# Why would Discourse's business model work when Stack Exchange v1's failed?

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**Created:** [11 Febbraio 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-would-discourses-business-model-work-when-stack-exchange-v1s-failed/2678 "2013-02-11T00:31:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChrisHanel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chrishanel/32/31209_2.png) [@ChrisHanel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisHanel)\
**Post date:** [11 Febbraio 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-would-discourses-business-model-work-when-stack-exchange-v1s-failed/2678/5 "2013-02-11T00:52:46Z")

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Yes, Discourse requires a lot less traffic to function successfully as a forum than a StackExchange site does.

Discourse also has much broader purpose for a wider variety of online communities, so it has that going for it as well. Considering there’s a much wider potential market, I don’t think it would have much chance of suffering the same fate.

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