Based on the figures shown via the Questions and Users links, it seems that there are 2,575 questions, and 4,652 users.

I head Joel Spolsky (co-founder of Stack Overflow) talking about how, in general, people prefer(?) to answer questions than to ask them.

I would think that it's because; the more you know, the less you need to know (of what can be gleaned from a single point-specific question/answer).

However, an average of 0.55 questions per user surprises me.

Are the totals correct?

Update:

I just checked the other stack.. sites I use:

                    Questions    Users   Ratio.  

unix.stackexchange:       934    2,412   0.39
askubuntu:              2,575    4,652   0.55
superuser:             55,160   48,893   1.12
stackoverflow:      1,004,367  372,605   2.69

A low ratio seems to be just a reflection of the newness of a site (assuming a site "takes off")... so by seeing more stats, I'm now not surprised any more. It makes sense...

Based on the figures shown via the Questions and Users links, it seems that there are 2,575 questions, and 4,652 users.

I head Joel Spolsky (co-founder of Stack Overflow) talking about how, in general, people prefer(?) to answer questions than to ask them.

I would think that it's because; the more you know, the less you need to know (of what can be gleaned from a single point-specific question/answer).

However, an average of 0.55 questions per user surprises me.

Are the totals correct?

Based on the figures shown via the Questions and Users links, it seems that there are 2,575 questions, and 4,652 users.

I head Joel Spolsky (co-founder of Stack Overflow) talking about how, in general, people prefer(?) to answer questions than to ask them.

I would think that it's because; the more you know, the less you need to know (of what can be gleaned from a single point-specific question/answer).

However, an average of 0.55 questions per user surprises me.

Are the totals correct?

Update:

I just checked the other stack.. sites I use:

                    Questions    Users   Ratio.  

unix.stackexchange:       934    2,412   0.39
askubuntu:              2,575    4,652   0.55
superuser:             55,160   48,893   1.12
stackovervlow:      1,004,367  372,605   2.69

A low ratio seems to be just a reflection of the newness of a site (assuming a site "takes off")... so by seeing more stats, I'm now not surprised any more. It makes sense...

Based on the figures shown via the Questions and Users links, it seems that there are 2,575 questions, and 4,652 users.

I head Joel Spolsky (co-founder of Stack Overflow) talking about how, in general, people prefer(?) to answer questions than to ask them.

I would think that it's because; the more you know, the less you need to know (of what can be gleaned from a single point-specific question/answer).

However, an average of 0.55 questions per user surprises me.

Are the totals correct?

Update:

I just checked the other stack.. sites I use:

                    Questions    Users   Ratio.  

unix.stackexchange:       934    2,412   0.39
askubuntu:              2,575    4,652   0.55
superuser:             55,160   48,893   1.12
stackoverflow:      1,004,367  372,605   2.69

A low ratio seems to be just a reflection of the newness of a site (assuming a site "takes off")... so by seeing more stats, I'm now not surprised any more. It makes sense...