Four months ago, we asked Are LLMs making Stack Overflow irrelevant? Data at the time suggested that the answer is likely “yes:”

  • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    12
    ·
    22 hours ago

    Ah yes, the place that never answered anything.

    The sloppiest of slops before we got AI slop.

    It was the pinterest of answering stuff

    • irinotecan@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      14 hours ago

      Or if they had an answer, they paywalled it, until Google got pissed at them for including the answer in their SEO but blocking it once the user clicked through. Then they maliciously complied with Google’s demand to not censor by burying the answer under layers upon layers of ads and other “related” questions.

      I was so glad to see SO eat their lunch.

    • gianni@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      21 hours ago

      I used it in earnest! (to write shitty VB scripts and PHP websites)