In 2009, roughly 30,000 monthly questions were asked on the fledgling developer forum Stack Overflow. Now, this metric has dropped below this figure again, with the site's standing declining by the day.
The number of questions, which is the lifeblood of the site, has been declining precipitously on a monthly basis since a last peak in 2020. Many users blame AI.
A core rule of Stack Overflow is that no AI-generated answers are allowed. Thus, users should be able to count on reliable, human-checked advice.
Stack Overflow itself describes its newfound business model in the age of AI as 'Knowledge-as-a-Service,' a similar concept to the wealth of information also made available by Reddit and The Associated Press for a fee.
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