▲ 15 ▼ The Fall of Stack Overflow (programming.dev) submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by BenLloydPearson@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev 58 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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
[–] REdOG@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (2 children) the search engine ignores -string WHAT? Why would they do that? WTF no wonder.... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] gosling@lemmy.world 45 points 3 years ago Hyphen (-) means you don't want to see this word, while words surrounded by quotes (") means you want these phrases exactly. Most symbols are also ignored, which is great for an average user but terrible for programmers. permalink fedilink source parent [–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago I'm still pissed over removing +words. Like, G+ is gone, guys, so revert that mess. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gosling@lemmy.world 45 points 3 years ago Hyphen (-) means you don't want to see this word, while words surrounded by quotes (") means you want these phrases exactly. Most symbols are also ignored, which is great for an average user but terrible for programmers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago I'm still pissed over removing +words. Like, G+ is gone, guys, so revert that mess. permalink fedilink source parent
