The next time you’re taking a look at our Frequently Asked Questions list, you may notice some small changes:

A few months ago, we had some discussion on meta about whether home networking questions were within the scope of Super User. The community proposed via Super User Meta that we update the FAQ to more directly represent that home networking questions are allowed on Super User, and always have been – it just hadn’t been specifically mentioned in the FAQ.

In the course of this discussion, it was also agreed that we should include a statement to the effect of question …

Last week, there was a lot of hubbub on Meta Stack Overflow about a system message that ran on Stack Overflow. The system message read:

SOPA is a dangerous law. It breaks the Internet and threatens sites like Stack Overflow. Protect the Internet!

For the intents and purposes of this post, let’s bypass the controversy surrounding whether or not this is an appropriate use of system messages and simply focus on the important parts: why SOPA and PROTECT IP are bad news for Stack Exchange, the United States, the Internet, and the world. …