[zahlman]

> As someone who came into the industry in college, the problem with SO was simply that it was too hard to ask a question.

That's because you were intended to use the site like GP describes, and not by asking simply because you want to know something.

> They were up your ass about minutia that really didn't matter.

What you consider "minutia" were critically important, because the entire point was to optimize for GP's experience.

[dalyons]

and how did that work out? the site is dead now because of it

[zahlman]

The site was always going to die. That is completely okay. Things are allowed to exist without chasing a profit motive. Communities are allowed to form on for-profit platforms, and they should not be required to have the platform's commercial interest in mind.

[psd1]

- industry pivots to AI - SO traffic tanks - "lol, they killed themselves with their shitty moderation"

[wikiiiisksklhll]

So is wikipedia.