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I think the answer is a lack of a clear scope. I mentioned this in various comments in the past, but are we a *linguistics site* (like Linguistics SE), a *language learning site* (Like English Language Learners SE), a *language study site* (Like English Language & Usage SE), or all of the above?

[Some users think we are a linguistics site, and language learning questions don't fit the "main purpose" of this site](https://languages.codidact.com/posts/284296)

On the other hand, many language learning questions have been well received, including questions about ["is" vs. "does"](https://languages.codidact.com/posts/284291), [conjugating "have"](https://languages.codidact.com/posts/282716), [singular they](https://languages.codidact.com/posts/284164), and [pronunciation of a Russian letter](https://languages.codidact.com/posts/282880), to name a few.

This lack of clarity of scope introduces another barrier to posting, as people (including me!) have no idea how their question about learning a language is too simple to be qualified as a linguistics question for this site.

Another problem is a lack of visible experts. Users come here because they think we can help them. However, due to the broadness of our scope which allows any language, it is near impossible for anyone to see if the language they want to ask about is active at a glance (compounded by the fact that currently, we really don't have much variety in the first place, it discourages new users from joining). 

There has been [a suggestion to split Linguistics into its own separate category](https://languages.codidact.com/posts/279346); however, voting indicates that many users are against the idea, with the top-voted response positing that we maintain the status quo.

Thus, I think that before we start encouraging activity, we first need to clarify what activity we want to see, because it seems that right now we have several conflicting views.