I have incessant anxiety over my own posts, and if substandard, whether they will appear anywhere. How am I to know? They may be presented to others and not me!
@Sue Things are fine; thanks for asking :) ....I just got a bunch of new responsibilities, and those don't leave much time for SE :(
@J.Musser -- regarding
@Sterno yeah, that is a problem... There seems to be a lack of interest. I'll keep my eye out. If I notice anyone I could discuss some things with 'em, in case they're interested. — J. Musser7 hours ago
....sooner rather than later, please :)
....I have some ideas, but I need time to write up an answer
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In my dealings with him around LH, michaelpri has been both helpful and polite. His current >2K rep speaks to his dedication in adding quality content to this site.
He probably won't remember this, but I contested a point in one of his answers, and he responded politely even w...
@michaelpri I hope you'll think about it; this site needs mods, and I think you'd do a good job.
I was looking around at the LH Help Center and I realized that it does not give helpful information at all.
In the on-topic question section all it says is
Please look around to see if your question has been asked before. It’s also OK to ask and answer your own question.
If your questio...
I was looking around at the LH Help Center and I realized that it does not give helpful information at all.
In the on-topic question section all it says is
Please look around to see if your question has been asked before. It’s also OK to ask and answer your own question.
If your questio...
I was looking around at the LH Help Center and I realized that it does not give helpful information at all.
In the on-topic question section all it says is
Please look around to see if your question has been asked before. It’s also OK to ask and answer your own question.
If your questio...
337 of 476 (70%) questions contain the word "how" in their title. Most of them with "how" as the first word.
These types of titles that start with
how to
how do
how can
are too bland.
They fail rules 1-4 of How do I write a good title.
I believe this is hurting page views. Imagine if you ...
There are close votes on this question for being off-topic as a "how to make" question. I disagree, and think that it's squarely on-topic, as the question presents a problem, and requests a solution. — Shokhet15 secs ago
...I have to run now (that pesky Bat-signal again). Hopefully we can discuss this later.
Inspired by this question and this chat message.
One example is that Stack Overflow is not a code-writing service. Although we are a hack-writing service, so to speak, how elaborate can such a hack be?
Questions asking "how to make..." such as this one and this one are closed, because we aren't...
Inspired by this question and this chat message.
One example is that Stack Overflow is not a code-writing service. Although we are a hack-writing service, so to speak, how elaborate can such a hack be?
Questions asking "how to make..." such as this one and this one are closed, because we aren't...