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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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