It's funny how if everyone just went and "read the documentation" like they tend to obnoxiously tell you to do.. stackoverflow wouldn't exist. Personally I go and look for things I can answer if someone asks a question that I know will get obliterated but I can tell they just need some help. I'll try to answer it before it gets downgraded and they get banned
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Where exactly am I supposed to go for programming questions if SO goes under? I don't suppose there's a Fediverse equivalent?
It doesn't look to be a decline at all (quite healthy on the contrary) until around the time ChatGPT was released.
I mostly end up with answers from a handful of top tier devs.. I'm kind of glad they prevent junk and noise so I get the answers I need, ymmv
I can see for myself that I go way less often since I use github copilot
In the past I tried to submit something to it, but didn't have enough reputation or whatever.
In general though, I'll try to use copilot first