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Could something as niche as StackOverflow be supported through a donation system like Wikipedia?

• mdg 16y ago
  Meh, if they did do this, I could see the blogosphere bitching every couple of months because SO is asking for money. Its almost as if... The only winning move is not to play
• DrSprout 16y ago
  I don't necessarily have anything against ads, but less obtrusive ones would be nice, and more importantly the core data should be free. I don't see why something closer to Reddit (but with a slightly more evolved interface) couldn't function as a non-profit in StackOverflow's place.
  • gecko 16y ago
    The core data is free, both through the API, and through the data dumps that happen every several months.
• andrewf 16y ago
  Presumably they'd like the money coming in to blast past supported into the realm of profitable.