Firstly, I think that I understand the relation between Stack Overflow and Canonical and the roles of each one in the management of Ask Ubuntu site. Here are some related questions:
- Does Canonical pay StackExchange to run AskUbuntu?
- Who owns Ask Ubuntu?
- Is Ask Ubuntu “official” Ubuntu?
- Why does Ask Ubuntu have elevated status in the Terms of Use?
In short, the site is made by the community and for the community, but some of the users are indeed Canonical employees; so the site can be considered as a kind of user support for a specific product, i.e., Ubuntu's products in the case.
No problems with it, but I was thinking about it and I haven't figured out any other SE site that works in the same way. Are there any other sites like Ask Ubuntu?
Besides, I didn't find any rule to propose a new site in Area 51 that works like a support page for a specific product and I'm curious about it.
What I mean is, if Apple contacts Stack Overflow in the future to turn Ask Different to an official support channel, would it be possible?
If so, can I propose a SE site in Area 51 for my product and use it as an official support channel with my logo, trademark and specific rules (assuming that this product exists and it is popular for a specific Q&A site created following the rules of Area 51)?
Are there some rules to deal with it?
