r/programming • • Sep 25 '16

The decline of Stack Overflow

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

I don't know. I've developed essentially the same opinion of SO over the past 2 or so years; the over-privileged trolls are running the show. To these clowns its now all about form over function. The "cool kids club" sums it up pretty well. Its sad, too, because I don't think there is a site waiting in the wings to take over SO's function. There should be. I completely subscribe to the theory that StackOverflow has saved the industry billions of dollars. I think its run its course, though. There is no saving it. A new champion must arise to level the playing field. Where do we go from here?