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Their main revenue is from two things. Firstly from their job boards which will be significantly reduced as few companies are hiring. Then secondly from advertising which will also be reduced during times of recession.

The product you think of as stack overflow that will probably is really just a way for them to drive the right kind of traffic to those revenue sources.

Very plausible reasons indeed, but is it probably the same for many other companies? Just wondering if a chain reaction has already started.

That chain reaction is called “recession” and yes, it has already started. Expect more and more similar announcements from here to Christmas.

SO gets most of their revenue from companies doing hiring.

Nobody's hiring. Hence, no revenue.

i guess ads are down

this makes me reflect that almost everything online functions only because of ads, which is quite sad

either ads, or selling PII to companies that do ads