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If Stack Overflow ever changes their model/tries too hard to monetize, the resulting chaos will be bad initially, but will probably spur a shift to better docum
by hardwaresofton 5y ago
If Stack Overflow ever changes their model/tries too hard to monetize, the resulting chaos will be bad initially, but will probably spur a shift to better documentation across the board. SO serves as unofficial documentation for a lot of projects and once that crutch is gone, it will force projects to either improve or (more likely) stop letting people file issues (because that's where all the stuff would go).
Looks like GitHub is already getting ahead of this with the "Discussions" feature.
- antonvs 5y ago> If Stack Overflow ever changes their model/tries too hard to monetize On that subject, Stack Overflow was just acquired for $1.8 billion.
- hardwaresofton 5y agoYeah, I made this comment with that thought in mind! For all of SO's history I think it's safe to say they've been very generous (i.e. cognizant of what their platform offers/the potential risks of monetization in certain ways). For what it's worth, I don't think Prosus will make a mistake in this way -- the fact that they've existed all this time without me (or most people, I think) ever hearing about them means that they are good at what they do. Regardless of what their main goals are, I assume that I'll think it's likely I continue to not hear about them.