The Fall of Stack Overflow

Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by culopatin on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @12:01AM (#36857722)

I think that with the rise of push notifications, no one really goes to a site to check notifications anymore. So the new user may have not developed the muscle memory to go back to SO and participate. I suspect this also has something to do with the decline of forums. Reddit still works because the app sends 200 notifications a day, but without it, I don’t think it would be as popular.

Also SO is participation hostile unless you’re a pro, so as a newbie I’m not going to do anything other than ask and lurk, because I’m not worthy

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Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by galaxyLogic on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @12:39AM (#36857962)

At least part of the reason for the hostility is that SO is a game. You get points, but you can also prevent others from getting points by voting down or removing their questions and answers.

On SO this hostility is pronounced because participants believe that if they get a lot of points they have easier time finding a well-paying job.

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Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by stulentsev on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @04:51AM (#36874789)

> participants believe that if they get a lot of points they have easier time finding a well-paying job

It’s true, though. I have a high-rep account and I’ve had a few jobs fall in my lap because of that.

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Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by kzrdude on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @06:30AM (#36860335)

I don't know if we all do it the same way. I don't use push notifications for barely anything, because I don't want to be disturbed by random sites (least of all linkedin or SO.)

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Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by culopatin on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @10:01AM (#36862353)

But you’re not the average person.

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Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by kzrdude on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @04:09PM (#36868597)

I didn't know that. Well, I suspected it, because something is clearly wrong, yeah, but.. you know what I mean?

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Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by metabagel on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @10:46AM (#36863055)

Unless you post your own Q&A, it’s difficult to get the initial mod points to even be able to comment.

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Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by hinkley on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @04:29PM (#36868915)

Since SO is often used in a professional capacity, that problem could have easily been fixed by dev tools providing a formal way to link to SO traffic for topics that are relevant to the team.

It's just been a while since anyone has started trying to integrate tools with each other, outside of the established players.

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