<![CDATA[I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web….]]>I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. I still think that we don’t need three chatbots controlling everything. I fear Wikipedia might be next. This is not good for the Internet

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/7779cae1-beb2-4aae-a418-292d13bb0637/i-don-t-know-what-was-worse-stack-overflow-s-moderation-system-which-many-it-communities-find-annoying-or-ai-killing-the-site-both-extremes-seem-bad-for-the-open-web-.RSS for NodeFri, 12 Jun 2026 03:42:03 GMTSat, 06 Jun 2026 08:57:28 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:38:57 GMT]]>@tjunker @bazkie @nixCraft and yet still the detachment between source and answer is real.

I know LLM are useful for this *BUT* i personally fear we will lose our sources when we separate where the source is edited/curated and where it is read.
Having a clear pointer to wikipedia and its edit button invites upkeep, addition and change. Without people will consume the knowledge but never feeding back

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/saxnot/statuses/116703909509607177https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/saxnot/statuses/116703909509607177Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:38:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:35:05 GMT]]>@nixCraft I gave up after 4 attempts to get a question through the moderators, pre LLM

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/sf105/statuses/116703894244325685https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/sf105/statuses/116703894244325685Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:35:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:14:53 GMT]]>@saxnot @nixCraft Yeah are there really 0 questions being asked in stack overflow or is the chart just off

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://theatl.social/users/wesley/statuses/116703814827087327https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://theatl.social/users/wesley/statuses/116703814827087327Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:14:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:04:59 GMT]]>@nixCraft this is going to back fire spectacularly or things will evolve.

Who knows. There's more accessible self hosting solutions than ever before. Maybe we just end up creating a more decentralized version of the web.

Imagine getting rid of having to pay for a registered domain and having a system of automated and endlessly federated domains.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Omniweevel/statuses/116703775909018435https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Omniweevel/statuses/116703775909018435Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:04:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:39:20 GMT]]>@nixCraft does the graph actually go to zero?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/saxnot/statuses/116703675054125916https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/saxnot/statuses/116703675054125916Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:39:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:36:57 GMT]]>@nixCraft I'm not sure Wikipedia relies on its users in the same way. Both predominately rely on a small group of unpaid editors for content generation. But Wikipedia's donation funding model means that if visits drop to zero it has no immediate effect on their ability to pay the bills. I've been donating monthly for years, and the amount hasn't changed.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/116610114414674085/statuses/116703665715045935https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/116610114414674085/statuses/116703665715045935Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:36:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:04:27 GMT]]>@nixCraft The terrible people policing Stack Exchange, especially on the physics board, are the reason SE sucks. They're arrogant, clueless (too many grad students), jerks who think they're God's gift to science when they're really failed souls desperately clinging to some semblance of petty power because it's all they have in their miserable meaningless lives. I long for the day the entire SE network goes away.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/heafnerj/statuses/116703537896854068https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/heafnerj/statuses/116703537896854068Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:04:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:38:27 GMT]]>@nixCraft I deleted my account when a question of mine had the code heavily edited by a mod for no reason. I objected, reverted it and was the banned for a week and was given a self righteous justification for the edit and ban. After that I CBA’d with helping them with questions and answers.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/bjn/statuses/116703435663972763https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/bjn/statuses/116703435663972763Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:38:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:38:05 GMT]]>@nixCraft Idk the wack mod stuff came in once the questions got pretty niche. For years you could answer obvious questions and score huge rep, which, imo, helped drive the site’s actual growth — the growth of its knowledge base.

Then once the knowledge base was lain and questions became more user/use case-specific (or, yes, unf, also super simple ones that were often poorly written dupes, probably b/c there’s a correlation between bad search skills & bad composition), it felt like the good-natured, selflessly motivated answerers lost interest and moved on to more rewarding tasks.

TL;DR: It wasn’t the moderation that was killing SO before AI. It was SO’s natural conclusion.

(And, sure, b/c Joel & Co. sold the company, but don’t get me started on that disaster.)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/ruffin/statuses/116703434230344626https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/ruffin/statuses/116703434230344626Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:38:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:22:43 GMT]]>@nixCraft stack overflow ca. 2011 was an amazing upgrade from experts-exchange

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bitbang.social/users/Haskellelephant/statuses/116703373811421508https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bitbang.social/users/Haskellelephant/statuses/116703373811421508Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:22:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:37:18 GMT]]>@nixCraft The Wayback machine is also under threat: https://blog.archive.org/2026/06/01/keep-the-news-in-the-wayback-machine/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/psa/statuses/116703195218637446https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/psa/statuses/116703195218637446Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:37:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:37:08 GMT]]>@Brynawel @brendan @nixCraft Amen and then some!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/captainblack/statuses/116703194537046583https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/captainblack/statuses/116703194537046583Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:37:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:32:14 GMT]]>@elricofmelnibone @nixCraft

Plus the block wardens downvoting within seconds of using wrong vocabulary which may remotely be interpreted as "off topic". And downvoted questions are mostly dead.

But this developed over the years.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nrw.social/users/HaraldKi/statuses/116703175289652075https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nrw.social/users/HaraldKi/statuses/116703175289652075Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:32:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:27:54 GMT]]>@tjunker @bazkie @nixCraft as long as you share alike, provide attribution and don't add anymore restrictions on the information then this is correct

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/magnesium/statuses/116703158245873418https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/magnesium/statuses/116703158245873418Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:27:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:20:14 GMT]]>@nixCraft I hated asking questions on SO. Every time I asked a question along the lines "How do I do X in Y without Z?" a bunch of smartarses would pile on saying "You should really do Z or Q instead".

I'll be happy to see it go. The brigading trolls can go moderate reddit or some other shithole.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/elricofmelnibone/statuses/116703128099118057https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/elricofmelnibone/statuses/116703128099118057Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:20:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:19:45 GMT]]>@brendan @nixCraft

Your post was closed as a duplicate

You go to the duplicate only to find a 5 year old post with one matching key word which was never answered

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://noc.social/users/rumbles/statuses/116703126196591240https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://noc.social/users/rumbles/statuses/116703126196591240Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:19:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:04:57 GMT]]>@rusty @nixCraft that is true.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/f4grx/statuses/116703067987671387https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/f4grx/statuses/116703067987671387Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:04:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:41:23 GMT]]>@bazkie @nixCraft
Wikipedia offers free copies of all available content! Yes, you can legally download the entire Wikipedia in your language for offline usage here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download

Feed this to your local running LLM or use other free tools to make it conveniently usable.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115972660164264185/statuses/116702975341401567https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115972660164264185/statuses/116702975341401567Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:41:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:41:01 GMT]]>@Brynawel @brendan @nixCraft this!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wonshu/statuses/116702973875237725https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/wonshu/statuses/116702973875237725Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:41:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:36:43 GMT]]>@harrier17 @nixCraft Wikipedia is an important source of information and the quality has improved over the years. Yes it's great for *many* things, like and , but I still run into pages that are amateurish and poorly written, often to the point where could do a better job.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/peteorrall/statuses/116702956947149821https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/peteorrall/statuses/116702956947149821Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:36:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:35:45 GMT]]>@nixCraft The day they allowed ai to train on answers marked the end for me. When I tried to delete my posts which were then restored and I was threatened to be blocked the internet as it was died for me. Not going to share my stuff online on any platform anymore unless I have some control over it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nrw.social/users/burningTyger/statuses/116702953173751635https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nrw.social/users/burningTyger/statuses/116702953173751635Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:35:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:12:25 GMT]]>@f4grx @nixCraft They scrapped the content, but the community has been destroyed from within.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/users/rusty/statuses/116702861401302341https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piaille.fr/users/rusty/statuses/116702861401302341Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:12:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:05:55 GMT]]>@nixCraft

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116427030168473327/statuses/116702835869511823https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116427030168473327/statuses/116702835869511823Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:05:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t know what was worse, Stack Overflow’s moderation system, which many IT communities find annoying, or AI killing the site 🤔 Both extremes seem bad for the open web…. on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 10:47:38 GMT]]>@nixCraft cant wait for that stinky bubble to crash

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/f4grx/statuses/116702763974893960https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/f4grx/statuses/116702763974893960Sat, 06 Jun 2026 10:47:38 GMT