pick the specialty: medicine, law, science, finance, cars, home improvement...any field that has specialized 'domain knowledge'.

Could someone build a successful forum, like SO, for other areas of expertise? Is there something different about programming that makes this site work exceptionally well?"

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