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We might have been slower to abandon StackOverflow if it wasn't a toxic hellhole

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We might have been slower to abandon StackOverflow if it wasn't a toxic hellhole

If you were a software developer prior to 2024, you probably used Stack Overflow. It was a reliable place to find good answers to many technical questions. If you asked any questions there, you probably also know that it was a toxic hellhole—you often got criticized for not having basic knowledge or not understanding error messages.

This isn’t exactly a secret. In 2018, Stack Overflow published a blog post entitled Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming. It’s Time for That to Change.

I don’t know about you, but I never felt like behavior on the site got any better…

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