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Re:I gave my time and expertise to StackOverflow because it ... by gds44 on Sunday May 12, 2024 @04:03AM (#40332912)
Once upon a time I used to live in libraries to make any kind of progress on certain problems. Then Google arrived and my library visits reduced drastically. Yet libraries still stand. And I still head there whenever I need some peace and quite. Something like that will happen with StackOverflow, Wikipedia, Quora,Reddit and even HN.
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Re:I gave my time and expertise to StackOverflow because it ... by niemandhier on Sunday May 12, 2024 @04:52AM (#40333084)
The difference ist that libraries are vaults of knowledge usually operated by governments to ensure access to the public.

Of all the examples you named only Wikipedia has a mission that is comparable to a library.

All the others will probably perish and exist as datasets you can buy, just like some social networks of yore.

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