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		barmstrong on Feb 26, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Joel Spolsky to stop blogging; shares insights fro... Strange decision, his blog is a real asset that gave him tons of free marketing when launching StackOverflow and would probably serve him well in the future. Can't imagine how it would make sense for him to quit now, but then again I'm not in his shoes.

nickelplate on Feb 26, 2010 [–]

The problem is that he didn't reach a new audience with StackOverflow: the people who hang out on SO are the same people who read his blog.

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