Today, Stack overflow has almost as few questions asked per month, as when it launched back in 2009. A recap of its slow, then rapid, downfall.

Four months ago, we asked Are LLMs making Stack Overflow irrelevant? Data at the time suggested that the answer is likely “yes:”

    • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mlEnglish
      12·
      18 hours ago

      Ah yes, the place that never answered anything.

      The sloppiest of slops before we got AI slop.

      It was the pinterest of answering stuff

      • irinotecan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        10 hours ago

        Or if they had an answer, they paywalled it, until Google got pissed at them for including the answer in their SEO but blocking it once the user clicked through. Then they maliciously complied with Google’s demand to not censor by burying the answer under layers upon layers of ads and other “related” questions.

        I was so glad to see SO eat their lunch.

      • gianni@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        17 hours ago

        I used it in earnest! (to write shitty VB scripts and PHP websites)

    • Bruncvik@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      18 hours ago

      I remember when it didn’t have a dash. Until people started making fun of the old URL…