[amock]

Someone mentioned in another HN thread or a comment somewhere else that none of those sites are actually paying anything yet, so maybe they're hoping that by the time they have to start paying they'll be making enough money to make it worthwhile.

[kylec]

A few site owners have indicated that they will be paying for StackExchange, but I suspect you're right that most won't.

http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4118/will-you-pay-fo...