There was a lot of engagement in the communities I participate up until a couple of years ago. People were interested and actively discussing a lot of topics. There were a lot of newbies asking questions and people proposing different ways for tasks.

Is it just me or did it reduce a lot? LLMs? Company forums? Other forums I did not move to (e.g. discord)? Reduced interest? Or is it just subjective?

  • Iceblade@lemmy.world
    22·
    2 days ago

    90% of the time if I ask for help on forums the answer will be one of three things:

    • Completely absent

    • Just google it scrub lmao (nevermind the fact that search has gone to shit)

    • Doesn’t actually answer the question

    • Aquila@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      2 days ago

      Don’t forget these responses

      why do you want to do X?? Why don’t you do it Y way (that doesn’t actually solve the problem)

    • sudo42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      In the early days it seems pike Stack Overflow tried to regulate engagement from trolls. They encouraged support for dumb/newbie questions and discouraged obnoxious behaviors.

      I’m guessing that’s just a losing battle. I don’t think there’s much hope of keeping a good moderator for free. It’s a tough, thankless job. Troll/poor moderators are free.