decline of Qtforums
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Perhaps the outsourced anti spam Akismet has an upgraded algo (AI powered?) :p
https://forum.qt.io/topic/158678/can-t-reply-to-a-post-because-my-comment-gets-flagged-as-spam
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IMO it applies MUCH more to the Qt Forums than SO. This forum is populated by knowledgable people who want to help others. SO is populated by teenage computer nerd misfits who take perverse pleasure in negrating and flagging posts without providing explanations.
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Did you see this (via Hacker News) https://blog.codinghorror.com/if-we-do-not-stop-to-help-each-other-what-do-we-become/
It speaks about Stack Overflow but it applies equally well to the Qt Forums.@hskoglund said in decline of Qtforums:
Did you see this (via Hacker News) https://blog.codinghorror.com/if-we-do-not-stop-to-help-each-other-what-do-we-become/
It speaks about Stack Overflow but it applies equally well to the Qt Forums.Did not but it does make sense.
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IMO it applies MUCH more to the Qt Forums than SO. This forum is populated by knowledgable people who want to help others. SO is populated by teenage computer nerd misfits who take perverse pleasure in negrating and flagging posts without providing explanations.
@mzimmers said in decline of Qtforums:
מאוכלס בבני נוער חנוני מחשבים שגרים בפח של שלילת פוסטים וסימון אותם מבלי לספק הסברים.
Hey, that’s not nice; you’re insulting me as a bored, nerdy teenager.
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What matters is the niche community that sustains this place—
a few dozen people who genuinely care.It’s sad; AI is indeed rendering us obsolete.
@Nils-Sjoberg (and everyone else):
I don't understand the collective mentality that implies "bigger is better."
There is nothing wrong with the Qt Forums being "niche."
There is nothing wrong with Qt being "niche."
Provided that Qt provides sufficient value to a sufficient audience, Qt will survive. And the same can be said of us.
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@mzimmers That is exactly, exactly what I said.
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there are also devs helping each others at Qt Discord server: https://discord.gg/ksPhdUZyA
also noticed less traffic here and at Qt Discord and Reddit etc because of AI
I'm sure this will change next years, and more and more developers will miss human interaction and come back (fingers crossed)
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There doesn't seem to be many interesting or sophisticated threads anymore and activity seems to have dropped way off over the past year or so. I'm kicking around in my neuro-divergent brain any possible reasons I can immagine. Any thoughts?
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