I honestly feel that Google and increasingly LLMs are the challenge here.
Behaviour of users on SO has always been, well, as all the complaints here suggest. It's never really bothered me that the top answer's someone going off on their favourite approach, most questions have multiple answers, and I've learned a lot about coding from reading the top few and trying to understand where the answers are coming from.
The discussion's as important as the answers sometimes, and that's why a potential collapse is a problem.
Behaviour of users on SO has always been, well, as all the complaints here suggest. It's never really bothered me that the top answer's someone going off on their favourite approach, most questions have multiple answers, and I've learned a lot about coding from reading the top few and trying to understand where the answers are coming from.
The discussion's as important as the answers sometimes, and that's why a potential collapse is a problem.