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2021-08-16
Nick Craver resigns
Architecture Lead, Developer, Site Reliability Engineer, DBA
I am leaving for me, for the next part of my journey and learning and growth. Working with the best, most talented people I have ever known has been the greatest privilege of my life. I cannot possible thank all the friends there enough and will miss them immensely.
Knowing that the thing I helped build is in great hands from leadership down to every engineer is why I can step away without worry. Stack's in a very good place, and for engineers it's a great learning and growth opportunity. If you like helping people, scale, etc. ask me.
I wanted to say thank you all for so many kind words in so many forms today. My mission is helping people, and I was lucky enough to find early in my life that tech could allow me do that. Hearing that I have helped some of you means I have succeeded some and means the world <3
-- Nick
2021-06-02
Prosus Acquires Stack Overflow
Prosus NV said it struck a $1.8 billion deal to acquire Stack Overflow
Prosus N.V. ("Prosus"), a global consumer internet group and one of the largest technology investors in the world, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Stack Overflow, a leading knowledge-sharing platform for the global community of developers and technologists, for approximately US$1.8 billion.
-- Prosus
Also mentioned on:
2020
2020-08-14
Geoff Dalgas resigns
Developer
The sun is setting on my last day at Stack Overflow after an amazing 12+ years. To say it was an honor would be an understatement. I feel blessed to be able to share a dream of building a thing with an amazing team that helps fellow developers. Thank you!
-- Geoff
2020-05-07
2020 Stack Exchange staff layoffs
approximately 15% of its staff were laid-off
A message from our CEO: The Way Forward
This is a key moment in our company’s history, as the whole world is dealing with significant uncertainty. Know that you are not alone. We are facing this situation together. Our goal is to stay focused on living our core values and actively connect with teammates, our community, and our customers.
- reddit - Stack Overflow lays off 15%
- ycombinator - Stack Overflow reduces global workforce by approximately 15%
2020-04-28
Moderator Council formed
a group of 11 moderators was elected into the council from across the network
Starting today we have convened the first iteration of the Moderator Council - and I’m both nervous and excited. This is a group of 11 moderators from around the network who will act as a pro-tem council over the next six months with the task of working to define the scope and structure of the council. I will be facilitating and supporting them and have done a lot of planning to get this moving quickly. As I and my team were working on this basic structure, we realized that, while we could create a framework, we needed to let the moderators themselves polish it so that it would meet their needs in addition to the needs of Stack Exchange, Inc.
This polishing is the first order of business for the Pro-tem Council. It includes everything from how council members are elected and how long they are in the role, to what to do if a member steps down out of cycle. There are many questions that need to be answered, like - should the council be one of equals or should there be leadership positions or designated seats for different positions?
-- Catija
Introducing the Moderator Council - and its first, Pro-tempore, representatives
2020-03-31
David Fullerton resigns
Chief Technical Officer
So this ended up being interesting timing, but after ten years at Stack Overflow I’ve decided it's finally time to move on. I'll be taking a few months off to take care of my family and then looking for something new.
-- David
2020-03-04
Stack Exchange commits to communicate and engage with Meta and moderators
We are working on establishing our commitment to responding on our Meta sites and to our moderators, by setting up a new Meta engagement policy. The goal is to increase staff participation on the various Meta sites, particularly Meta Stack Overflow and Meta Stack Exchange.
One major area we need to work on is being able to respond to and manage community feedback that needs staff response or action. This post defines a process for doing that. We also need to find out how many of your questions we can realistically respond to so that we can make a reasonable commitment (both internally and externally). Below is a timeline for testing and formulating these goals.
-- JNat
2020-03-04
Stack Exchange changes to a split Creative Commons license
We’d like to provide you with an update to our transition to version 4.0 of the CC BY-SA license. We realize that this is something that you care deeply about, and that our response to your concerns is long overdue. We’d like to thank all of you for your patience while we worked on a plan forward that would address your concerns.
The change to CC BY-SA 4.0 occurred on 2018-05-02 (May 2, 2018) as part of our ToS update. It was updated as part of a process that was not led by the community team and there was an internal disconnect at the time of the release.
Our move forward plan is to switch to a licensing scheme where:
- Content contributed before 2018-05-02 (UTC) is distributed under the terms of CC BY-SA 3.0
- Content contributed on or after 2018-05-02 (UTC) is distributed under the terms of CC BY-SA 4.0
This will correct any inconsistencies with the prevailing and advertised licenses.
An Update On Creative Commons Licensing
Creative Commons Licensing UI and Data Updates
2020-02-19
Stack Exchange renews its commitment to rebuilding the relationship with the community
After internal restructuring, Teresa Dietrich, Head of Product and Community releases a statement
I want to personally apologize for our actions or inactions, as the case may be, in the past that had a negative impact on our relationship. While specific recent events may have individually caused harm, years of neglect and a growing distance from our community led to those events and it will take conscious effort to repair the damage.
I want to start by establishing transparency with the community, and I know that transparency is an easy word to say but harder to define and put into action. I believe that transparency comes down to two core actions: expectation management and context setting. We (the Community, Product and Engineering teams) will endeavor to clarify and reset when necessary what you can expect from the company. We will also provide as much context as we can for policy, decisions, and actions that we take within legal and regulatory constraints - we want you to understand why we’re making changes, not just that we’re making them.
-- Teresa Dietrich
The company’s commitment to rebuilding the relationship with you, our community
2020-01-27
Monica leaves the Stack Exchange network
Monica was a moderator on Judaism, The Workplace, Worldbuilding, Writing, Beer Wine & Spirits, and Meta Stack Exchange
As a dedicated user, I stayed in an abusive relationship for the sake of the kids. I told myself that it would be ok in the end, that it didn't hurt that much, that it was only a bruise.
Sometimes it takes a powerful blow to finally wake up. For me that blow came two weeks ago today.
On January 13, SE abruptly fired Shog9 and Robert Cartaino. Shog9 and Robert, along with Jon Ericson who left a few days later, were long-serving community managers who really get the communities. They were our champions. What we didn't know until recently is that they were being hobbled, forbidden to do what they do so well, forbidden to help us. They, too, were helpless, and Shog and Robert paid a dear price.
We can only expect the rate of damage to accelerate. As a long-time user, I remember what was and know what could have been. Today, our communities are being deeply harmed instead of being helped and supported. It's worse than just being abandoned; we are not allowed to govern ourselves and not allowed to be helped by the dwindling community team.
The company has chosen to go down a very different path from the one I thought we were on. I have lost any hope that this will change. I've passed through denial, hurt, anger, and bargaining, and have now arrived at tearful acceptance. I can't change this. It's painful to keep trying. I give up.
I dearly love my communities here, but, sadly, I can't bear to stay on Stack Exchange any longer.
In sadness, it is time for me to go
previously: Monica Cellio unceremoniously fired as moderator from six network sites
2020-01-22
CEO posted on the blog on the future of Stack Overflow
What I ask of you—anyone reading this post—is to continue to grow with us, to give us feedback through our new feedback loops, and to continue to rely on Stack Overflow and the Stack Exchange network as the essential resource for exchanging ideas and information on technical topics.
2020-01-17
Jon Ericson resigns
Community Manager
Change in roles for Jon Ericson (leaving SE)
Jon mentions in a blog post that "leadership within the company neither understood community management nor was willing to learn", and that his decision to leave was connected to the incident with firing Monica.
2020-01-16
Mad Scientist resigns
moderator on Skeptics, did not announce resignation
linked eventdiscuss2020-01-16
Stack Exchange attempts to limit featured moderator resignation notices to a maximum of 24 hours
Unhappiness is permitted only for 24 hours at a time
Moderator resignation posts will be featured for around 24 hours moving forward
This reverses the previous policy for Meta Stack Overflow: We’re removing “Hot Meta Posts” from Stack Overflow's sidebar for now; moderators now fully control [featured]
2020-01-13
Community Managers Shog9 and Robert Cartaino fired from Stack Exchange Inc
Shog9 and Robert Cartaino are no longer staff members at Stack Exchange
"We’re seeking to align the company so that it can continue growing in 2020 and we continue to be committed in investing in the community and ensuring that it has a seat at the table as we keep moving forward. These changes are a part of that process." -- Juan M
- Shog9 tweeted about suddenly being in need of new job
- Robert updated his profile indicating he is no longer with the company
- Thank you, Robert Cartaino and Thank you, Shog9! – meta posts from the community
- George Stocker starts a GoFundMe campaign to thank Shog9 for cultivating Stack Overflow
- More moderators on the network continue to resign in protest
2019
2019-12-23
Stack Exchange posts update on a private agreement with Monica Cellio
Stack Exchange Inc and Monica Cellio have come to an agreement
Update: an agreement with Monica Cellio
Also reported on The Register: "Stack Overflow makes peace with ousted moderator, wants to start New Year with 2020 vision on codes of conduct"
2019-12-05
Rollout of new post notices with updated design to entire network
previously was beta tested on Stack Overflow
discuss2019-12-03
terdon resigns from Ask Ubuntu and Bioinformatics
moderator on Ask Ubuntu, and Bioinformatics, remains moderator on Unix & Linux
linked eventdiscuss2019-11-25
Stack Exchange launches "The Loop"
Introduced by Sara Chipps and Juan Garza, The Loop is a new way of obtaining user feedback and a moderator advisor group
discuss2019-11-15
Snow resigns again
moderator on The Workplace, also deletes accounts afterwards
linked eventdiscuss2019-11-13
All upvotes to retroactively grant 10 rep
previously upvotes on questions were worth 5 rep
discuss2019-10-30
Letter from user BelovedFool to SE
A letter to SE Inc. - please protect our moderators
I'm not a moderator, and I shouldn't be the one saying that. But, with the recent event, I have been made aware of an issue and I can't close my eyes to it. Because I care about moderators. Because I want them to be well and happy.
I hope SE Inc. is already aware that there is an issue here and I hope they are already working on fixing it.
But if not, please SE Inc., do something. Protect our moderators the same way they protect us, regular users.
Don't expect them to be perfect and don't expect them to keep their calm in every situation. Because they won't, and because they can't.
Please, remember that moderators are human too and put safety in place for when their humanity will take the best part of them.
I care for my moderators, please protect them.
2019-10-29
Journeyman Geek reinstated on MSE
moderator on Meta Stack Exchange and Super User
went through the new moderator reinstatement process
2019-10-25
Heather, after talking with Monica, urges SE to join in seeking dialogue and understanding
While there are problems in how this site handles LGBTQ+ issues, these issues do not stem from Monica. SE used Monica as a scapegoat
I say that Monica and I have come to a resolution, and I say this because we talked. We talked understanding that we come from different backgrounds, with different perspectives. We talked understanding that we each carry different baggage with us. We talked knowing that we were there to understand each other. I post this today in an attempt to reach out a hand, and to ask all of you to do so as well, to ask Stack Exchange to do so as well.
To reach out: on Monica, the Lavender community, and the future of the Stack Exchange network
2019-10-24
Monica posts a response to the situation
Over the last month, Stack Overflow has violated its own policies and precedents to cause egregious and unnecessary harm to me -- to my reputation (personal and professional), to my health, and to my safety. This harm is significant and ongoing. It is past time for the company to correct its errors, repair what can be repaired, and move toward a spirit of working with rather than against its users and volunteers.
Stack Overflow is doing me ongoing harm; it's time to fix it!
2019-10-21
Stack Exchange releases new Moderator Warning and Removal, and Reinstatement processes
discuss2019-10-18
Community Management Team posts status update
posted by Cesar M
we wanted to update you on some of what we have been doing and what we have been working towards as an answer to these letters
2019-10-17
Members of the LGBTQ+ community feel less safe due to recent events
unfortunately due to the huge turmoil created by the recent CoC changes, several right-wing websites have started reporting and thus directed attention of far-right groups to this network
2019-10-06
Third official response by David Fullerton, Stack Exchange CTO
In the last few weeks, we made a series of mistakes, both in our actions and in the ways that we communicated those actions. In doing so, we hurt people who believe in that mission and who want to help us make the community welcoming and open to all.
Looking forward, Stack Overflow is just beginning this new stage in its growth as a company. One of our top priorities across the entire team is to continue to make the community more inclusive and welcoming. We recognize that the community is the heartbeat of Stack Overflow, and we deeply appreciate all that you do. We know that our moderators care deeply about the future of our community, and we’re committed to involving you more as we evolve. We have an incredible opportunity to impact the world, and we hope that you will continue to join us on that mission.
2019-10-03
Second official statement by Sara Chipps
reached a post score of -2k, self-deleted on 23 Dec 2019
Last week we made an important decision for our community. We removed a moderator for repeatedly violating our existing Code of Conduct and being unwilling to accept our CM’s repeated requests to change that behavior. We recognize it has caused concern in the community as a whole. We made a hard decision, and we stand by that decision. But we must also acknowledge the way in which we implemented it and our communications surrounding the decision could have been much better.
2019-10-01
Prashanth Chandrasekar takes over as CEO of Stack Overflow
Joel Spolsky remains CEO of Stack Exchange Network
discuss2019-09-29
Journeyman Geek resigns from MSE
moderator on Meta Stack Exchange, remains moderator on Super User
linked eventdiscuss2019-09-29
Official statement by Sara Chipps
self-deleted on 23 Dec 2019
Content from now deleted posts originally posted at Meta Judaism and Meta Stack Overflow:
We’re sorry to see you go.
We understand there are some folks upset about the decision made this week. We aren’t going to share specifics out of respect for all individuals involved but this is a site reaching millions of people and we have to do what we believe fosters a spirit of inclusion and respect. When a moderator violates that, we will always do our best to resolve it with them privately. When we can’t we must take action. This is always done based on what we believe is best for all SE users.
2019-09-29
GlenH7 resigns
moderator on Software Engineering and Engineering, deleted accounts afterwards
linked eventdiscuss2019-09-29
Robert Harvey resigns
moderator on Stack Overflow and Software Engineering
linked eventdiscuss2019-09-27
Monica Cellio unceremoniously fired as moderator from six network sites
moderator on Judaism, The Workplace, Worldbuilding, Writing, Beer Wine & Spirits, and Meta Stack Exchange
Stack Overflow Inc., sinat chinam, and the goat for Azazel
- Also reported on The Register: "The mod firing squad: Stack Exchange embroiled in 'he said, she said, they said' row"
- Monica's side of the timeline
- Monica posts a response to the situation on 2019-10-24
- Monica sets up a GoFundMe page to help pay for combating the issue
- Moderators on the network begin resigning in protest
2019-09-19
Yvette steps down
moderator on Stack Overflow
stepped down to take a break for personal reasons, but later requested and failed to be reinstated in 2020 due to the new reinstatement process
2019-09-05
Stack Exchange retroactively relicenses all user-contributed content on the Network
is this even legal?
Effective today, all Subscriber Content on Stack Overflow and the Stack Exchange network will be available under the terms of version 4.0 of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license.
Stack Exchange and Stack Overflow have moved to CC BY-SA 4.0
2019-08-01
Islam launches
for Muslims, experts in Islam, and those interested in learning more about Islam
discuss
2019-08-01
Russian Language launches
for students, teachers, and linguists wanting to discuss the finer points of the Russian language
discuss
2019-08-01
The Great Outdoors launches
for people who love being outdoors enjoying nature and wilderness, and learning about the required skills and equipment
discuss
2019-08-01
Psychology & Neuroscience launches
for practitioners, researchers, and students in cognitive science, psychology, neuroscience, and psychiatry
discuss
2019-08-01
Chinese Language launches
for students, teachers, and linguists wanting to discuss the finer points of the Chinese language
discuss
2019-08-01
Computational Science launches
for scientists using computers to solve scientific problems
discuss
2019-08-01
Spanish Language launches
for linguists, teachers, students and Spanish language enthusiasts in general wanting to discuss the finer points of the language
discuss
2019-08-01
Biblical Hermeneutics launches
for professors, theologians, and those interested in exegetical analysis of biblical texts
discuss
2019-08-01
Linguistics launches
for professional linguists and others with an interest in linguistic research and theory
discuss
2019-08-01
French Language launches
for students, teachers, and linguists wanting to discuss the finer points of the French language
discuss
2019-08-01
German Language launches
for speakers of German wanting to discuss the finer points of the language and translation
discuss
2019-08-01
Software Quality Assurance & Testing launches
for software quality control experts, automation engineers, and software testers
discuss
2019-08-01
Parenting launches
for parents, grandparents, nannies and others with a parenting role
discuss
2019-08-01
Physical Fitness launches
for physical fitness professionals, athletes, trainers, and those providing health-related needs
discuss
2019-08-01
Video Production launches
for engineers, producers, editors, and enthusiasts spanning the fields of video, and media creation
discuss
2019-08-01
Writing launches
for the craft of professional writing, including fiction, non-fiction, technical, scholarly, and commercial writing
discuss
2019-08-01
Board & Card Games launches
for people who like playing board games, designing board games or modifying the rules of existing board games
discuss
2019-08-01
29 beta sites mass graduate
In the almost four years since that announcement it's become clear on many of your meta sites and even here on MSE that being unable to get rid of the "beta" label in your banners is a major concern to your communities - and it's time to address that.
What does it mean? For now, if a site started private beta before July 2012, that site is no longer "beta" - it is a full site by our definition. We've removed the word "beta" from the site banners because we believe that these sites aren't really beta sites any more, even if they don't get ten questions per day.
Congratulations to our 29 oldest beta sites - They're now no longer beta!
2019-07-23
Hot Meta Posts removed from Stack Overflow's sidebar
Stack Exchange wanted to remove automatic visibility on popular site discussions so that there will be less transparency to avoid possible blowback on controversial topics
We're removing the "Hot Meta Posts" from Stack Overflow's sidebar while we work on looking at how Meta can better meet its goals. To ensure that moderators are able to bring important posts to the community, we'll be giving them exclusive access to the featured tag. "Featured on Meta" will remain. This only affects Stack Overflow.
Unfortunately this didn't work out well because the sidebar is heavily cached. It can take up to six hours before a [featured] post appears in the sidebar.
Also, the "exclusive access" policy was rescinded in early 2020 because they can.
2019-03-13
Jay Hanlon resigns
EVP Culture & Experience
I tried my best, where I could, to leave this place just a little bit better than when I found it. Where I failed at that, I think I mostly learned from it. And where I succeeded, it was in large part thanks to all of you, and all of your efforts to make this crazy experiment keep working. Keep teaching. Keep helping. Be kind to all my friends at the company.
-- Jay
2018
2018-11-21
Moderators appointed on Meta Stack Exchange for the first time
ChrisF, Tinkeringbell, Journeyman Geek, and later Monica Cellio (on 2019-01-30)
Please welcome ChrisF, Tinkeringbell and Journeyman Geek as they step up to become emissaries of Meta Stack Exchange!
Monica is an experienced moderator across the Stack Exchange network and we thought it would be presumptuous to ask her to step up yet again; that was a little short-sighted of us because she's been rocking it here and has the cycles to come on board.
These folks have quite a bit of moderation experience, some since the dawn of time the concept of pro-tem moderation itself. All of these individuals have been leaders on their respective sites, as well as leaders in the broader Stack Exchange moderator community. They're fair, even-keeled and most importantly, they're incredibly great at disagreeing with Stack Exchange!
Please Join Us in Welcoming Our New Meta Stack Exchange Moderators!
2018-10-21
Monica Cellio releases a statement on Medium
"Your silence in the face of bad behavior is harming your relationship with the volunteers and community members who make your sites work."
2018-10-17
Interpersonal Skills was banned from Hot Network Questions over a Twitter complaint
What caused this site to be excluded from Hot Network Questions?
Later reinstated with maximum one entry at any time:
2018-04-26
The "Welcoming"
Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming. It’s Time for That to Change.
Spawned discussions on Meta Stack Overflow:
- Does Stack Exchange really want to conflate newbies with women/people of color?
- How do you know Stack Overflow feels unwelcoming?
- On the false dichotomy between quality and kindness
- When is Stack Overflow going to stop demonizing the quality-concerned users who have made the site a success?
- Is Stack Overflow really racist/sexist?
2018-02-08
Stack Exchange announces network-wide redesign
design is codenamed "Stacks"
Updating Navigation for Stack Overflow, Enterprise, and Stack Exchange Sites
Ch-ch-ch-changes: Left nav, responsive design, & themes
Left nav, responsive design, and theming next steps
Official site: https://stackoverflow.design
2018-02-07
Implemention of Affiliate Ads
this makes it harder to control the quality of ads as they will now be served by third-parties
Affiliate Ads Are Coming To The Network
Resulting fallout and continuing until today:
- Ads on SE sites are excessively animated, irrelevant, dubious and resource-intensive
- Why is Stack Overflow trying to start audio?
- Is SE allowing ads to use fingerprinting to track users?
- Inappropriate weight loss ad on The Workplace, ELU, and Travel
- Are interstitial ads, video ads and autoplay audio ads coming to SE?
- Inappropriate “Ads by WGX” ad on Academia and History
- Those ads carousel are try to tell me something
- NSFW video and annoying animated advertising on Music SE
- Full page adverts?
- Stop with the Sex Ads on SE sites, ESPECIALLY sites like “The Workplace”
- Inappropriate dating ad on The Workplace
- Health scam on Travel
- “Obesity antidote discovered” on SFF
- Playboy model on Biology
- Possible stem cell scam on Biology
- Yet another inappropriate, scammy and NSFW ad
- Online gambling on Music SE
- Fixing bunions without surgery (and probably without any doctor) on Chemistry
- (etc. see tags below)
2017
2017-11-02
2017 Stack Exchange staff layoffs
approximately 20% of its staff were laid-off, most were developers
What happened with the Stack Overflow layoffs (2017-11-02)?
Learned this morning that today is my -- and many others' -- last day at @StackOverflow. Know anyone wanting to pick up a Stack dev, shout.
-- @AndrewBrobston
2017-08-01
Stack Overflow removes Documentation
linked eventdiscuss2017-07-17
Arduino launches
for developers of open-source hardware and software that is compatible with Arduino
discuss
2017-07-10
Data Science launches
for Data science professionals, Machine Learning specialists, and those interested in learning more about the field
discuss
2017-06-26
Ethereum launches
for users of Ethereum, the decentralized application platform and smart contract enabled blockchain
discuss
2017-05-17
Stack Overflow en español launches
for programadores y profesionales de la informática
discuss
2017-01-29
Time to take a stand
meta watershed moment
after United States President Trump’s executive order on immigration, Joel Spolsky, CEO and co-founder, posted his thoughts on Meta Stack Overflow.
2016
2016-09-13
Motor Vehicle Maintenance & Repair launches
for mechanics and DIY enthusiast owners of cars, trucks, and motorcycles
discuss
2016-07-27
Stack Overflow Salary Calculator launched
We’ve created a salary and skills calculator for Stack Overflow’s engineering, design and product roles. This has been transparent internally for a while; now it’s transparent with you.
2016-07-06
Law launches
for legal professionals, students, and others with experience or interest in law
discuss
2016-07-06
Philosophy launches
for those interested in the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence
discuss
2016-05-08
SOBotics founded
SOBotics creates bots to help with all aspects of community moderation on Stack Overflow on all fronts, be it questions, answers, comments or badges.
chat room
2015
2015-11-17
Raspberry Pi launches
for users and developers of hardware and software for Raspberry Pi
discuss
2015-11-16
Worldbuilding launches
for writers/artists using science, geography and culture to construct imaginary worlds and settings
discuss
2015-11-16
Signal Processing launches
for practitioners of the art and science of signal, image and video processing
discuss
2015-09-09
Software Recommendations launches
for people seeking specific software recommendations
discuss
2015-09-09
Japanese Language launches
for students, teachers, and linguists wanting to discuss the finer points of the Japanese language
discuss
2015-08-18
Computer Science launches
for students, researchers and practitioners of computer science
discuss
2015-06-30
Cryptography launches
for software developers, mathematicians and others interested in cryptography
discuss
2015-06-26
Can Stack Overflow and Meta's logos be changed temporarily to the “#LoveOverflows” logo?
meta watershed moment
after Stack Exchange tweeted this image following the Supreme Court of the United States ruling in favor of gay marriage, Joel Spolsky, CEO and co-founder, strongly came out in support of this. The rainbow icon was in place for about a week on Stack Overflow.
Can Stack Overflow and Meta's logos be changed temporarily to the “#LoveOverflows” logo?
2015-06-16
Blender launches
for people who use Blender to create 3D graphics, animations, or games
discuss
2015-05-13
Chemistry launches
for scientists, academics, teachers, and students in the field of chemistry
discuss
2015-01-14
ExpressionEngine® Answers launches
for administrators, end users, developers and designers for ExpressionEngine® CMS
discuss
2014
2014-09-10
Salesforce launches
for Salesforce administrators, implementation experts, developers and anybody in-between
discuss
2014-04-17
Stack Exchange Quality Improvement Project announced
- Allow users to optionally filter out low-quality questions
- Feedback requested: New “recommended” homepage, phase 1
- What should the system be deleting automatically that it already isn't?
- Let's have an explicit triage system for questions from new users
- Breaking down question blocks - let's talk about rate limits
2014-02-20
The Workplace launches
for members of the workforce navigating the professional setting
discuss
2013
2013-12-04
Top bar redesign
network-wide black top bar with global inbox, achievements list, and site switcher
view post2013-11-20
SOCVR founded
The SO Close Vote Review Chat Room is a group of like-minded people who want to make a difference in the close vote queue, reviewing and clean-up efforts.
chat room2013-11-16
Charcoal founded
Charcoal are the people behind SmokeDetector, a community bot to detect spam on the Stack Exchange network.
- https://charcoal-se.org
- SmokeDetector
- Metasmoke - a dashboard for SmokeDetector
2013-05-29
Christianity launches
for committed Christians, experts in Christianity and those interested in learning more
discuss
2012
2012-12-19
First network-wide Winter Bash
winter bash was started on Gaming.SE in 2011, extended to the entire network from 2012
discuss2012-09-20
Ask Patents launches
for people interested in improving and participating in the patent system
discuss
2012-05-08
Mi Yodeya launches
for those who base their lives on Jewish law and tradition and anyone interested in learning more
discuss
2012-04-11
Role-playing Games launches
for gamemasters and players of tabletop, paper-and-pencil role-playing games
discuss
2011
2011-12-16
First Winter Bash on Gaming.SE
winter bash was started on Gaming.SE, extended to the entire network in subsequent years
discuss
2011-08-16
Database Administrators launches
for database professionals who wish to improve their database skills and learn from others in the community
discuss
2011-08-02
Bicycles launches
for people who build and repair bicycles, people who train cycling, or commute on bicycles
discuss
2011-05-31
Community Promotion Ads extended network-wide
all sites now can create ads for their favorite open source projects, and the community votes for the projects they’d like to see promoted on the site
discuss2011-03-24
Android Enthusiasts launches
for enthusiasts and power users of the Android operating system
discuss
2011-03-21
Electrical Engineering launches
for electronics and electrical engineering professionals, students, and enthusiasts
discuss
2011-03-07
Geographic Information Systems launches
for cartographers, geographers and GIS professionals
discuss
2011-02-23
Stack Overflow Jobs launched
version 2.0 of the original careers launched in 2009-11-05
discuss
2011-02-02
New feature: Moderator Private Messages
moderators now have the ability to message users privately
discuss
2011-01-12
Unix & Linux launches
for users of Linux, FreeBSD and other Un*x-like operating systems
discuss
2010
2010-12-16
Software Engineering launches
for professionals, academics, and students working within the systems development life cycle
discuss
2010-11-30
Theoretical Computer Science launches
for theoretical computer scientists and researchers in related fields
discuss
2010-11-22
English Language & Usage launches
for linguists, etymologists, and serious English language enthusiasts
discuss
2010-11-11
TeX - LaTeX launches
for users of TeX, LaTeX, ConTeXt, and related typesetting systems
discuss
2010-11-04
Cross Validated launches
for people interested in statistics, machine learning, data analysis, data mining, and data visualization
discuss
2010-10-25
Mathematics launches
for people studying math at any level and professionals in related fields
discuss
2010-06-22
Area 51 launches in beta
https://area51.stackexchange.com
Area 51 is the Stack Exchange Network staging zone. It's where groups of experts come together to build new Q&A sites that work just like Stack Overflow.
- Area 51 FAQ
Area 51 is now in beta - Joel Spolsky
2010-05-20
Stack Apps & API public beta launches
for apps, scripts, and development with the Stack Exchange API
discuss
2009
2009-12-31
First "Stack Overflow Gives Back"
First and foremost, our community moderators. They, more than anyone, set the tone and direction for the community — and generously contribute their time to make Stack Overflow, Server Fault, Super User, and Meta Stack Overflow into places you’d actually want to participate.
As a gesture of thanks for their contributions this year, Stack Overflow offered to make a donation to the charity or nonprofit of their choice.
2009-11-05
Stack Overflow Careers launched
later succeeded by Jobs in 2011-02-23
Upgrade your career - Joel Spolsky
2009-04-18
New feature: Red post flags
users can now flag posts for spam, abuse, or for moderator attention
discuss2009-03-25
Jeff Atwood states that they will never accept animated ads
is this still the case now?
While we don’t want to pummel anyone with ads, we do need to advertise responsibly to ensure we generate enough revenue to fund continued development of the site
We aren’t planning to have more than 3 ads, and as always, we will never accept animated, Flash, or Silverlight ads. We think this is a good, responsible balance of advertising, and hopefully sufficient to underwrite the continued development and improvement of Stack Overflow!
2008
2008-09-15
Stack Overflow launches
for professional and enthusiast programmers
- Stack Overflow Launches - Joel Spolsky
- Stack Overflow: None of Us is as Dumb as All of Us - Jeff Atwood
- see also Stack_Overflow - Wikipedia
2008-07-31
Stack Overflow private beta
Jeff Atwood sent out invitations encouraging blog subscribers to take part in the private beta
2008-04-16
Joel Spolsky blogs about Stack Overflow
We’re starting to build a programming Q&A site that’s free.
This is a free new community site for programmers around the world and we need your help to design it, to program it, and to build it. We want to hear your suggestions, hear your ideas, and we’re going to build it right in front of your eyes.
What is stackoverflow.com? - Joel Spolsky
2008-04-16
Jeff Atwood blogs about Stack Overflow
The "building stuff", as you helped us determine, is stackoverflow.com. It's a small company Joel Spolsky and I are founding together.
From day one, my blog has been about putting helpful information out into the world. I never had any particular aspirations for this blog to become what it is today; I'm humbled and gratified by its amazing success. It has quite literally changed my life. Blogs are fantastic resources, but as much as I might encourage my fellow programmers to blog, not everyone has the time or inclination to start a blog. There's far too much great programming information trapped in forums, buried in online help, or hidden away in books that nobody buys any more. We'd like to unlock all that. Let's create something that makes it easy to participate, and put it online in a form that is trivially easy to find.
Stackoverflow is sort of like the anti-experts-exchange (minus the nausea-inducing sleaze and quasi-legal search engine gaming) meets wikipedia meets programming reddit. It is by programmers, for programmers, with the ultimate intent of collectively increasing the sum total of good programming knowledge in the world. No matter what programming language you use, or what operating system you call home. Better programming is our goal.
Introducing Stackoverflow.com - Jeff Atwood
2008-04-06
Jeff Atwood releases a public poll for the name of the project
As I work on UI prototypes for the new web venture, I've been brainstorming names for the web site we're building. I've surveyed some of the finest minds in the software developer community (for very small values of "fine"), and we've come to a collective realization: naming a website is hard. Really, really hard.
You begin to have a new respect for all the crazily-named Web 2.0 startups. And then there are the domain names which must not be named. Some of them are actually serious. What were the people who named experts-exchange.com thinking? I'm not so sure they were.
We've racked our collective brains, and this is the best we could do. We'd like your input to see if we're on the right track. Vote for the name that best embodies what you'd like to see on a software developer community website.
Help Name Our Website - Jeff Atwood