Stack Overflow is introducing native ads to blend sponsored content into its Q&A feeds, aiming to fund enhancements while maintaining transparency and user value. Critics fear erosion of trust and misinformation. This move reflects efforts to balance revenue with community integrity amid AI-driven industry shifts.
Funding boost? Didn’t they make a big deal with OpenAI or some other LLM provider like 6 months ago?
Edit: I looked it up and it was both Google and OpenAI, but more than a year ago. I guess that’s what you get as LLM users use those instead of visiting your website, and non-LLM users stop contributing
Line must go up.