Why you should know: StackOverflow is facing a mod strike in a similar way as Reddit’s mod strike. They are doing this in response to StackOverflow’s failure to address it’s promises and provide moderation tools

  • Clbull@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Unlike Reddit, Stack Overflow would probably be better without moderators.

    In fact, you could easily replace Stack Overflow mods with a script that goes into every new question, comments “USE THE FUCKING SEARCH BAR” and locks the thread.

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      1 year ago

      Replace them with a script that goes into every comment and put “duplicate of existing post”.

      Even if there is no existing post.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t think so: Stack Overflow requires much more moderation for the comments and answers to actually stay on topic and be somewhat professional. Especially the “don’t just link somewhere, explain the thing” rule might require a lot of moderation.