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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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[–] danhab99@programming.dev 103 points 2 years ago (20 children)

IDK what shitoverflow gets out of being so fucking toxic. I asked one dumb question and I'm basically banned from posting on the website.

It feels like they're trying to be a sort of "wikipedia" of every programming problem and solution. The problem is that eventually everything will be posted, and everyone will be banned from the website.

[–] astral_avocado@programming.dev 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

You were able to post on there at all? Don't they have extremely high barriers to entry for even question comments?

[–] danhab99@programming.dev 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Honestly, I put some effort into get some of their reputation points. Then I asked one question that I didn't realize was dumb and I can't post questions anymore. You're welcome to see my profile and try to figure out how I did it 👍

https://stackoverflow.com/users/3971843/dan

[–] astral_avocado@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago

lmao, how dare you be inquisitive

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