By the end of 2025 Stack Overflow basically died. Search engines stopped suggesting it, users stopped asking questions.
The rise of LLMs is only a part of the issue. The biggest deal was the extremely toxic and conservative community:
Active replies were insulting, but also often outdated — ignoring new features and environments. Because of that even before AI Reddit and some other UGC platforms started to gain traction for developers to discuss their issues.
#StackOverflow@GameDEV
#Programming@GameDEV
The rise of LLMs is only a part of the issue. The biggest deal was the extremely toxic and conservative community:
Active replies were insulting, but also often outdated — ignoring new features and environments. Because of that even before AI Reddit and some other UGC platforms started to gain traction for developers to discuss their issues.
#StackOverflow@GameDEV
#Programming@GameDEV
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