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No, I do not believe this is the end
“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." - Mark Twain
We all have seen the graph that is making the rounds. The question posed. The assumptions made. I have seen the speculation. Many ...
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How to discuss with close voters whether my question was correctly closed as off-topic when the close banner doesn't say who the close voters are
My last post on Stack Overflow has been closed as off-topic. I tried to reopen it explaining my reasons, but it seems to remain closed.
I really would like to understand why my reasoning is wrong, but ...
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How does the continued decline in posts since May '25 influence our interpretation of the state of SO?
I've been noticing stories about how our rate of questions is in significant decline, with an accompanying chart. Specifically, this MSO post from May links to a blog post about how StackOverflow is ...
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Where can I ask about Computer Architecture?
If I have problems that I can't solve, involving logic circuits and computer architecture, should I ask for help on Stack Overflow or on Computer Science Stack Exchange?
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Migrate Q&A to opinion-based [duplicate]
I found this question which in Q&A is not a good fit - However it would make a great opinion-based question! As far as I can tell though the only option I have is to flag it for closure as being ...
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Why can't I ask one of the new question types? [duplicate]
Some number of weeks ago I remember seeing a dropdown allowing me to ask one of the new question types. I don't see this anymore when I click "Ask Question" from the home page.
I looked at ...
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There is no question type in the experimental ask question page that makes sense for requesting help implementing an algorithm in a specific language
I am a long-time but low-intensity SO user who occasionally asks and answers questions. I just asked a question, my first in a while. As the title of this meta question indicates, I requested help ...
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Exploring new types of questions on Stack Overflow
This quarter, the Community Enablement team is focused on researching the asking experience. This research has led the team to consider the types of questions allowed on Stack Overflow and how to ...
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Allow a broader range of URI schemes
I recently posted an answer here with the following link for a Chrome setting: chrome://settings/content/localNetworkAccess
Despite formatting this as a link, it still does not render as a link when ...
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Badger - Submit a Community Badge Suggestion and it is successfully implemented
To get the ball rolling for the new Community Badge feature, I thought I'd suggest a badge that promotes some engagement with the new feature. A badge you get for successfully suggesting a community ...
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How can I see close vote reasons for not-yet-closed questions?
I see, right now, multiple questions on my front page that on first glance seem on-topic but received close votes and down votes (but are not yet closed). I don't want to challenge those votes, but I ...
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Do you agree with Gergely that "Stack Overflow is almost dead"?
Software industry blogger Gergely Orosz claimed that "Stack overflow almost dead" in a 15 May 2025 post.
Today, Stack overflow has almost as few questions asked per month, as when it ...
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Stack snippets are missing the Fullscreen button
Stack snippets are missing the Fullscreen button, that shows the result in the full size of the page.
There is an "Expand" button, but that also shows the code (which most of the time then ...
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Is there something to do with active tags which are mainly collecting non-programming questions?
Just came across yocto (https://www.yoctoproject.org/), then after a few clicks bitbake, and the more generic openembedded and embedded-linux.
Even when these topics are going heavy-weight, they seem ...
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Points are not added after getting an upvote [duplicate]
I recently posted answer to this question, for which I got 2 upvotes, but I got only points for 1 vote, as if second one was missed by the Stack Overflow services.
I want to mention that I definitely ...