> Now their products are withering. Dying a slow death. What is SO business model? Is it ads-based? Just hope it won't devolve into news-sites free-article qu

> Now their products are withering. Dying a slow death. What is SO business model? Is it ads-based? Just hope it won't devolve into news-sites free-article quota with account points mixed in for some throttling. IMO, the most attractive part of SO is that low friction to contribute an answer, oftentimes seeing a relevant topic to suggest an answer in passing or when looking for answers myself. Also SO's value is tied to the intensive community moderation effort, hope this would not be discounted in any future roadmap (wonder if there's anysuch).