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The Fall of Stack Overflow (observablehq.com)

submitted 1 year ago by trashhalo@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Over the past one and a half years, Stack Overflow has lost around 50% of its traffic. This decline is similarly reflected in site usage, with approximately a 50% decrease in the number of questions and answers, as well as the number of votes these posts receive.

The charts below show the usage represented by a moving average of 49 days.

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[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Google the provided solution for additional sources. Often when I search for solutions to problems I don’t get the right answer directly. Often the provided solution may not even work for me.

But I might find other clues of the problem which can aid me in further research. In the end I finally have all the clues I need to find the answer to my question.

[–] preciouspupp@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do you Google anything when all the results are AI generated crap for generating ad revenue?

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Well then I guess I have to survive with ChatGPT if the internet is so riddled with search engine optimized garbage. We’re thankfully not there yet, at least not with computer tech questions.