Starred posts

Boots

May 22 06:57

I agree. And dumping shog sent a lot of shockwaves through the moderator crew (at least the ones who cared).

Yano_of_Queenscastle

May 7 16:30

I can't help but wonder if it leads to atmosphere that deters new posters from participating. I know I would hesitate.

DarkCygnus

Jan 27 18:28

I would like you invite you all to be more thoughtful on your reviews. Reviewing is important for the community and for the content we curate. Its also an important responsibility, as taking it lightly may result in work-able posts to be misjudged and, ultimately, the OP not getting an answer/help.

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enderland

Apr 1 17:04

@Boots shog still IS a good guy :)

motosubatsu

Nov 27, 2024 09:30

@localhost you've just escaped a PIP via health reasons, I wouldn't be antagonising your manager any more than absolutely necessary. Is it right that your manager was rude to you? Of course not. But principles won't pay the bills whereas pragmatism might

Kilisi

Jun 29, 2024 10:51

I woke this morning determined to eat healthier, drink less and exercise more, but that was hours ago, and I was younger then and full of dreams and ideals.

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Karl Knechtel

Aug 30, 2023 02:21

"REverSe RACIsM iS ACtuAl RAciSm. " - I didn't use the term "reverse racism", because it is incoherent. The phenomenon I refer to is, in fact, racism. It is objectively wrong of you to deny this, and your mockery is counter to the Code of Conduct.

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Boots

May 22, 2024 15:15

@Kaz Good news and bad news. Hope both go well.

Kilisi

Sep 8, 2023 20:28

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Snow

Oct 16, 2019 08:14

PSA: Please don't make up pronouns as doing these can be interpreted as mocking the people who we're trying to include. We're asking for people to be respected, not feel mocked and further marginalized.

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Gregory Currie

Sep 30, 2021 12:38

I'm not sure you can equate the Monica situation with whatever the hell Fattie would have done.

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Snow

Oct 16, 2019 08:20

I really don't want to be draconian about this, but making up pronouns as a way of mocking the policy isn't helping and isn't particularly funny. The way that this change was communicated and the wider fallout isn't great, but the underlying reason for this is one of respect for everyone using the network of sites and shouldn't be forgotten.

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Snow

Oct 10, 2019 20:29

I realise there’s a lot going on here. But if anyone posts anything into the chatroom that doesn’t look acceptable or is just trolling, please flag it. There’s lots of moderators to help out here, please use them to keep this room clean and respectful. Thank you.

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Snow

Oct 7, 2019 07:39

@JaneS never think that you’re not wanted or not valued here. You are hugely influential and hugely helpful to the folks seeking help here.

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Catija

Oct 4, 2019 20:14

@MisterPositive and @Snow I'm happy to announce that you've been reinstated as moderators, per your request. Your community is lucky to have you and your loyalty to them is admirable. Thank you.

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motosubatsu

Mar 24, 2022 11:13

The Workplace's Birthday is coming up!

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Snow

Aug 6, 2018 14:36

Hehe. This chat-room is like watching three old Greeks in a pub playing dominos and downing shots, setting the world to rights...

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Old_Lamplighter

Jun 22, 2021 11:24

Hi all. Did ya miss me? I beat the reaper again. This time it took a few months. Soon w will be surly to bed and surly to rise

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Joe Strazzere

Dec 24, 2022 23:57

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motosubatsu

Dec 19, 2022 16:35

@SouravGhosh thanks! yeah it's a good milestone to hit and I'm glad I got there before the end of the year -the last few thousand seemed to take an age :D

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Monica Cellio

Nov 2, 2016 19:59

To reiterate: if you cannot abide by the SE "be nice" policy, do not be surprised if you lose the ability to participate here. If somebody is misbehaving, flag and disengage. Throwing oil on the fire, or rounding up matches and kindling to start your very own fire, is Not OK. If the "rudeness" you see is only "that person disagrees with me" do not waste moderators' time with flags.

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enderland

Oct 19, 2016 21:32

It's possible to disagree on the internet. there are respectful and disrespectful ways to do this - making the argument about the other person almost always will end poorly in that regard

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Magisch

Jan 14, 2020 08:14

@MisterPositive looks like this whole place is indeed coming apart and mighty quickly

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Pointy Haired Boss

Nov 15, 2022 20:31

0

Q: 2022 Community Moderator Election Results

Moderator election #9 on The Workplace has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the new moderator is: They will be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank them for volunteering and share your assistance and advice with them as they learn the ropes! For details on how the vo...

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Kilisi

Nov 4, 2022 10:49

Pretty quiet in here, so here's a cultural post to brighten your screens

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motosubatsu

Nov 3, 2022 15:57

the best CV is one that makes it as easy as possible for the person reviewing it to see that your skills match what they're looking for

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V2Blast

Oct 31, 2022 20:09

Nominations are now open for the 2022 moderator election! You can find the chat room for the election here.

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Monica Cellio

Dec 6, 2016 00:27

@RichardU, @DoritoStyle there's been a lot of discussion in here, mostly not about workplace stuff, recently. Clearly you disagree with each other. You're not being rude or anything, but it's been going for a while and I'm concerned that it's driving others out. Could you please find another venue for the political discussion? Thank you. Alternatively, if you've reached the point of "I'm never going to convince you", maybe it's time to just stop.

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Jane S

Oct 3, 2019 04:20

@RichardU The fact that The Workplace lost all of its active mods over this certainly had an impact. I haven't seen if any other communities had that happen. I don't judge any mod for either going or staying. My issue wasn't about the intent of the new CoC, I already use anyone's preferred name, gender and pronouns, be they new or existing terms. My problem with this whole thing was the CoC's inflexibility and how Monica was treated. Monica was treated incredibly badly. Wrong, just wrong.

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Richard U

Sep 13, 2017 18:27

So, now for a happy note for a sad story: I found out that my brother's company never let him go out on disability but paid his full salary and benefits during his illness, right to the day of his death. The owners then contacted his widow and specifically asked if they were okay financially and to let them know if they needed any help. There are still good people in this world.

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Mithrandir

Nov 26, 2018 20:45

I know several people who have come back from year-long suspensions to be productive users and even mods.

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enderland

Nov 5, 2018 15:13

@motosubatsu Correct, which is why VtC-->edit-->VtR is the intended workflow

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motosubatsu

Apr 12, 2019 15:13

SE irritation of the week - people who write answers that start off "I know nothing about x"and then proceed to write a lengthy and incorrect answer to x There's nothing wrong with not knowing about something - you can just move on and answer something you do know about instead of wasting everyone's time.

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localhost

Aug 30, 2023 08:57

I cannot post question in workplace

EndOfAllThings

Aug 30, 2023 02:08

I will not reply further to you, Karl, btw

EndOfAllThings

Aug 30, 2023 00:19

Like, it starts with an irrelevant paragraph about how "gangs of Black people" torture whites. "To be fair, most of my Black coworkers seem moderate", a largely irrelevant rally against inclusive workplace culture. "[Being considerate to Black people is a fashionable cause]", '[As a white westerner] I may have an extraordinarily highly developed sense of fairness and egalitarianism"

EndOfAllThings

Aug 30, 2023 00:15

Should this answer be removed or at least heavily edited? It comes across as quite racist tbh https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/192948/should-i-send-an-email-to-african-american-colleagues-given-a-recent-nearby-targ#answer-192969

I don't have the reputation to comment on that answer itself

Lilienthal

Sep 22, 2020 12:04

At least it's a breath of fresh air over having to read and remove endless poop jokes. :)

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Lilienthal

Sep 21, 2020 09:32

@Helena This post is part of a recent pattern of troll accounts posting questions and answers that are agism related. This particular post has been removed and the account suspended. As per the earlier message (see starred messages on the right), please flag any posts that seem to be related to agism as this will help us to verify whether they are on the level or not.

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Monica Cellio

Nov 5, 2017 20:41

@MaskedMan take your complaints somewhere else. This is the third day that Workplace chat has been largely about your complaints about another site. It's driving people away, it's been largely non-constructive, and it needs to stop now. Stack Exchange does not owe you a platform.

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Lilienthal

Sep 8, 2020 19:30

Well. So. Uh. @Draken (and FYI rest of chat): after some investigative work I've gone ahead and suspended 8 accounts for sockpuppet violations. I've revoked a number of bounties and deleted some posts. Given that the sheer scale will make this quite noticeable I figured I'd give you a heads-up. Thanks again for bringing this to our attention.

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shoover

Jun 24, 2022 14:59

@Kilisi As someone who by almost anyone's definition of "white person" is a white person, I find it annoying when "white people" are lumped together as if we are some monolithic homogeneous group of like-thinking Borg.

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Old_Lamplighter

Aug 14, 2020 12:37

@JoeStrazzere Well, you can only be young once, but you can be immature forever

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motosubatsu

Oct 16, 2019 15:30

many thanks to @Snow for the clean up

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Kaz

Oct 7, 2019 01:23

88

Q: Dear Stack Exchange: a statement and a letter from your moderators

Dear Stack Exchange, Inc., We know you know about this already, so we'll keep this brief. The past two weeks have been rough. Lots of moderators have lost confidence in you; for some, it was the final straw. For many of us, though, we like being here and we don't want it to get to that point. So...

discussion moderators

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Old_Lamplighter

Apr 8, 2021 16:39

And now, it's time for the Old Lamplighter's cranky rant about words he'd like to see banned:

* Problematic
* Toxic
* Unpack
* Proactive
* anything ending with "ist", "ism", "ic", or "phobe"
* mansplaining
* diversity
* inclusion
* representation
* empowerment
* engagement
* marginalized

And before anyone flips, we should all be good to each other. I don't like those words because they're generally used by people who's motives are less than pure. None of these words really mean anything on their own, and are most often used to bully people.

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motosubatsu

Apr 6, 2021 08:46

@AIQ in a word: awful

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Old_Lamplighter

Apr 3, 2021 01:06

WHAT were they thinking?

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DarkCygnus

Apr 7, 2020 20:43

So, I found out that we can redirect Smoke Detector's alerts specific to TWP into a chatroom. I created such chatroom and now the redirection is enabled. In case anyone wants to join the efforts, this I hope will be an useful tool: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/106445/no-smoking-in-the-office

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Snow

Mar 10, 2021 15:34

I think JNat forgot to create the election chat room, so here it is... chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/120709/…

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