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The Fall of Stack Overflow(programming.dev)

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Stack Overflow has seen a substantial decline in traffic over the last year that appears to be accelerating. https://observablehq.com/@ayhanfuat/the-fall-of-stack-overflow

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corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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I’m still pissed over removing +words. Like, G+ is gone, guys, so revert that mess.

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lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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It was a really dumb move but you can can still get the same effect by putting a word in quotation marks.

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corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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UI-wise, though, it’s toxic, and therefore slower and more stressing. It’s something that can be fixed, and ergo essentially a bug. ;-)

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