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The Fall of Stack Overflow (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by BenLloydPearson@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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Stack Overflow has seen a substantial decline in traffic over the last year that appears to be accelerating. https://observablehq.com/@ayhanfuat/the-fall-of-stack-overflow

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[–] rmam@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago

It feels like they’re trying to be a sort of “wikipedia” of every programming problem and solution.

It looks to me that they could effectively address that by improving their search combined with question grooming, and not shutting down posters.

I mean, what's a naive poster asking dumb questions other than a new user wanting to contribute? Is this the people they want to insult away?