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community April 19, 2021

How often do people actually copy and paste from Stack Overflow? Now we know.

April Fool's may be over, but once we set up a system to react every time someone typed Command+C, we realized there was also an opportunity to learn about how people use our site. Here’s what we found.

Ben Popper and David Gibson

community April 12, 2021

Stack Overflow badges explained

Badges have been around since the beginning of Stack Overflow. But what badges do we have, and how did they come about in the first place?

Medi Madelen Gwosdz Content Strategist - Former

community February 4, 2021

Stack Gives Back 2020

We continue our yearly tradition to donate $100 per moderator towards a charity that helps those in need. We look forward to a strong year and take the time to thank our volunteer moderators for their wonderful contributions. Let’s make this one to remember!

Juan M Manager, Community Management Team

community January 28, 2021

The Loop: Our Community & Public Platform strategy & roadmap for Q1 2021

We've got big things planned. And small things. So much stuff. Check it out!

Sara Chipps and Des Darilek

community January 5, 2021

Ciao Winter Bash 2020!

Winter Bash 2020 has come to an end. While we’re packing the hats into boxes to put them back on the shelf for next year, let’s take a look at a few hat-wearing avatars that brought a smile to our faces. Catija Rory Alsop Snow Adrian Mole Tsundoku Those are just a few. Check them…

Nicolas Chabanovskii Community Manager

community December 18, 2020

The Loop: A community health indicator

As the number of users grows and we improve our site engine, the social aspect of the network becomes more complicated. With all this social complexity, the CM team must daily answer one simple question: Is the community healthy?

Nicolas Chabanovskii Community Manager

community December 15, 2020

Hat season is on its way! Join us for Winter Bash 2020

2020 was not an easy year for anyone in the world. As we do with someone who has overstayed their welcome at a party, let's signal that it's time for 2020 to leave... by wearing hats!

Nicolas Chabanovskii Community Manager

community October 28, 2020

Communities and Connections will power our growth in 2021

Our CEO looks back on his first 12 months at Stack Overflow and shares his thoughts on what we're planning for the future.

Prashanth Chandrasekar CEO

community September 30, 2020

The Loop-September 2020: Summer Bridge to tech for kids

In response to COVID-19 and its impact on SYEP, over 50 nonprofits and technology companies came together to design the Summer Bridge 2020 plan to continue the program. As one of Summer Bridge’s partners, Stack Overflow designed a workplace challenge to give students a taste of what it’s like to work in the tech industry and to give us a chance to learn more about how students engaged with our developer community.

Jon Chan Engineering Manager, Public Platform

community August 20, 2020

The Loop, August 2020: Community-a-thon

Here at Stack Overflow, we recently held our first Community-a-thon event. We wanted our employees to learn more about the SE network and how it feels to use it so they can get a better sense of what it's like to be a user here.

Yaakov Ellis and Stephanie Cantor

community July 15, 2020

How the medical sciences exchange helped me with med school

As a 2nd year medical student, I was beginning an intense period of independent study for our first licensing exam (Step 1) when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in April. Studying for this test meant that I had less structured time for volunteering, so I wanted to find a way to contribute to the pandemic effort…

Dylan Tan