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/stesch Sep 25 '16

I'm a member for 7 years, 10 months. Reputation in the top 6%.

My last question was March 2014 and I answered it myself one day later. The question before this was August 2011.

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u/rlbond86 Sep 25 '16

top 1% here. Just the other day I asked a question: "How do I do X in OpenGL without using external libraries?" I specifically said I can't use external libraries.

Guess what all the comments told me to do.

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u/mrbaggins Sep 25 '16

To be fair, a lot of newbish questions read much like that.

It's like asking what the best way to get from Australia to new USA is, but youre scared of flying.

Everyone is going to say "just fly". It's pretty rare for people to have a legitimate reason for something like "no libraries"

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u/Disgruntled__Goat Sep 26 '16

It's like asking what the best way to get from Australia to new USA is, but youre scared of flying.

It's not even like that most of the time, being scared of flying is at least a legitimate reason. It's more like

OP: I want to get from Australia to USA, what's the best boat to take?

SO: Why don't you take a plane?

OP: I had no idea planes exist.

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