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Do you stackexchange, do you. I have made lots of money by relying on great answers posted on your site, solicited by your code and app and hosted on your hardware.

I think anyone whose upset by this sort of move is living in la-la-land the rest of us know you have to make money. I'm surprised your not doing it on all sites and haven't done it sooner.

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Literally no comments as of now here say it's a bad thing, nor any answers there, nor any comments.

If there's no visible opposition, why are so many people preemptively defending it?

Because for almost any other site this would be seen as a net negative. In this case, we've all (or very nearly all) benefited from stackoverflow in a meaningful and tangible (often monetary) way.

The preemptive defense will hopefully reduce any knee-jerk criticism over ads.

Because apps like Facebook have trained us to always expect fights and arguments based on how it selects what is visible in the news feed and in what order we see articles and comments.

You're close, but it's not just Facebook.

http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/17/the-toxoplasma-of-rage/

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