[verdverm]

> horrible knowledge repository

I don't disagree, but that does not change the fact that people have moved from sites like SO to Discord for this purpose.

There are Q&A channels, so not everything is chat, but Discord search is abysmal

Slack is another place where former SO content / answers are happening. Discourse too. The tl;dr is that it has become more fragmented, for better or worse

SO has a related problem to Reddit. Some mods high on their status and power

[Den_VR]

The move has happened because SEO rotted out The Internet to the point there’s been a “theory” that the Internet died a decade ago. If the current Internet is unsustainable under new technology trends then the new parts need to and will evolve to thrive inside the new ecosystem.