Questions tagged [company]
For questions about the operations of Stack Exchange, Inc. d/b/a Stack Overflow, the company that operates the Stack Exchange network of sites.
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Does "anywhere" mean "anywhere" If I'm applying to work at Stack Exchange?
Historically, where Stack Exchange is willing to hire has varied. I'm particularly interested in an upcoming (at some point) role for a community manager (no surprise there). We've historically and ...
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What's the difference between a community management team, and a community management department?
Maybe I'm reading into it a little too much but - I noticed the latest (as of april 2025) edit of the community team(s)/department post. The title aside, it says
The Community Management Department ...
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Is there an organizational chart of the company structure?
Would it be possible to access a publicly available organizational chart of the company's structure?
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Don't have the Roomba delete company announcements
The Roomba currently deletes (on Meta sites) questions without answers that are negatively scored after 30 days. This often includes a bunch of unpopular company announcements. As a result, company ...
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2024 Community-a-thon Recap
This past October, we hosted our fifth annual Community-a-thon, a special time when our team dives deep into the Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange communities to experience (again) what it’s like to ...
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Thoughts on the CEO update Blog Post "Building trust in AI is key to a thriving knowledge ecosystem"
In the tradition of posting meta posts for feedback, in the hopes that it'll be conveyed to the relevant people, and at the very least, have a space to discuss the most recent blog post by the CEO.
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Community-a-thon 2024 kicks off on October 18th
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Our fifth Community-a-thon will kick off on October 18, 2024 and continue until October 23, 2024.
This is an annual event where staff at Stack Overflow are encouraged to participate on the ...
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Stack Overflow announcement profile [duplicate]
Feature request: a Stack Overflow announcement account!
So as you all know, Stack Overflow manages a lot of the administration of the Stack Exchange network, so this is not site specific.
I just want ...
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Who currently owns Stack Exchange?
Is it Prosus, a Netherlands-based subsidiary of South African media company Naspers, who announced a deal to acquire Stack Overflow for $1.8 billion?
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Does Stack Overflow Inc have a 'plan B' for their current AI strategy failing?
As a long time user, I've seen SE go through multiple cycles of trying to find new revenue sources (Careers, Teams, and now AI), and when it fails we go through cycles of downsizing like the most ...
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2023 Community-a-thon recap
I announced several weeks ago that the company was holding its fourth Community-a-thon event and that after the event I’d be posting a recap as we did last year. This year’s event was different from ...
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Lack of Company follow-through / Company failure to meet expectations
Update 2024-09-13
On 2024-Jul-12, Philippe promised a response to the community after following up with Legal:
On 2024-Jul-20, Philippe updated that he was still awaiting an update:
Since then, ...
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How is OverflowAI search going to compete with search engine + generative AI chatbot technologies?
Note: This post is primarily addressed to the company. When I say "you" in this post, I am referring to the company.
A couple weeks ago, Microsoft dropped "Copilot" / "New ...
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How is the Overflow AI VS Code extension going to compete with the GitHub Copilot Chat extension?
(When I say "you" in this post, I am addressing the Stack Exchange company)
The GitHub Copilot Chat extension already provides "agents" one can chat with to understand a project. ...
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Is Stack Overflow just a badly run company?
A well-run company is supposed to be led from the top with a good vision of what it can be. With the kind of decisions that have been made recently, I don't see that's the case.
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