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I have tweeted about SO several minutes ago before I discovered this topic on HN: https://twitter.com/otarch/status/798647799411675136 https://twitter.com/otarc
by otar 10y ago
I have tweeted about SO several minutes ago before I discovered this topic on HN: https://twitter.com/otarch/status/798647799411675136 https://twitter.com/otarch/status/798647799411675136
StackOverflow is so powerful resource on the Internet, alongside with Wikipedia and Internet Archive.
I wish I could donate two ways:
1) Yearly or monthly (subscription) donations, like on Wikipedia
2) I would be extremely happy to donate authors of some great, life-saving answers. I feel so excited when I find the right answer after searching a solution for hours.
Just shut up and take my money!
- skolsuper 10y agoSO intentionally does not want to integrate payment of any kind for answerers because of Motivation Crowding Theory[1], the idea that intrinsic motivations like altruism can be crowded out by extrinsic motivations like profit, which is problematic because intrinsic motivation is generally stronger and effective for longer than extrinsic motivation. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation_crowding_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation_crowding_theory