News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The Fall of Stack Overflow. Parent comment

Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by zer8k on Monday July 31, 2023 @04:57PM (#36948708)
The rudeness stems not from moderation but drive-by insults in comments and rapid dupe marking. That's covered in one of the several answers to the topics.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by robertlagrant on Monday July 31, 2023 @05:04PM (#36948799)
Rapid dupe marking is not rude.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by chrisjj on Monday July 31, 2023 @07:27PM (#36950285)
Only if it is accurate. And the vast majority of SO dupe marking fails to accord with any meaning of the word duplicate found outside SO.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Fall of Stack Overflow by terribleperson on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @02:33PM (#36960345)
It is when the comment wasn't actually a dupe because of a subtle difference that was missed or because the 'original' question was years ago and all the answers would be different today.
[ Parent | on HN ]