8 ms·
GitHub can always monetise the same way Stack Overflow does with ADs for their free users. An unintrusive AD you get if you're a free user wouldn't be too terri
by inglor 11y ago
GitHub can always monetise the same way Stack Overflow does with ADs for their free users. An unintrusive AD you get if you're a free user wouldn't be too terrible or disturbing.
Another channel would be donations for hosting FOSS projects or something like that.
Very hard question indeed.
- ksk 11y agoWell, but Stack Overflow itself is not profitable (AFAIK they have not repaid the $70M). Also, look at the scummy things that Q&A sites like Quora end up doing after they find it difficult to stay afloat. Certainly, I trust Jeff & Joel to be much more ethical, but the new owners might not be.
- niuzeta 11y ago> Also, look at the scummy things that Q&A sites like Quora end up doing after they find it difficult to stay afloat. Kind of what? I'm genuinely not aware of this. People seem to be hating Quora but I've never received a concrete answer; their having to select 'preference' at the beginning annoys the hell out of me, though.
- ksk 11y agoSure, not everyone dislikes quora. I know many people that like it quite a bit. Forced sign-in for one. They used to show different versions of the the Q&A to crawlers vs people who click the search result. And then blur the answer. Also they didn't have an option to delete an account. You need to email them about that. Some previous discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4377181 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4377181 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4332978 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4332978 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8379973 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8379973 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3812092 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3812092
- niuzeta 11y agoI know it's a late reply, but I wanted to thank you for the links. They are... eye-opening, to say the least.