Meta question - what about moving the D - Learn Forum to a seperate StackExchange platform?

[bachmeier]

On Friday, 18 October 2019 at 13:30:37 UTC, Martin Tschierschke 
wrote:
> On Friday, 18 October 2019 at 12:51:35 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
>> On Friday, 18 October 2019 at 07:35:21 UTC, Martin 
>> Tschierschke wrote:
>>> If I search for what ever, not related to D, I very often end 
>>> with a solution
>>> found on one of the StackExchange forums like StackOverflow 
>>> or AskUbuntu etc.
>>>
>>> The main advantage is, that all answers can be classified 
>>> (up/down voted, moderated etc.)
>>> This is much better than finding something in the D-Learn 
>>> Forum where it is difficult to see,
>>> if several answers are given are they still valid, especially 
>>> if they are some years old.
>>>
>>> I know that this was asked in the D survey and I think it 
>>> should be on the table again.
>>>
>>> If we unite for this idea, it should be possible to start an 
>>> own "DExchange" sub platform.
>>>
>>> Best regards mt.
>>
>> You can already ask questions on SO. What you are proposing is 
>> to close this forum, require registration to ask a question, 
>> and let JavaScript developers close questions and treat new 
>> users rudely. That doesn't seem like a good idea. The fact 
>> that most questions get asked here rather than on SO now 
>> suggests that there isn't much demand for SO.
>
> I am not for moving just to StackOverflow, but to make an own 
> "DExchange" / "AskD" or what ever named learn platform with and 
> inside the StackExchange [1] technology. This should keep D 
> users together and would avoid mixing with other languages. But 
> I am not sure if this is really achievable for us.
>
> [1] https://stackexchange.com/sites#

But then users would have to register for a new site, even if 
they already have a SO account. That would greatly reduce the 
number willing to ask questions. I don't have a problem with 
doing that (and you certainly can do so without asking anyone) 
but I strongly oppose shutting down D.learn.