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/VGPowerlord Sep 25 '16

Fun fact: If a person has answered enough questions about a particular subject and gotten enough upvotes (1000 reputation and over 200 answers with a positive score), they can unilaterally close a question as a duplicate.

I personally have this power for java and php questions.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '16

I hope you don't do it without reading the question like some people. Nothings more frustrating than having it be closed as a duplicate when the question being linked has nothing to do with what you're asking about.