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Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by nerdponx on Monday July 31, 2023 @04:50PM (#36948601)
This is a multi-year trend and doesn't explain the sudden and significant decrease.

The article points to Google search algorithm changes for the first big drop, and ChatGPT release for the second one.

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Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by marcosdumay on Monday July 31, 2023 @05:05PM (#36948815)
Oh, it can explain a sudden and significant change. Just because something changes slowly, it doesn't mean that the effect will appear slowly too.

The article points at two causes that coincide in timing with the change. But even if it's correct, it doesn't mean that those are the two only causes or even the most important ones.

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Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by Pannoniae on Monday July 31, 2023 @05:12PM (#36948901)
Things work.... until they don't. A bunch of things can accumulate and not be a problem until it suddenly is.
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Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by Tao3300 on Monday July 31, 2023 @06:38PM (#36949824)
Slowly, then all at once.
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