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Romania
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Bad community!
November 16, 2021

I asked just how to make a verified badge like youtube has one, and it got closed! Also this is the first ever question that I'm putting there! Also it got downvoted for no reason! So people... don't waste your time on that website!

Date of experience: November 16, 2021
Netherlands
1 review
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Rather than some people at Stackoverflow AI doesn't judge your questions or, worse, make you feel like a complete idiot for asking.
It just provides you with code that can either help you to find the right direction or solve your coding problem right away.

Date of experience: October 7, 2023
Texas
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Great source for programming answer on just about any language, however, if you are just starting to learn programming I would not advise coming to this site to post any form of question. The community is not welcoming, granted there are few that are willing to help, but the vast majority take pride in berating the post owner.

Date of experience: November 26, 2021
Germany
1 review
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Bad community!
November 30, 2021

I asked just a question about possible little task automation! Also this is the first ever question that I'm putting there! Also it got downvoted for no reason! Also my question was edited quickly (removed the word PLEASE - I wanted to be polite). I also received a comment from someone (extremely high reputation person). Comment content: link to a basic instructions - no any answer to my quiestion. A YES or NO would be just fine for me. So people... don't waste your time on that website!

Date of experience: November 30, 2021
Germany
1 review
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This is the worst channel I have ever seen, even if it is allowed I can give - to the power of infinity.
The admin is very rude and removes any question which is asked by me. I know they might not know the answers and feel ashamed and removes the questions.

Date of experience: January 9, 2023
Netherlands
1 review
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Not recommended for beginning developers
February 28, 2023

I asked a question about a topic. This was my first question. I made a post with my error message and all of my code. It got downvoted and closed because they didn't had enough information.
I wanted to submit another question but now I am blocked for a day to submit questions.

I won't recommend StackOverflow for beginning developers since they are too strict to me.

Date of experience: February 28, 2023
Egypt
1 review
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Stack overflow deletes my questions every time, saying I need to put more details when in fact I put pictures, and explain very clearly. They just don't want to say they don't have an answer. They have truly fell off.

Date of experience: February 2, 2023
GB
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As many have pointed out, you ask a question which isn't perfect, it immediately gets closed. You make the corrections they ask for, nobody ever bothers to open it. So you make another, better post, this time it's perfect! Nope, 'This is a duplicate', instantly closed. Now the old one is closed and being ignored and the new one is closed. If you ask, politely, what the problem is, you just get condescending replies explaining that your question wasn't good enough. You ask more questions, you're just ignored. Treated like dirt for asking a question basically.

It's a disgrace since it's hard to find help anywhere else because this place is where most people go. So us noobs are forever stuck. 24 hours later and I'm still searching for alternative forums and trying to fix the problem myself but not getting very far. This is a huge block to learning.

Date of experience: September 9, 2023
Australia
1 review
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First of all you will get downvote because you are not using English, not even mention other questions that looks simple, it doesn't show the downvoter's name
Secondly all the questions, comments and answers in it are useless and worthless, all are $#*!ed students who consider themselves as some computer genius, if you have a job and you still hang around in this site you should get fired

Date of experience: January 9, 2024
Georgia
1 review
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I was on Stack Overflow for 15 years and had 12.5k reputation. Then some $#*!heads piled on me with disrespectful uninformed downvotes, I told them they were $#*!heads, and now I don't have an account. You have to be allowed to tell people when they're being $#*!heads. Otherwise a site can't be considered reliable.

Date of experience: June 22, 2023

Overview

StackOverflow has a rating of 1.7 stars from 77 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. StackOverflow ranks 133rd among Programming sites.

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