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Re:Stack Overflow sold to Prosus for $1.8B by stjohnswarts on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @05:47PM (#27374409)
Or you can pump it, promise lots of new technology and "synergies" and profits and then dump it for a huge sum to VC or Big 10 company while it's still promising but you're pretty sure it's time to dump.
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Re:Stack Overflow sold to Prosus for $1.8B by ddingus on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @10:16PM (#27376495)
Which leaves bigger debt for users to overcome and work past to continue to see even the original value prior to all of this financial activity.

If the burden gets too big, people won't believe it's worth it, and the whole thing dies.

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