this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2023
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

But Reddit and SO are the only two results that give me the answers I need/want

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Who the hell wants whatever the alternative to stack overflow is?? I mean, what would that even be? Misleading Quora questions? Expertsexchange pages that give wrong answers and don't let you view it without an account? Microsoft help forums where nobody even answers the question and the thread is just people complaining about the lack of answers? Old school forums where denver_coder12 just replies to his own question with "I fixed it"?

The pre stack overflow internet sucked ass.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reddit threads are literally the only useful results half of the time.

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

Rest are website with copy-pasted articles that don't help at all...trying to get you to watch their ads.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

It is still a treasure trove of knowledge, accumulated over the years. I can't see search results from reddit becoming less valuable any time soon.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Reddit threads are what I look for in search results!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Reddit >>> AI generated articles or bias sponsored reviews....

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

StackOverflow isnt bad to read. Its just horrible to post or comment on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Reddit is like 50% of the reason Google is even useful anymore haha. So much useful, niche information.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Both are massive and useful sources of information, and their loss is and would be a tragedy.

The ideal imo would be their CEOs not driving the sites into the ground for power and profit. But, capitalism is what it is.

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

honestly i use google to find reddit results...

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

First we need a good archive of reddit so all the useful info is still accessible