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Re:AI is killing some companies, yet others are thriving – l... by giancarlostoro on Saturday March 01, 2025 @09:41AM (#43219633)
> - SO has overbearing moderation. Chatgpt doesn't close your question the second you've submitted it.

Even worse your question is slightly different and you asked it because the one they just linked as a duplicate didnt help or didnt fit fully. I get so angry when someones asking the right question but some a-hole SO mod closes it almost as if they took no care to compare context and want to meet some obscure metrics for SO.

I love SO but as you say the mods are the worst part.

Re:AI is killing some companies, yet others are thriving – l... by TZubiri on Saturday March 01, 2025 @11:31AM (#43220928)
Still, much of ChatGPTs success in code can be owed to SO success in generating a mountain of useful googleable archives.

See stacksort: https://xkcd.com/1185

Remember that the objective of SO is not to provide answers to users who post questions, but to provide answers to users who google questions.

Re:AI is killing some companies, yet others are thriving – l... by giancarlostoro on Saturday March 01, 2025 @03:08PM (#43223137)
My frustration is that I google questions wind up in SO and a mod links to an irrelevant but related question from 20 years prior.