BenLloydPearsonJul 25, 2023

The Fall of Stack Overflow

https://programming.dev/post/931727

The Fall of Stack Overflow - programming.dev

Stack Overflow has seen a substantial decline in traffic over the last year that appears to be accelerating.

Show threadZombieZookeeperJul 25, 2023
Maybe I would post more if I didn’t get ignored, or my questions immediately get marked to be closed without comment.
Show threadSl00k

I’ve had an account for almost 10 years that I use at least every other day at work, and have seen plenty of questions I CAN answer but apparently don’t have the “reputation” to.

Honestly a really dumb system imo.

Jul 25, 2023 at 5:55pmWeb
Show threadZombieZookeeperJul 25, 2023

Nobody OWES me an answer, but if I tend not to get one, I’m not going to keep bothering with SO.

Now, the anonymous cowards who mark a question to be closed without commenting are a different story.

Show threadproton_lynxJul 26, 2023
Man, infuriating! I had a problem that was being asked on stackoverflow but with no solution. Later, I found the solution reading some obscure parts of the docs from certain vendor. I was gonna post it there so everyone that had the same problem could find it and solve it. But I don’t have enough reputation :/
Show threadPCHJul 26, 2023
Never got into it because of that.