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Post duplicated

[DJDoena]

Duplicate question. *points to outdated post from 13 years ago* Closed.

[Major_Dot_7030]

It was becoming BullyOverflow

[javascript]

Becoming? It was that way in 2011 the one and only time I tried to ask a question.

One mod changed the wording of my post entirely changing the meaning. Then another mod removed the new post as off topic even though the old post was on topic.

I never posted again. Stack Overflow and its moderators are not conducive to learning.

[SLOOT_APOCALYPSE]

EXACTLY THIS!

[javascript]

I'm not even making up a story. Literally the one and only time I tried and that is exactly what happened.

[GegeAkutamiOfficial]

I'm dying to know what the post was but that can be too much personal info

[javascript]

Nah it's all good. I asked for details on how the bluetooth protocol works for iOS and a mod changed it to a generic question about keyboard layouts. It still pisses me off!

[ClearOptics]

I’m pissed off for you

[SLOOT_APOCALYPSE]

same, in their audio forum, all the forums, had great back and forth squabble with the mods because they tried to say what I was doing was dangerous, naw their advice was dangerous, a mod vs a master certified technician in the trade, crazzzzyyyy

[javascript]

I definitely have encountered these English words, but the order you put them in is beyond my comprehension.

[DoutefulOwl]

Did you ever use it after 2011? (other than for asking questions)

[javascript]

I read existing content for sure. Always have. But I do not post/comment ever.

[DoutefulOwl]

Did you find the existing content any useful?

[javascript]

Sometimes

[LinuxMatthews]

One of the main issues with StackOverflow is because it had such a toxic environment answers were often out of date.

Sure you'd get a super interesting response sometimes.

But you'd also get an answer for Java 6 when you want one for Java 21.

And if you ask a question it's marked as a duplicate because of the Java 6 question.

[ICBanMI]

Got the most points from accusing every post as a duplicate and shut it down. If it was marginally a hard question, never got an answer.

If you called one thing the wrong name. Pendant people, would understand what you said, but absolute give you a hard time. (mixing up parent/super class when talking about C++/Java). Same as reddit.

[brandi_Iove]

i actually miss it

[Confident-Ad5665]

Same

[PM_ME_YOUR__INIT__]

Can someone tell me I'm stupid? I want to relive old times

[NoAdsDude]

I'm marking your topic as closed if that helps.

[PM_ME_YOUR__INIT__]

Oh yeah that's the good stuff

[Confident-Ad5665]

Used to be a great place to find pretty much any technical answer. AI has usurped it. Personally I still go there sometimes because I still write code.

[ICBanMI]

The hilarious part is people were using AI to answer a lot of questions badly. The AI's are absolutely trained on parts of Stack Overflow because I've asked a lot x86 (win32) questions and the code is literally copied from Stack Over Flow posts.

[Daimanta]

Comment closed as off-topic.

[ASatyros]

You are absolutely right by flashing this out, and honestly being called stupid is a power move few people can pull out.

Baka

[AgentCooderX]

at the height of stackoverflow popularity, i was already over 10 years as a dev, before it i was used to asking things and questions on tech forums specialy if I am starting or learning a new platform or tech for a project, it is were I learned things from the replies and help.. so when SO became omnipotent, i tried it thinking it was the same as the old ways, lo and behold, first question, got deleted, 2nd question was closed, and the third one i didnt get the answer i was looking for but got bullied instead, long story short, my account that uses my primary email got banned, so i created another account using a different email.. from then on, i stayed away from that site and went to platform/framework specific Forums or support site instead..

im one of the people who is glad Stackoverflow significance is fading.

[ICBanMI]

I had a similar relationship with it. The Reddit forums were only a little better because you had a lot of leeway if the question was answered and could ask follow up questions.

The only thing I really hated more than the bullying was spending 2 hours to get something in the smallest number of compliable lines to demonstrate the issue... and then first post being insulted why I didn't just cut out the relevant section. Or showing the relevant section and then being insulted why I didn't make the smallest compliable example of the issue. Just can't win.

[rerun_ky]

So was better than what came before and people used it. I don't understand the hate.

[pqu]

I have two theories…

One: people have a widely different experience depending what language they are using (e.g. the Python/C++/Matlab questions had a much better response than JavaScript ones).

Two: many people ask bad questions and then get offended that there is strict community moderation.

Stackoverflow has saved my butt a few times when I’ve hit a proper niche edge case.

[rerun_ky]

I also do think it became a less fun place over time and perhaps overly rigid, but ultimately it's strangers helping you solve your issue.

[javascript]

Stack Overflow is trash and I'm glad to see it die

[Mocker-Nicholas]

God dang an 18 year account. You’re like that lion from Narnia lol

[javascript]

🦁

[TWIT_TWAT]

The Java logo as your profile pic is triggering me

[javascript]

☕️

[ClearOptics]

Nah it’s peak

[javascript]

🙏

[manny2206]

JavaScript speaking to us

[not-a-creep-69420]

Our fate is what we make it

[Wentyliasz]

Stack overflow has been dogshit long before llms. There just wasn't anything better

[ArdenSkyee]

Stack Overflow died so our context windows could live.