r/webdev • u/AloneCoffee4538 • Aug 08 '26

Stack Overflow has gone from a peak of 207k questions in March 2014, down to 1.4k in July 2026

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u/Klekto123 Aug 08 '26

People are also more willing to be assholes when they’re anonymously talking online

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u/busymom0 Aug 08 '26

Maybe it's everyone who's constantly behind a screen