@Gilles wow. Thank you for your answer. I understand now.

actually meta can be seen as a mechanism for resolving non-binary issues by top-ranked answers and there are many cases of that for deciding site policy/ sorting out (sometimes subtle) ideological differences... but it requires participation... (same major aspect of entire site...)

re that, btw, heres hoping that future mod(s) drop by chat routinely.

google+ shutting down. @#%& rats! only major competitor to facebook other than say, reddit. is 800-lb gorilla facebook sucking all the major social media energy out of cyberspace? maybe even SE? :( o_O nytimes.com/2018/10/08/technology/…

@vzn try VK ;)

@vzn I thought about participating.

@Evil what is VK?

@Evil participating in chat? not sure what you mean.

@vzn another facebok

@vzn in the election

@Evil have you tried it?

@vzn no, it starts in several days. Man, why do you shift topics so easily?

@vzn VK yes.