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mcqueccu

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This is just a personal observation and not backed by any data.

I feel with the use of AI now common, people are resulting to asking AI questions and getting solutions than posting in the forum, hence reducing the number of post.

Formerly, when I mark all post READ (Resetting to Zero) Within minutes, new posts come up, but now, you will wait for few hours or days before substantial posts come up.

Maybe a statistic from Erel covering at least 3 years (1st Quarter)

January to March(2024)
January to March (2025)
January to March (2026)
 
hatzisn

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There might also be another explanation. When some times I have a query about b4x, I go to Google and If for example I want to ask about Wait For for an HttpJob, I write in Google: "Wait For HttpJob +{query} site: www.b4x.com". I find it convenient because generally I get an answer in fewer steps. What I want to say, is that the answer the users are looking for, might already have been answered and solved. If I do not get a satisfying result, then, afterwards I ask in the forum. Generally I have noticed what you report too...
 
aeric

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At the positive side, I think this is good for Erel and the community because we don't need to answer a big amount of questions. I am not saying I answered a lot of question, but I think Erel can focus on more important tasks.

I also noticed for the past few days or weeks, there is a steady increase of registered members. I think B4X is still growing.

AI is changing the way developers working on their products. People can choose what ever programming language to use on what they want to build.

I think we already seen what happened to StackOverflow when ChatGPT came out.

However, I think B4X forum is a bit different from SO. Besides asking questions, we can discuss ideas, shares our creations and make friends.
 
Erel

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I agree with everything written above. There is indeed a decline in the number of questions asked and I also assume that it is related to AI. Other metrics are pretty constant.
No doubt that the AI assistants have improved recently and are quite capable. Maybe the steps taken with github, libraries indices, code bundle and more have also helped in this regards.

So it is a mixed feeling here.
 
JohnC

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Yes, I find myself using AI more often now instead of posting questions.

That’s also why I make sure to acknowledge and appreciate users who take the time to post in "Share My Creation" or "Code Snippets" to help others.

Creating those posts can take hours — writing explanations, preparing documentation, cleaning up examples, and making things understandable for others. Extra points to those who go the extra mile and create videos showing what they built and how it works.

Those contributions add a lot of value to the community, especially now when fewer people may be posting questions.
 
AnandGupta

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Agree. I have not yet got free time to make a new app as I have planned many summers ago.

But when I sat to think how should I go, one day, what I did ? No not posted in Forum but asked AI to give some sample design !
Well the first 'asking' has really moved to AI now.
 
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