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Stack Overflow has seen a substantial decline in traffic over the last year that appears to be accelerating. https://observablehq.com/@ayhanfuat/the-fall-of-stack-overflow

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm still pissed over removing +words. Like, G+ is gone, guys, so revert that mess.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was a really dumb move but you can can still get the same effect by putting a word in quotation marks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

UI-wise, though, it's toxic, and therefore slower and more stressing. It's something that can be fixed, and ergo essentially a bug. ;-)