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Stack overflow is almost dead (blog.pragmaticengineer.com)
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Four months ago, we asked Are LLMs making Stack Overflow irrelevant? Data at the time suggested that the answer is likely "yes:"

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[–] Endmaker@ani.social 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even without LLMs, it’s possible StackOverflow would have eventually faded into irrelevance – perhaps driven by moderation policy changes or something else that started in 2014

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

actually, i was surprised it took off at all, because there are plenty less formal alternatives, but the name is catchy with devs. maybe that's all it took.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It took off because searching a specific issue is likely to give you a good and comprehensive answer back with minimal effort, so it kept being ranked well in search engines.

Other less "pedantic" forums are great for discussion and they encourage new questions, but they don't perform nearly as well for people searching for the answers or the context they're looking for: there's too much noise in the discussion and answers are often scattered in multiple topics.