There was a lot of engagement in the communities I participate up until a couple of years ago. People were interested and actively discussing a lot of topics. There were a lot of newbies asking questions and people proposing different ways for tasks.

Is it just me or did it reduce a lot? LLMs? Company forums? Other forums I did not move to (e.g. discord)? Reduced interest? Or is it just subjective?

  • Iceblade
    23•2 months ago

    90% of the time if I ask for help on forums the answer will be one of three things:

    • Completely absent

    • Just google it scrub lmao (nevermind the fact that search has gone to shit)

    • Doesn’t actually answer the question

    • @[email protected]
      7•2 months ago

      Don’t forget these responses

      why do you want to do X?? Why don’t you do it Y way (that doesn’t actually solve the problem)

      • ladEnglish
        3•2 months ago

        Sometimes this is useful, though. Other times it’s infuriating 😅

      • @djnattyp
        1•2 months ago

        XY Problems are much more common from the person asking the question though…

    • @sudo42English
      5•2 months ago

      In the early days it seems pike Stack Overflow tried to regulate engagement from trolls. They encouraged support for dumb/newbie questions and discouraged obnoxious behaviors.

      I’m guessing that’s just a losing battle. I don’t think there’s much hope of keeping a good moderator for free. It’s a tough, thankless job. Troll/poor moderators are free.