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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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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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)

[–] sukhmel 3 points 3 weeks ago

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

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

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks 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.