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I don't think AI is killing #StackOverflow; instead, it's the attitude of the users on there. I have seen many users attack people who ask questions. I see questions get downvoted because they are duplicates, or it's 'Why the hell do you want to do that?' When I see questions asked on Reddit or Discord, I notice that people are more welcoming and willing to help developers with their problems. I think that is because those platforms foster building communities. SO really dropped the ball there

A new error of Stack Overflow 😑

Also, there's apparently a lot of developers who I REALLY can't understand:

" 83% [of developers say] they use or plan to use AI tools in their development process this year, an increase over 2024 (76%). However, the lack of trust in AI tools also continues to rise with 46% of respondents saying they do not trust the output of AI, up significantly from 26% last year."

Even if we assume that the full 17% of non-users are in the "do not trust" group, that's still 29% of respondents using it or wanting to use it while distrusting the output! THAT'S OVER A THIRD! 🙄

Why would you do that to yourself? It's not even like there's lock-in and the product got worse and that's why there's conflicted users. It started bad, continued to be bad, and can't solve its fundamental problems.

stackoverflow.blog/2025/07/10/

stackoverflow.blogA new era of Stack Overflow - Stack Overflow

The #StackOverflow #Podcast: Attention isn’t all we need; we need ownership too

> Ryan welcomes #IlliaPolosukhin, co-author of the original "Attention Is All You Need" #Transformers paper and co-founder of #NEAR, on the show to talk about the development and impact of the Transformers model, his perspective on modern #AI and #machineLearning as an early innovator of the #tech, and the importance of #decentralized, user-owned AI utilizing the #blockchain

stackoverflow.blog/2025/07/08/

stackoverflow.blogAttention isn’t all we need; we need ownership too - Stack Overflow

Å få en sånn "human verification"-sjekk av #StackOverflow nå som de er dypt, dypt i LLM-sørpa er faktisk humor. Jeg forventer at for å passere testen så må jeg overbevise dem om at jeg er en bot, ikke et menneske?

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Gotta say, with all the very clever gamification that has been put into #StackOverflow itself, this process feels like the exact opposite. It feels borderline hostile every step of the way. And because we know SO can do better, it doesn't feel like "stupidity" or "carelessness", it feels like "we don't want you here, so we're making this aspect of our business miserable for you".

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... a couple of days later you get an email with a link to their internal platform, (this is where I failed my 5 captchas darmstadt.social/@claudius/114 ).

You are presented with a JSON file with no explanation whatsoever (I reckon that's fine for the audience), but that json file contains almost nothing.

It you think about the treasure trove of data #StackOverflow clearly keeps about its visitors, there's NOTHING of that in that JSON.

I honestly would have expected better from them :-/

darmstadt.socialClaudius (@claudius@darmstadt.social)I just failed **five** captcas in a row. Am I now a robot?

Gotta say I'm not a fan of how #Stackoverflow handles a #GDPR request for one's own data.

First, there's no visible "self service" thing in my account settings, in contrast to what basically everyone else does.

When you DO find the data request form (policies.stackoverflow.co/data) they make you fill out a bunch of stuff that wouldn't be necessary if they just offered a self-checkout.

Then a couple of confirmations (fair, they need to make sure it's not someone else impersonating). And then ...

policies.stackoverflow.coSubmit a data request - Stack OverflowYou can use this form to submit a request regarding your personal information that is processed by Stack Overflow