What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph

Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by sfn42 on Saturday July 18, 2026 @01:31PM (#48960205)

How else do you help people learn if not by giving feedback? As an avid helper in a programming related discord channel I need you to understand that a lot of the people who come to these places for help are incredibly stupid. It's not uncommon to have to converse with a person for 15+ minutes just to get them to give you enough information to understand what their problem is. Like they will just paste an error message or a big incomplete block of code and say "help". What are you trying to do? What isn't working? How is it not working?

They don't understand that we need information to help them. They will get offended when you ask them to elaborate. They won't understand the answer no matter how much you simplify it. They just want their problem solved with the least possible amount of effort on their part.

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Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by evilduck on Saturday July 18, 2026 @02:23PM (#48960702)

You just described the complete opposite of the StackOverflow experience.

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Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by Grombobulous on Saturday July 18, 2026 @02:36PM (#48960852)

I disagree.

Here’s an example: my account on StackOveflow has enough reputation to answer questions on SO, but on other StackExchange sites that are very related I can’t do that just because I spent more time on StackOverflow.

The whole setup is basically repelling you from engaging by design. The site should already know from my SO reputation that I’m trustworthy enough to answer stuff on the other similar tech related stackexchange sites.

It was built for a time when you actually needed to filter out low quality questions and answers, but now that the users have abandoned the ecosystem the bouncer at the door makes a whole lot less sense.

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Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by Dragas on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @01:21PM (#48995323)

I relate to sfn42. That *is* the stack overflow experience. That is the average programming forum experience when you frequent it for more than just to get your problems solved.

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