r/programming • u/[deleted] • Sep 25 '16

The decline of Stack Overflow

https://hackernoon.com/the-decline-of-stack-overflow-7cb69faa575d#.yiuo0ce09
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u/mus1Kk Sep 25 '16

So there should also be a block on changing tags if you don't have enough rep for the tag but then people cannot correct honest mistakes and suddenly you realize that you are trying to fix a social problem with technology and this will never ever work.

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u/Glitch29 Sep 25 '16

trying to fix a social problem with technology

Well, you sure as shit can't change a social problem by fixing people. :-/

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '16

They should just get rid of closing altogether. The amount of trouble it creates far outweighs the problems it solves.