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llms and stackoverflow (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

the post: https://mastodon.social/@mcc/114503153822531944

in reaction to: https://hachyderm.io/@shafik/114502582779559335

which reacted to: https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/421831/1708801

which is from 2y ago apperantly

revised policy: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/384396/ban-chatgpt-network-wide/385002#385002

idk if there is a more up to date one, it's crazy that their policies decisions are in the form of regulae posts it looks like

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[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 139 points 9 months ago

The "rewording ban" shows pretty clearly that it's not about the content, but that they don't want their precious dataset poisoned with LLM slop so they can better sell it to the slop generators.

[-] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 27 points 9 months ago

This is definitely the case, however it does have the side-effect of raising the quality of SO posts, so I'm for it

[-] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 44 points 9 months ago

Not trying to distract from how shitty it is, but in the EU I'm pretty sure that's illegal. They cannot stop you from deleting your own posts.

[-] SanguineBrah@lemmy.sdf.org 35 points 9 months ago

Yes and no. The GDPR applies to personal data, which is to say data pertaining to a personally identifiable subject. Data can be anonymised in order to satisfy the right for deletion, making it no longer personal data, so they can delete your name but keep the content if they want. This is what Reddit does when you delete your account - the content remains but they replace your name with [deleted]. Things get a little more dicey if you reveal enough information in the content of your posts to still render you identifiable, in which case they would be obliged to remove that information so that you could no longer be identified.

[-] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 1 points 9 months ago

Pretty sure it's covered by GPDR.

[-] anachrohack@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago

I think people should not use websites where they cannot delete their own posts. I think it presents major security risks. Hackernews, for example, doesn't allow users to delete posts beyond a certain date. Allegedly, you can email them to request your data be deleted, but they've never replied to my emails.

[-] whereisk@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

“No give, only take“ - stack overflow’s license.

[-] AsyncTheYeen@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Captalism 101

if it isn't the consequences of my favorite means of production?

[-] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Wait, isn't the entire stackoverflow database public in the first place?

[-] sorter_plainview@lemmy.today 6 points 9 months ago

This looks outdated. As OP mentioned, there us no site-wide ban on LLM on SO.

[-] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 4 points 9 months ago

That is why I never contributed there, not because I couldn't, purely because I foresaw this moment.

[-] stinky@redlemmy.com 2 points 9 months ago

I have been waiting gleefully for SO to fall. I'll have strong words for their leadership when it happens.

this post was submitted on 14 May 2025
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