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StackOverflow is dead (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 15 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

And in about 2017 they started with “ThIs Is A DuPlIcAtE QuEsTiOn”, while pointing to a 10 years old answer.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 hours ago*
    1. Looking answer for A.
    2. Find stack overflow post about it
    3. “This is a dublicate”
    4. Link goes to question with answer to B.
    5. And B while being close to A is not A.

    Peak stack overflow experience.

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  • [–] 6 points 22 hours ago (1 child)

    It was around 2017 my questions just stopped getting answers. Even if it wasn't closed, I'd just get nothing. Eventually gave up asking.

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  • [–] 6 points 22 hours ago

    Like every experience, where I tried to actively engage with StackOverflow, was entirely negative. It was good for finding knowledge, but the moderators eventually killed it by this very behavior. This is also why you see the growth stalling, which should not happen. ChatGPT was only the final nail in the coffin and even made the existing knowledge disposable.

    Sometimes I wonder how many of the StackOverflow moderators were also Reddit moderators.

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