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The website was created by Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky in 2008. The name for the website was chosen by voting in April 2008 by readers of Coding Horror, Atwood's programming blog. On 31 July 2008, Jeff Atwood sent out invitations encouraging his subscribers to take part in the private beta of the new website, limiting its use to those willing to test out the new software. On 15 September 2008 it was announced that the public beta version was in session and that the general public was now able to use it to seek assistance on programming related issues. The design of the Stack Overflow logo was decided by a voting process.
On 3 May 2010, it was announced that Stack Overflow had raised $6 million in venture capital from a group of investors led by Union Square Ventures.
In 2019, Stack Overflow named Prashanth Chandrasekar as its chief executive officer and Teresa Dietrich as its chief product officer.
In June 2021, Prosus, a Netherlands-based subsidiary of South African media company Naspers, announced a deal to acquire Stack Overflow for $1.8 billion.
In early May 2019, an update was deployed to Stack Overflow's development version. It contained a bug which allowed an attacker to grant themselves privileges in accessing the production version of the site. Stack Overflow published on their blog that approximately 184 public network users were affected by this breach, which "could have returned IP address, names, or emails".
2023 controversy over AI-generated content and moderation strikeedit
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↑ "New site design and philosophy for Stack Overflow: Starting February 24, 2026 at beta.stackoverflow.com". Meta Stack Overflow. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
↑ Ha, Anthony (4 May 2010). "Stack Overflow raises $6M to take its Q&A model beyond programming". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2014. The money we've raised means that, for the next ($6m / monthly burn rate) months, we can take on new projects, hire new people, and build new expert Q&A sites on a wide variety of new topics. Instead of opening sites in exchange for money, we're about to launch a new, democratic system where anyone can propose a Q&A site, and, if it gets a critical mass of interested people, we'll create it.
↑ Ferguson, Mary (17 May 2019). "Update to Security Incident [May 17, 2019]". Stack Overflow Blog. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
↑ "Moderation Strike: Stack Overflow, Inc. cannot consistently ignore, mistreat, and malign its volunteers". Meta Stack Exchange. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
↑ "How do I ask a good question?". Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
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↑ Brooke, Siân (2019). ""Condescending, Rude, Assholes": Framing gender and hostility on Stack Overflow" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
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