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May 10, 2018 at 20:22	comment	added	Mike		Well, there is also too the fact that if you truly have a specific question related to your own area of research, as brilliant as this community is, the probability that one of the 4 or 5 people who are experts on that particular area will be hanging out here (e.g, any one particular place), within a short time interval, are pretty rare. If you are that well-known yourself chances are you know who can answer your question and you'd just email them directly, expecting a timely response
May 2, 2018 at 16:00	comment	added	Andy Putman		A problem that can be solved in an afternoon and whose answer fits into a MO answer is not nearly substantial enough to form an important part of one's research program. I don't think people generally post the main problems that they are working on, but rather questions concerning technical issues or side problems that arise while working on bigger things.
May 1, 2018 at 17:32	comment	added	Per Alexandersson		@CarloBeenakker: Well, my former PhD supervisor was a bit reluctant, or, well, expressed that one needs to keep this in mind. And he is not active on MO (to my knowledge). I guess it depends a bit if the goal of the research is solving the problems, or building a career - The most efficient way of doing research might ruin your career (if one does not have a tenured position yet) in some sense.
May 1, 2018 at 15:44	comment	added	Carlo Beenakker		is there any evidence for the stated "reason why so many professional mathematicians avoid MO"? I am not a mathematician, but as a physicist I would be thrilled to have a forum of brilliant scientists that would solve my research problems, and would be delighted to have these as co-authors.
May 1, 2018 at 14:13	history	answered	Per Alexandersson	CC BY-SA 3.0