Timeline for answer to New site design and philosophy for Stack Overflow: Starting February 24, 2026 at beta.stackoverflow.com by Alex from Jitbit
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| 16 hours ago | comment | added | Dan Getz | This will also be important later if non-SO sites lose the current scannable layout. Posting to Reddit usually gets more eyes on it—what advantages would we be left with? Please let's not lose the advantages we have. | |
| 21 hours ago | comment | added | Alex from Jitbit | It just occurred to me... "Don't try to be reddit" - well, unless that's exactly the goal? To add more "social" signals, inflate the engagement metrics, slap AI on top of it all, and then sell the whole thing. Also "Makes the page less scannable" - well, unless that's exactly the goal too? Unscannable wall of text drives up the engagement ("hey, number of scrolls has grown, average time spent on page too") and makes it easier to inject some ads? Gosh, I really hope I'm wrong. | |
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