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What did the ORIGINAL Stack Overflow look like?

I have read this but I can't seem to find the following answers... How old is Stack Overflow? What did the first version of Stack Overflow look like and how much has it evolved since? How many days/...
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How was the iconic Stack Overflow emblem born?

I didn't see a question about this anywhere so I decided to ask it. I anticipate an answer like "it best represents the site name," which is all right, but I'm sort of looking for an in-depth look at ...
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Where can I find out about Stack Overflow history?

I'd like to know how Stack Overflow and other sites started - which was first, who initiated it (OK, that's on the link below) and why, how the different sites evolved, how the rules evolved, etc. ...
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Where did Stack Overflow acquire its standards?

I have used it my whole way through university, without it things would have been much different. I could not continue without SO, but as I use it more and more I see it is the best because of how it ...
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Has Stack Exchange ever purchased "premium" domain names?

The landing page of stackoverflow.com in June 2004 looked something like this: Suddenly, in July of 2008 there was a teaser of the site to come: The link goes to the original Stack Overflow blog. ...
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What is the story of Stack Overflow? [duplicate]

We all know how important the team when making an idea and a great product. In my opinion, Stack Overflow is revolutionizing the idea of forums. In other words, Stack Overflow is revolutionizing the ...
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When did Stack Overflow first go live?

When did Stack Overflow first go live?
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Has SO's development time ever been discussed?

I tried searching but couldn't find anything. Has it been discussed on how about how long Stack Overflow's time from initial development to beta was? I know they were working on it part-time for a ...
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Do you know where Reputation feature of The Stack Overflow Trilogy has come from?

I've tried to search it on the blog but i did not find any satisfying answer. I have not seen many so-history tagged questions on meta, so probably they are not welcome here; anyway i try to ask. Do ...
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