Good riddance. Whenever I search for a programming question I'd always hope for a) an official documentation page or, failing that, b) a page on a dedicated forum for the tool that I was using that covered the problem. I'd only ever click on SO links if I had no other choice.

And, of course, I'd never search for a problem on SO itself.

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I almost always prefer SO answers because there was chance someone had the same issue I was seeing. Documentation only shows how things should work and dedicated forums are very hit or miss.

[–] mcv@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

SO used to be really good in the past, but these days when I'm looking for an answer to a problem, I only unanswered closed questions.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That's the stupid SO concept that questions can only be asked once. It makes sure that only the question from 2012 with all its outdated answers is available while everyone who asks for an update will get their question closed.

That's why SO was great in 2012 but its rules made sure it got outdated fast.

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