The (Overdue) Collapse of Stack Overflow

Stack Overflow and OpenAI made a deal, and it's not good for us. This is the beginning of the end.

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#chatgpt #softwaredevelopment #stackoverflow

[jackgenewtf]

"Duplicate question, Prashanth. Move on." 😂

[wisedonkey_]

At least ChatGPT isn't condescending when someone asks basic questions.

[MrAlanCristhian]

I searched for a question about an UNIX Extended Regular Expression issue. It was marked as duplicate. Then I read the suposely "original question", and I find that it was about a Perl regular expresion, not UNIX ERE.

Stack Overflow reached peak stupidity.

[edwinhamers]

The actual point is that Stack is the community. If the community leaves, Stack will die a slow death...

[KaziQTR]

I once got my answer post blocked and then the thread locked IIRC. Not because it was wrong mind you but because some dude decided I can’t post after a certain amount of time it was created. Never posted anything on stackoverflow after that yet.

[kanelivingstone]

Goodbye Stack Overflow. Don’t let the door hit you on your way out

[camtwan]

I still have yet to figure out how to properly post a question. I am a brand new programmer and was excited to try stackoverflow. I figured it would be super welcoming, but both of my questions were removed within 5-10 minutes by guys who seem to never log off. One was about errors in my physics collision, and in a few minutes it was gone with all of the code crossed out. I figured I just gave too much context and refined it to only the two functions handling the physics response. It appears it will never be reopened.
The other was a lot earlier in my education where I asked if there was another way to write the code, and basically asked if there was a more efficient way to write it. closed in minutes.
After looking at the accounts of the 3 people that closed the collision question, they have more posts edited than I thought possible. Stackoverflow from my brief usecase seems to be infiltrated with point whores who remove questions if they feel like its a question they can't or don't want to answer. Anyways, I just use AI, google, and discord and they don't have an ego about how "right" my question is.

[steveo]

Stack overflow or also known as „duplicate question“

[stephensiemonsma]

Stuff like "Thanks for the feedback! You need at least 15 reputation to cast a vote, but your feedback has been recorded." when I try to vote on a post or answer is a biggest reason I just don't actively participate on Stack Overflow. The idea that they gate off even voting is just obnoxious. I don't respond kindly to those sorts of incentives.

[neumartin]

YouTubers like you are the new StackOverflow and much better than any IA!! Keep making great content. Thanks, Alex!! 🙌

[andrewgrant]

The Stack Overflow data would not be as useful to the AI companies if it contained AI results. The no AI rule is entirely consistent with making a deal with OpenAI.

[dawnrazor]

Good riddance to bad rubbish. We all need stackoverflow like we need a hole in our head. I gave up on that toxic site eons ago because of the over zealous power crazed admins that are thankfully surplus to requirements now

[jimg]

Stack Overflow has been invaluable of the years. Unfortunately it's time has come and will go the way of CD's and cassette tapes. But it will always have a place in my heart for all the times it has helped solved crazy hard issues I had to overcome. Still LOVE YOU STACK OVERFLOW!

[N]

Consider this: A vast majority of questions programmers encounter as they navigate their way into the dark corners of languages, algorithms, and operating systems have been answered. StackOverflow is pretty much done because all of the important questions have been answered or declared unanswerable. And yeah. Many of the first responders to questions are more than a little snarky. These self proclaimed gurus have all of the social skills of a charging rhinoceros, and make the rest of us uncomfortable about posting.

[RomPereira]

well, if you ask a question, must be The Question... Otherwise, a bunch of know it all come to tell you that you should not ask questions. Go search, whatever that means... But sure, you did not search at all. It is way faster posting a question in a forum and wait for a good person to answer to you, in a day or maybe several...

[BrazenNL]

The problem with Stack Overflow is, there is a lot of knowledge, but sometimes, they're just not friendly. Now, there is an alternative, so guess what, all those people that needed help but got shouted at, they're gone forever. Since no one is paying the people sharing knowledge on SO, they're not going to change, nor do (or should) they care about what happens with SO. I don't see a bright future for SO.

[freefaler]

Stackoverflow was bought by Prosus in 2021 (a big investment group). They are toasted... founders cashed out so not it's in "optimization MBA management" phase.

[eyehear]

There is going to be an inflection point where coding assistants can't keep up with new technology and support for new technology has to come from actual humans, thus necessitating forums like StackOverflow

[alexh]

Stack overflow stopped me from asking questions because my questions "need improvment" all I did was ask a question about Notion's API.

[mauriciomdea]

"If you don't pay for the service, you're the product."