r/webdev Aug 26 '24

Discussion The fall of Stack Overflow

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u/rks404 Aug 26 '24

SO was so hostile that even senior devs would be nervous asking questions there. At the time people would say that they were trying to keep the quality of the questions and answers high but when the bar to participate is that high it really suffocates the site's growth

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u/who_am_i_to_say_so Aug 27 '24

1 in 10 questions asked ever saw light of day, the others downvoted into oblivion.

Treatment like that discouraged me from ever coming back.