The Fall of Stack Overflow

Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by feoren on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @02:20AM (#36858639)

> people are afraid of downvotes

People are afraid of downvotes because people will throw out downvotes without even reading your answer, and once you get the first downvote, everyone else will pile on, also without reading your answer.

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Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by inglor_cz on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @03:43AM (#36859217)

It is interesting how a tech-oriented community still replicates monkey or chicken behavior against unpopular individuals.

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Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by throwaway2037 on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @04:43AM (#36859625)

So, regular humans, right? I am unsurprised.

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Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by inglor_cz on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @10:23AM (#36862677)

I am not very surprised either, but it also indicates that we may be overvaluing education when it comes to behavior improvements.

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