Almost every single comment on that thread confirms it - this is a self-inflicted damage. You can rarely ask a question or answer one without being overzealously or rudely moderated. Questions are marked as duplicate if they are vaguely similar to an earlier question, even if they're not the same or if the old question is outdated. And nobody thought it worthwhile to rectify this problem despite loud complaints from the majority of its users.
And that's such a shame - LLMs and code copilots don't fully satisfy what SO can do. SO answers often contain deep insights and wisdom. I frequently add SO reference links in my code as comments. It's hard to elicit such explanations from LLMs, and it's hard to get a permalink even if I manage to ask all the right questions. SO is a good product lost to hubris.
And that's such a shame - LLMs and code copilots don't fully satisfy what SO can do. SO answers often contain deep insights and wisdom. I frequently add SO reference links in my code as comments. It's hard to elicit such explanations from LLMs, and it's hard to get a permalink even if I manage to ask all the right questions. SO is a good product lost to hubris.