Coding for 20 years | Working for startups for 10 years | Team leader and mentor | More information about me: https://thevaluable.dev/page/about/
Twitter: @Cneude_Matthieu
To me, the problems you describe are not necessarily related to dev.to, but more to the industry and the Internet at large.
The over-representation of a type of development: there is a big "trend effect" in IT, leading people to admire and advocate some type of tools depending of the season.
Low quality content: it's the problem on Internet in general. If everybody love low quality content, it's because people like easy stuff in general. If it's a list it's even better. Difficult to change that.
Advertisement. Well, there is two sorts of them: the articles which really bring a lot of value with some plugs, and the ones which bring nothing but some plugs. These two are not on the same level I think.
You can moderate, remove, and ban, but the root problems will stay the same. Dev.to is not positioned on a "High quality platform where people speak about diverse tech without any ad", it's more the contrary to me actually. Everybody can speak about everything related to IT. And, to be honest, it's nice, especially when you see other platforms which try to sensor everything with nonsensical algorithms.
For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse
We're a place where coders share, stay up-to-date and grow their careers.
To me, the problems you describe are not necessarily related to dev.to, but more to the industry and the Internet at large.
You can moderate, remove, and ban, but the root problems will stay the same. Dev.to is not positioned on a "High quality platform where people speak about diverse tech without any ad", it's more the contrary to me actually. Everybody can speak about everything related to IT. And, to be honest, it's nice, especially when you see other platforms which try to sensor everything with nonsensical algorithms.