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did user engagement drop significantly in programming forums? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/programming

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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?

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[–] Kissaki 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Have you considered creating a ticket called "Can't ask questions without joining discord"?

Do you think it would have more answers if it were on GitHub discussions?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

It would just get closed. They are strict about GitHub issues ONLY being for actual issues/bugs you find with that project. Anything else is either closed as not being an issue