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Stack Overflow mentions (895)

• Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time

  So, I reviewed the questions list again but this time, since the time I did view it about 9 hours ago [1]. 10 were negative scored, 5 positive scored, 15 0 scored, 4 has received answers. This is better than normal for those ~30. Usually it's 80% without votes, without answers, without comments. So, this is a significan improvement... Which I suspect is due the time of the day, as the US and most of Europe were... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time

  It's surely both. Look at the newest questions: https://stackoverflow.com/questions?tab=Newest Most questions have negative karma. Even if somehow that is "deserved", that's not a healthy ecosystem. All that is left of SI are clueless questioners and bitter, jaded responders. SO worked when "everyone" was new to it, and they felt energized to ask questions ( even "basic" questions, because they hadn't been asked... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• The key to picking your first language (without the stress)

  A wide community: Beginners benefit most when answers are easily accessible. A language with strong Stack Overflow activity, official docs, and tutorials will keep you moving. - Source: dev.to / 9 months ago

• Best Hobbies for Developers to Avoid Burnout

  Another study from Stack Overflow revealed that developers spend an average of 6–8 hours daily in front of screens, which further increases digital fatigue. - Source: dev.to / 10 months ago

• 10 Game-Changing Platforms & Assistants Every Engineering Team Needs in 2025

  10. Stack Overflow for Teams – Knowledge Sharing Platform. - Source: dev.to / about 1 year ago

MatchMaker.fm mentions (8)

• Marketing on Podcasts

  If you do decide to go the podcast route for marketing, matchmaker.fm is great for finding hosts looking for guests. I've done a handful found through there. Source: over 3 years ago

• Questions About Podcast Guest Outreach

  -I use matchmaker.fm and contact directly on Instagram too. Source: almost 4 years ago

• How to find new listeners

  For a guest, you have to contact people. Two resources are matchmaker.fm and r/PodcastGuestExchange. It is noticeably harder to get booked as a guest than it is to book guests for your own show. When I was doing booking for a client, I think we had around a 15% booking rate even for small shows within the niche. Compare that to booking guests, where I can average around a 70% acceptance rate. Source: almost 4 years ago

• Finding authors who want to be guests, but will never look for me

  It's not very hard to get guests on a podcast. You're right you won't get the huge names, but you can use a service like matchmaker.fm or just find people on social media. The key is to send a custom message that makes them actually feel wanted instead of being spammed. If you do this you will get a pretty high booking rate. Everyone wants to self-promote these days, and once you realize how much harder it is to... Source: about 4 years ago

• Effective ways to promote a variety podcast

  You can use matchmaker.fm, it's free for a certain amount of messages per month. You can also use /r/podcastguestexchange. Another message is old school email, look up aggregated lists of the shows in your niche, look up the show's website and find their contact information. All of these methods will help you connect with the hosts. Source: over 4 years ago