This post imported from StackExchange Physics at 12:15 (UTC), posted by SE-user Emilio Pisanty * Using some kludgy informal queries, I make it that from the users that posted ≥0-score posts in the last year, half joined in the last 18 months, and more than 75% within the past 3 years, which is rather later than much of the relevant history. However, I think it would be nice if people actually involved in those decisions could add their perspective on how we came to where we are at the moment. I've written an answer with the essential timeline of the history, along with some links to relevant landmarks, and I'll describe from a (very) high level some of the choices different communities made along the way. How come there's only one Stack Exchange physics Q&A site, while mathematics gets two? Plus, today marks a bit of a grim anniversary in that history, so maybe it's a good time to do some reflecting. However, I realize that the details of why this situation came about are unknown to many users who joined after much of the development happened*, so it's worthwhile to go over some of that history. As I said in that answer, the ecological niche that this site occupies is rather different to the one that Mathematics Stack Exchange does, and a lot of this difference is directly attributable to the existence of MathOverflow. I'm prompted to start this thread by a comment on a recent question about why this site has the homework policy that it does.
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