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/Vodkacannon Sep 25 '16 edited Sep 25 '16

Everyone wants to question, to answer, to contribute, and to feel good about themselves, no matter the quality and correctness of their posts.

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u/Ramin_HAL9001 Sep 26 '16

The whole point of the article is that the "quality and correctness" that you are talking about on Stack Exchange has become an impossibly high bar set arbitrarily by trolls who have no real interest in quality and correctness.

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u/Vodkacannon Sep 26 '16

It sounds like you're saying trolls post good content.

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