[b3morales]

Other people have pointed to the data dump. All the posts on the site are Creative Commons licensed, and that can't be undone by anyone's decision at the company.

The promise that the data would be available and licensed for reuse was a crucial factor in its success. Its UI has never been anything world-changing. There have been other QA sites that have come and gone. Many of the original contributors would not have spent so much time without the assurance that their material was not owned by the company, just hosted by it.