I should get notifications enabled on my desktop for various SE sites, I remember some kind of Growl application but haven't took my time then to set it up.
I was thinking of playing around with the Apis to find patterns in user behavior- though I am not sure to what extend the data I am imaging is available ( I know some is )
@instanceofTom Occasionally. I have my hands in a lot of things, but I did write an app for my church I'll be releasing in a couple months (in conjunction with a new website).
Haha, I feel the objective-c pain, doesn't help that Xcode feels generations behind other IDEs- thats the reason I havn't released an Iphone version of my Android apps yet
even though I do have an iphone, and dont have an android
@instanceofTom Yea. I've been a switch hitter in Java/C# for years, and Visual Studio 2010 spoils me. Even eclipse has so many plugins that I can get it close to VS +CodeRush. Xcode makes me feel like I'm an old school C++ dev...which...I guess that's kinda what it's made for.
plus with code completion all my fingers want to type is things like: pu{ctrl+space} vo{ctrl+space} ma{ctrl+space}(St{ctrl+space}... args), not public void main(String... args)
In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Town Hall Chat session with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation. Participation is completely voluntary. I am working with the can...
interesting. I just noticed that, depending on the number of messages you send in chat without interruption, that your avatar gets larger, your name appears elsewhere, and your reputation shows up too
Primaries are an indication of what's likely to happen and some candidates can get eliminated early, but we'll see how they go for the next four days and what the actual elections turn up.
Today it's very difficult to determine the real involvement of a member in a given community without analysing his profile activity and badges.
By involvement I don't mean performance (such as reputation, good answer/question badges, etc). Some users may be very active but do not have any major ...
I'm not that worried about it... if somebody is interested enough to rack up the minimum rep specifically so they can vote, more power to them. If there's a chance of fraudulent votes, I bet there're ways to determine which votes belong to new users.
My concern is that most of the users here were active for a few days, or even less, and have the right to vote. I don't know if it will impact the election.
Josh K: don't you observe users browsing in all your top answers and up-voting them all?
If a moderator fakes their way past the voting system, they will fail to perform well either in general or to SE network's standards. They will then likely be removed by the powers-that-be and replaced with a next in line mod.
@Pierre303 Today or in general? I don't think I got much rep today at all. In general, I've seen serial upvotes and downvotes happen on occasion, but on a small scale. More so on SO than here.
I find it interesting that M.SO is the only meta site where you can earn rep
It's not like the meta for other sites
But rather like meta for the whole SO/SE network.
Why isn't there a too broad tag in addition to too localized?
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@JoshK There is, Not a Real Question: "It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form."
@JoshK M.SO is the meta for all other sites, although now they're bringing out M.SE, so I'm not sure how that's going to affect things. That's why they kept rep on SO separate from M.SO, though.
I'm a bit anxious, corresponding about some job with someone else that is a lot more interesting job opportunity... but my current work is very anxious about keeping me where I am right now.
Keep working on getting an offer from this new place (if you're interested in working there). Once you have one, decide whether you want to move there or use that offer to leverage something better from the place you're at now.
I'd probably move on out of fear of damaging my standing at my existing job and out of desire to do something new, but your situation may be different.
When you have a couple of positive interview, tell your boss you are leaving. Explain why. Sometimes there is a communication problem between you, and things get clarified.
In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Town Hall Chat session with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation. Participation is completely voluntary. I am working with the can...
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