It just occured to me, that I haven’t asked anything on SO for a while now. It might even be years, the last I asked for help.

Most of the problems I come across were already faced by someone else.

Do you guys feel the same?

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    24 days ago

    When the number one result in Google is a site answering my exact question with “did you try googling it first?” I have no incentive to interact with that site.

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      24 days ago

      i got that once, except it was my exact question with no response at all, then i noticed it was me that posted the question 4 years earlier.

      i used to use stack overflow a lot back in 2007/08 but i cant remember the last time i actually got an answer.

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        24 days ago

        I’ve stopped using most corporate message boards and forums since AI hysteria highlighted their greed and self-aggrandizement.

        All of them act like they are indispensable and provide value, when their only value is the network effect, and their “products” are entirely user generated and moderated. It’s only a matter of time until they enshittify and rug pull.

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        23 days ago

        Ha I once googled some question, found a great answer in some random forum and was like about to write a reply saying what a great answer it was when I realised it was me, like 10 years ago.