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Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by nolok on Saturday July 18, 2026 @10:21AM (#48958423)
The entire gamification was great in the beginning but ended up working against them rather than for. It should have evolved into something else.
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Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by masfuerte on Saturday July 18, 2026 @11:30AM (#48959019)
Yes. There were far too many people with nothing to contribute doing useless (or actively harmful) busywork to earn points.
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Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by no-name-here on Sunday July 19, 2026 @01:54AM (#48965354)
Are you referring to edits? If so, I haven't seen that, and certainly not as a notable issue on the site. Instead, I think I saw closer to the opposite - edits to questions or answers that fixed typos, pointed out that an answer's linked app had been down for years, etc. were often rejected.
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Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by inigyou on Saturday July 18, 2026 @03:33PM (#48961465)
Same on Reddit. Every gamification triggers Goodhart's Law and has a lifespan.
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