SO was also hideous also because mods were excessively zealous in futile things.

They would edit your posts and replies, changing your tone, for unnecessary reasons.

Oh the irony...ChatGPT training comes from StackOverflow...probably in a large percentage.

Sometimes understanding the why of a particular asker helps provide a better answer.

If someone comes in to a shop and says “I’m building a bicycle, where do you keep your bananas?” I’d be inclined to ask why. If they told me they wanted softer handlebars, I’d tell them what a horrible idea that is.

The fact that ChatGPT can lead the blind towards their pre-conceived ideas isn’t necessarily a plus.

And developer B inherits code from developer A who typed "import x", developer B curses and spends a few days implementing Y, which developer A should have done in the first place if he had listend to SO (and provided the context why he wanted to do X, which of course he didn't when asking the question).