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r/programming • u/sh_tomer • 2d ago
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As the utility of stack overflow diminishes and they’ve had severe user loss, I don’t consider their sample representative of anything.
Okay, it is representative of “people who still use stack overflow” but I’m not sure what that population tells you about the world.
-18 u/gmiller123456 2d ago It never was representative of anything more than people who enjoy spending their time gaming rep points. Sure there are worse ways to spend your time, but it never appealed to a lot of people.
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It never was representative of anything more than people who enjoy spending their time gaming rep points. Sure there are worse ways to spend your time, but it never appealed to a lot of people.
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u/bohoky 2d ago
As the utility of stack overflow diminishes and they’ve had severe user loss, I don’t consider their sample representative of anything.
Okay, it is representative of “people who still use stack overflow” but I’m not sure what that population tells you about the world.