alt Hacker NewsWell I think part of the problem here is that, by all accounts, developers loved it, but they're not the actual paying customer.
Well I think part of the problem here is that, by all accounts, developers loved it, but they're not the actual paying customer.
If SO wanted to keep experienced developers on their site and contributing content for free, it shouldn't have been unthinkable to find some model to fund SO Jobs. Yahoo is one cautionary tale of what happens when a site pursues more or lower-quality advertising revenue without regard for losing users.
"Sunsetting Jobs & Developer Story" 3/2022 https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/415293/sunsetting-j...