Why you should know: StackOverflow is facing a mod strike in a similar way as Reddit’s mod strike. They are doing this in response to StackOverflow’s failure to address it’s promises and provide moderation tools

  • Clbull
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    2 years ago

    Unlike Reddit, Stack Overflow would probably be better without moderators.

    In fact, you could easily replace Stack Overflow mods with a script that goes into every new question, comments “USE THE FUCKING SEARCH BAR” and locks the thread.

    • Rotten_potato
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      2 years ago

      I don’t think so: Stack Overflow requires much more moderation for the comments and answers to actually stay on topic and be somewhat professional. Especially the “don’t just link somewhere, explain the thing” rule might require a lot of moderation.

      • Stuka
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        2 years ago

        People on stack overflow explain things?

        • Alteon
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          2 years ago

          Seriously. Someone could be asking a relatively basic question, and you can guarantee the first comment on almost every programming-related post is going to be something along the lines of “I don’t understand what your asking, can you provide additional context? What were you doing when the issue occured? Were any planets in alignment? Can you detail approximately what time the issue occured using a 3rd Age Mesopotamian Lunisolar Calendar?”

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        2 years ago

        Moderation will probably be done by AI in the future. It’s probably just a bit too expensive still.

        • Disgrace5691
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          2 years ago

          Why is this being downvoted? This dystopian nightmare future is very likely going to happen.

          • Required
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            2 years ago

            It’s already happening at Meta and TikTok I think

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      2 years ago

      Replace them with a script that goes into every comment and put “duplicate of existing post”.

      Even if there is no existing post.