Over the past one and a half years, Stack Overflow has lost around ~~50%~~ 35% of its traffic (Update: Around 15% of the observed loss seems to be related to the recategorization of the Google Analytics Cookie around May 2022. The chart was updated to only include data after that change). This decline is similarly reflected in site usage, with approximately a 50% decrease in the number of questions and answers, as well as the number of votes these posts receive. The charts below show the usage represented b

Over the past one and a half years, Stack Overflow has lost around 50% of its traffic. This decline is similarly reflected in site usage, with approximately a 50% decrease in the number of questions and answers, as well as the number of votes these posts receive.

The charts below show the usage represented by a moving average of 49 days.

What happened?

  • Alto@kbin.social
    0·
    1 year ago

    Yeah but those people who take the sarcasm seriously are fools and you can’t make things foolproof.

    Or you know, have a legitimatly very hard time distinguishing it for actual reasons.

    • intensely_human@lemm.ee
      1·
      1 year ago

      Actual reasons like their stupidity? Yeah I admit that’s a real thing. But if we all give up on it then we all lose the ability and we lose the benefits of it.