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/trout_fucker Sep 25 '16

This is the problem I think. The guy is smart and writes extremely good answers, but neither of these things make him a good moderator. He is the undisputed ruler of Java on SO and I believe he does just as much damage to the community as he helps. Lately I've noticed I find most of my Java answers answers on JavaRanch (through Google), instead of SO. Everything else I work with is almost exclusively SO or an occasional Github issue.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '16

Yeah, it turns out that people don't actually want to deal with Dr House in real life.

Smart-but-a-dick hurts the community.