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On the Helpfulness of Answering Developer Questions on Discord with Similar Conversations and Posts from the Past

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Date

Date
2024
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Lill, A., Meyer, A. N., & Fritz, T. (2024). On the Helpfulness of Answering Developer Questions on Discord with Similar Conversations and Posts from the Past. 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1145/3597503.3623341

Abstract

Abstract

Abstract

A big part of software developers’ time is spent finding answers to their coding-task-related questions. To answer their questions, developers usually perform web searches, ask questions on Q&A websites, or, more recently, in chat communities. Yet, many of these questions have frequently already been answered in previous chat conversations or other online communities. Automatically identifying and then suggesting these previous answers to the askers could, thus, save time and effort. In an empirical analysis, we first explored the fre

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Event Title

Event Title

Event Title
46th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2024)

Event Location

Event Location

Event Location
Lisbon

Event Country

Event Country

Event Country
Portugal

Event Start Date

Event Start Date

Event Start Date
2024-04-14

Event End Date

Event End Date

Event End Date
2024-04-20

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1

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13

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Item Type
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Keywords

Developer Questions, Chat Community, Semantic Similarity

Scope

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Scope
Discipline-based scholarship (basic research)

Language

Language

Language
English

Date available

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Date available
2023-09-20

OA Status

OA Status

OA Status
Green

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merlin-id:24070

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Downloads

403 since deposited on 2023-09-20
372last week
Acq. date: 2025-11-12

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494 since deposited on 2023-09-20
492last week
Acq. date: 2025-11-12

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Lill, A., Meyer, A. N., & Fritz, T. (2024). On the Helpfulness of Answering Developer Questions on Discord with Similar Conversations and Posts from the Past. 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1145/3597503.3623341

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