The Water Cooler

Ian Holstead

8:26 PM

Can someone with more rep roll back the change made by networker? workplace.stackexchange.com/posts/31896/revisions

Im all for editing, but this edit doesnt add anything to the question and adds a poor tag...

(and I dont have the rep to do it myself...)

RhysW

why is the tag a poor tag?

Ian Holstead

I dont think that 'being professional' has much to do with the situation

but upon further thought, maybe it does...

hmm

Matt Giltaji

I saw that it was edited by another user named Networker... some kind of multi-account shenanigans?

RhysW

the description of the tag seems to make it fit perfectly to me

Matt Giltaji

or user forgot their password

RhysW

8:29 PM

original is unregistered, second (that did edit) is linked

Ian Holstead

@RhysW ... I guess... It has such a wide scope, I had always thought it would be used in a question where you were wondering about how to be professional, like how to dress or give a proper greeting, etc

RhysW

professionalism is one of those touchy subjects, i was all for eradicating the tag as if you read the description it technically applies to every question asked on this site

Ian Holstead

@RhysW yeah...

RhysW

but i already went through and eradicated one tag, if i do another they might try to award me some sort of genocide badge

Ian Holstead

@RhysW haha which tag did you get rid of?

ahh Etiquette

RhysW

8:35 PM

believe it or not i blitzed ettiquette, turning all of them into professionalism

a tag i now also want removed :P

Ian Holstead

haha

I seem to have taken after you by attempting to fight the tag battle

and by asking another massive tag question like you did meta.workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/2783/…

RhysW

nice, hey im linked to! :P

i might make a new one and blitz the professionalism tag

tis only 700 questions after all

if people agree that is

Ian Holstead

I just asked what to do with the software-industry tag this morning

at this rate people are going to come back to a very changed workplace (tag wise) :P

Oh man I was in the wrong room! Sorry guys, the whole switching places with the watercooler is confusing....

RhysW

← 29 messages moved from Workplace 2014 Election Number 2

@IanHolstead aaaaand fixed

Ian Holstead

@RhysW you can do that? awesome! thanks!

RhysW

8:44 PM

yup, comes with the blue

its a useful feature for sure

Matt Giltaji

really cool

Ian Holstead

@RhysW Nice!

RhysW

which reminds me, better go take care of some mod responsibilities

Ian Holstead

@RhysW later!

RhysW

ill still be here, just less chatty

Ian Holstead

8:47 PM

@MattGiltaji good to see you running as well!

Matt Giltaji

@IanHolstead thanks

Ian Holstead

@MattGiltaji lets just say that I am happy to see another people who is actually fit for moderation...

Matt Giltaji

i didn't realize how much my votes and such are not the norm until i saw some of the other candidates had cast fewer votes in their entire tenure than I cast in a couple of days

Ian Holstead

I was thinking about nominating myself and explaining why I was unfit for moderating just to make a point, but I would rather not...

what really gets me is the lack of moderation people have done!

Matt Giltaji

@IanHolstead i think shog9 put it best earlier, let me dig up teh quote

in Workplace 2014 Election Number 2, 2 hours ago, by Shog9

Anyone, given enough time, can be a good moderator. However, just because they're willing and able to devote their time and resources to helping others doesn't mean... wait, yes it pretty much does.

Ian Holstead

8:52 PM

@MattGiltaji yeah, I saw that, still having a little trouble with it though, was he saying that yes anyone can be a good mod?

RhysW

anyone can be an ok mod, few have the desire and drive to be a good mod, fewer still care enough to be a great mod

Ian Holstead

@RhysW I see.

I just wonder how much time people will actually be willing to commit once they become a mod if they didn't commit any time before that.

not to mention I don't know how they will do without the experience..

Matt Giltaji

@IanHolstead thats my understanding of what he was saying

if they don't use the tools the have, how will giving them more tools help that?

Ian Holstead

@MattGiltaji yeah, I dont know which of the two meaning he was going for

@MattGiltaji agreed.

Matt Giltaji

hi @user2624632, I don't think I've seen you in chat before. How is everything going?

user2624632

8:56 PM

@MattGiltaji good.

thx for asking

RhysW

welcome!

Ian Holstead

Hi! Anything in particular you are wondering about?

user2624632

ohhh... ya know... small questions like, who created God? ... 'n stuff. nothing big.

RhysW

srilanka.answercup.com/question/215/…

sigh

Matt Giltaji

is answercup an SE clone?

RhysW

9:00 PM

i more meant the answer, sometimes i just give up :P

'can science explain this!?!' '...um, yes'

Matt Giltaji

seriously though, that answercup site looks like a really close knockoff of SE

user2624632

amazon.com/dp/B00LCBHV6M/…

Matt Giltaji

they even copied all the badge names

how is this allowed?

Ian Holstead

@MattGiltaji I think you can raise it on meta stackexchange...

RhysW

there are loads of clones all over the place

Matt Giltaji

9:06 PM

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Q: Stack Exchange clones

Listed here are clones of the Stack Exchange sites model.

@IanHolstead overall consensus seems to be that the SE format/model are not as important to success as the community

RhysW

@IanHolstead company tag gone

Matt Giltaji

aka they don't seem to care

Ian Holstead

@RhysW sniff. I'm gonna miss it.

Naw just kidding, good riddance! thanks!

Matt Giltaji

@IanHolstead we should give you a "tag killer" badge

RhysW

business is following it,

if only it didnt limit my editing speed

Ian Holstead

9:14 PM

@RhysW yeah...

@RhysW I dont have the rep to insta edit so I only do a few at a time...

RhysW

ahh, i have free reign over tags

evil laugh

user2624632

<i>?

RhysW

put it in *

user2624632

*?

?

aah

RhysW

so * content *

two stars for bold

like so

user2624632

9:16 PM

bold?

yup

nodding

Ian Holstead

@RhysW You have to finish now! I added the status completed tag to the answer with your name on it!

RhysW

its almost done

stupid rate limiter

Ian Holstead

@RhysW I had that same issue when I was posting the answers for that question, I had written them all up ahead of time but it took me over 15 min to post...

RhysW

i always find it weird when i go back to an old question and see a comment from myself

@IanHolstead all gone

Ian Holstead

@RhysW yay!

RhysW

9:21 PM

squish squish

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A: Another tag discussion!

Burninate reinterview I think this tag it too localized to be helpful in the future. There are only 2 questions using the tag and they both also use the interviewing tag The difference between reinterviewing and interviewing can easily be specified in the title I think it would be difficult to...

nothing is tagged reinterview

white-collar also gone now, deleted both

Matt Giltaji

for your perusal, is this now good enough to re-open?

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Q: How widespread is the usage of employee monitoring software?

There has been recent talk at my company about software being used to monitor employee's activities on their work computers. I realize that asking about my specific company is off-topic, but do most companies use employee monitoring software? How would I be able to find out if my company uses t...

work-environment employer-relations india

RhysW

I think its still a bit broad, with questions ranging from 'how widespread' to 'what if they get caught'

at best it would turn into a list question of 'Company A does it!' 'So does B!'

not to mention the last question 'what would the consequences be' would differ based on what they were caught doing

though i will readily admit, i do like your answer

Matt Giltaji

yeah, I was trying to follow what jmort suggested with matching the question to the upvoted answer...

another pass then

Matt Giltaji

9:50 PM

lol, just saw our 404 page

i believe you have my stapler

Ian Holstead

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Matt Giltaji

There has been recent talk at my company about software being used to monitor employee's activities on their work computers.

How would I be able to find out if my company uses employee monitoring software?

If a user was to be caught by such software for something like [being on stack overflow too much](http://workplace.stackexchange.com/q/27555/), what sort of consequences would be expected?

still too broad?

i could change it to "why would companies use this software" and "how can I find out" but the former seems opinion-y

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