> This is a topic that I've spent a great deal of time thinking about, because we happen to run a site chock full of user generated questions and answers. The last thing I want to do is exploit Stack Overflow users for corporate gain, even accidentally. That's horrible.
Jeff Atwood had principles, which is why the current morally bankrupt leadership wants to erase him. Stack would have been in a much better place if he’d been left in charge.
Why is it congratulatory when a company needs another round of funding? Shouldn’t they be congratulated once they have profitable business model that doesn’t require outside funding?
They are certainly trying to move the company in other directions that will require a lot of funding and uncertain returns. Otherwise, investors wouldn't even look at it.
All the content is community generated so there's no costs there.
The core Exchange product is extremely templatized and I would assume be quite scale-able to spin-up as they need additional ones.
I don't believe they have much in the form of paid outbound marketing initiatives.
I'm assuming that I'm completely missing something here. Educate me. ;)