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The irony (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

SO used to be good, but they have this problem right down in their core concept that makes sure the content gets outdated fast.

And that's the concept that every question can only be asked once.

That makes sure that everything gets outdated as soon as possible.

  • Q: Can X be done in framework Y? (asked in 2012)
  • A: No.

Now it's 13 years later, and framework Y can do X since 5 years, but you can't ask again, because your question will get closed as a duplicate to the outdated one from 2012. And since every time someone asked this question again in the last 13 years the question just got closed, google will just link you back to the question from 2012 claiming that framework Y can't do X.