What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph

Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by nottorp on Saturday July 18, 2026 @12:23PM (#48959504)

Because the person who asked the question has accepted the first answer that looked decent enough and moved on.

Usually the most superficial, not that it's always a bad thing.

Oh, also on SO there's this kind of exchange:

Q: "I want to do X because of this and that - or because I simply fucking want to".

A: You should never do X, do Y or Z instead.

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Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by badc0ffee on Saturday July 18, 2026 @02:05PM (#48960539)

The "that's a XY problem" guys always seem to think they're the smartest in the room.

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Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by blt on Saturday July 18, 2026 @09:14PM (#48964099)

imo this was the single worst problem with SO, people always searching for the XY problem in every question instead of taking it at face value

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Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by nottorp on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @08:50AM (#48991672)

Mostly I'd say their downfall was that they encouraged copypasta material and actively discouraged any kind of behaviour that would have built a community.

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