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12:32 AM

I think hiring a lawyer is the wrong approach. People sometimes erroneously think that lawyers (civil at least) is about getting justice. That's rarely what happens. Civil lawyers are about one thing, and that's money. You can certainly sue them... and then several years later, after everyone has long forgotten about this it gets a day in court? Don't waste your energy on the justice system. Suing SE isn't going to change SE. — Steve Sether 1 min ago

Thanks for this answer; somehow I had missed it until now. I had pieced together most of the story but this lays it out very clearly. Reinforces my experience that any secret backchannel forum goes bad eventually, usually due to insecure egos. — Ask About Monica 2 mins ago

Define "toxic" first. The word toxic is always used, when people are not sure what they are talking about, but think it must be something bad. When you try to narrow down what you're talking about, it will be much easier to decide if it really is (negative attribute) or not. — allo 2 mins ago

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12:55 AM

@SteveSether So just lie down and take it? — faintsignal 40 secs ago

When you allow made up pronouns (and all neo pronouns are, when you're pedantic, the classic pronouns are as well), there is no way to troll it. When you choose something obscure as your pronoun on a site where everyone can demand his favourite pronouns, there is no good reason to call it trolling. What would be a proof, that "attack helicopter" is trolling or not? What criterion would make a proof for a pronoun valid or invalid? You would need to judge other people's personal boundaries, what is not up to you. So we either need to allow everything or just stick with classic + neutral pronouns — allo 1 min ago

#338470 allo (749 rep) | A: Policing gender expressions and pronouns (score: 49) | posted 5 days ago by MechMK1 (1576 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@faintsignal I didn't say that. It isn't black and white, or all or nothing, lawyer or do nothing. Likely trying to put pressure on SE through moderator actions is a far better approach if you want change. SE has a bazillion dollars and a large amount of time to just throw at this. When confronted with an enemy, don't fight them where they're strong, fight them where they're weak. Generally corporations are very strong with regard to legal fights. — Steve Sether 22 secs ago

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1:23 AM

Also reported, and not fixed, on the Area 51. I understand that the software base is different and a fix here isn't applied there. The bug is identical. — Rob 2 mins ago

Possible duplicate of When should you edit tags? — rockwalrus-stop harming Monica 36 secs ago

The main problem I have with this whole thing is that it's this odd private matter, that's turned public. To understand what happened, I essentially have to rely on hearsay, and summaries from 3rd parties. I don't get to decide for myself who the bullies are, and who the victims are. I don't really have any reason to diss-believe what Gilles is saying, but then again I don't hear any opinions from "the other side" (A a rule I try to resist dividing arguments in two). — Steve Sether 16 secs ago

Personally, this lack of data is what I believe contributes to division, since each "side" has to rely on its peers, rather than actual evidence or facts. — Steve Sether 2 mins ago

Honestly the responses here are better than anything I found when looking for duplicates, so it might be better to make this a proposed-faq and close the others as duplicates of the this. — rockwalrus-stop harming Monica 1 min ago

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2:13 AM

Or tweet at them — Reinstate Monica 1 min ago

Looking Back: Anyone else wondering why SO is bothering to keep meta.SE running at all at this point? Perhaps they're afraid of this bleeding out into the more populated communities? — tgm1024 1 min ago

@WhereisourMonica, They could always simply squash meta.SE entirely. My ongoing question though is whether or not they're afraid this would then bleed onto the more populated groups. — tgm1024 2 mins ago

Perhaps I misunderstand your question, but the graph does show negative net reputation changes, it's just binned by day. If you have a day (UTC) with net negative reputation, it's shown as a downward red colored bar. See here — De Novo supports GoFundMonica 2 mins ago

Their plan of ignoring-everything will sooner or later work though. 1. Most people don't come here. 2. The other sites I've been to have no chatter about this at all other than name changes. 3. Nearly all the moderators who quit will ask for their job back as they realize that their personal identity was wrapped in being a moderator and the power that goes along with it. "I came back to help the community". Riiiiiiiight. — tgm1024 5 secs ago

And I hope nobody takes offense at the choice of user. I chose that particular example because I think it's better to choose someone in a relatively senior position vs. a regular community member as an example of lost reputation. — De Novo supports GoFundMonica 51 secs ago

The obvious solution is to switch to EBCDIC! — Ward - Reinstate Monica 1 min ago

#338782 Ward - Reinstate Monica (10637 rep) | Q: Chat search is broken for trans-ASCII words like "ingénieurs" (score: 3) | posted 47 minutes ago by tchrist (9762 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@fbueckert yes, you state an objection to something you better offer a reason, premade "question vague" is not enough. All that is asking is attach your objection to your vote thats it. You want to vote to close then yes you need to state why. If I am the questioner put forth the effort into improving the question then it is on the voter to put effort into their end of the bargin. You raised an objection you then you and i mean you need to seatle it in good faith. — Ben Madison 36 secs ago

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2:51 AM

@DeNovosupportsGoFundMonica: That's a different graph. This question is about the graph on the Summary tab, not under Reputation->Graph. — user2357112 supports Monica 2 mins ago

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3:07 AM

@Ward-ReinstateMonica Dude! If you thought [a-z] was bad before, just wait till you see it under EBCDIC! :) — tchrist 11 secs ago

#338782 tchrist (9802 rep) | Q: Chat search is broken for trans-ASCII words like "ingénieurs" (score: 7) | posted 1 hours ago by tchrist (9802 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

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3:34 AM

No. The onus is on the poster to ensure they meet standards. No additional effort is required from curators; there just isn't enough time to do so. Curation is more important than guiding each and every user. — fbueckert 1 min ago

Well, no point advertising too early. — Journeyman Geek ♦ 59 secs ago

#338715 Journeyman Geek (71482 rep) | A: To what extent can I responsibly advertise an open-source project related to SE? (score: 16) | posted 24 hours ago by Journeyman Geek (71482 rep) | edited 9 hours ago by Peter Mortensen (6315 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@Ward-ReinstateMonica So am I, and so have I. What I don't understand is downvotes on a legitimate bug report about a real issue that interferes with basic search. I hope it isn't anti-French bigotry. — tchrist 43 secs ago

#338782 tchrist (9800 rep) | Q: Chat search is broken for trans-ASCII words like "ingénieurs" (score: 6) | posted 2 hours ago by tchrist (9800 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

This is an actually useful point - TERFs, for all their rhetoric sounds exactly like certain religious-right talking points of the same flavor, are not a religion. To my knowledge, at least. I would hope that they are unwelcome to use this platform as a platform for bigotry as much as anyone basing their objections to trans people existing in religion is. — Stackstuck 1 min ago

I'm oooooolllllddd... I've used IBM mainframes. — Ward - Reinstate Monica 2 mins ago

#338782 Ward - Reinstate Monica (10637 rep) | Q: Chat search is broken for trans-ASCII words like "ingénieurs" (score: 6) | posted 2 hours ago by tchrist (9800 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

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4:01 AM

If this AI existed, then we wouldn't need moderators either as we could replace askers and answerers by AI as well. In fact, it would make even more sense to have personal AIs so we can ask them questions and they could give us answers. — JJ for Transparency and Monica just now

This whole business about whether multiple genders exist is pretty irritating since I don't think anyone's actually disputing the material circumstances at all. Surely we could all agree on the set of ways people are born, and the set of way people can become after birth through various means, physically. (And if someone didn't, we could be called upon to manifest, and conclusively manifest, an example thereof.) And the same should be able to be carried out in terms of what describing other people's pronoun desires-- no one is arguing whether anybody WANTS to be called "they" or not. (cont) — Ejaz 2 mins ago

(cont) So it seems that the real argument is not about what "exists" or not, but the manner in which various words should be used. Ie should they correspond in some manner to one's secondary sex characteristics, and if so how will such information be obtained, and when will the inquiry be consider sufficient to have made a reasonable attempt at appropriate determination? (And what of the abnormal cases of secondary sex characteristics? Because that's what medical transition results in, so that is partially what this is about. You wind up post-natally intersex, essentially.) — Ejaz 20 secs ago

@fbueckbert yes you raised the objection, you deal with it. You took the time to vote it down and you have the time work it out. — Ben Madison 2 mins ago

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4:41 AM

@fbueckburt you just admited you judge content and you offer no relief what kind is that? Good Day! — Ben Madison 33 secs ago

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5:32 AM

These have been especially irksome of late. I'm growing tired of the "Let's talk about anything except Monica" podcast and blog announcements. — J.R. means 'Just Reinstate' 1 min ago

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6:00 AM

@Jon Yes, good point. But unlike meta, which is open to everyone to ask about their own posts, chat requires you have earned 20 reputation points somewhere. So for some, meta is their only option. — Tinkeringbell ♦ 9 secs ago

There's even a way to get a network-wide view: Who is the most generous user in the network? — Glorfindel 17 secs ago

#338773 Glorfindel (100372 rep) | Q: Is there any place to see a leaderboard of top “Bountiers”? (score: 7) | posted 7 hours ago by Mark Mayo (3742 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

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6:20 AM

@allo I would like to keep my political views out of this situation - a move I could recommend SE, Inc. to try for once - but I agree that in a pedantic sense, there is no way to know for sure which pronouns are "legit" and which one's are not. — MechMK1 1 min ago

#338470 MechMK1 (1586 rep) | A: Policing gender expressions and pronouns (score: 50) | posted 5 days ago by MechMK1 (1586 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@Mari-LouA in all fairness, the system didn't handle -1000 very well - I think it needed a fix. I saw some bug report that showed a slight display issue. It wasn't until this year that we ever got something with less than -999 cumulative score, so apparently it was never tested. — VLAZ 24 secs ago

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6:49 AM

The community of people develops in this direction, in the direction of creation and development of artificial intelligence, and people will always ask questions... — Cyril 1 min ago

Welcome to Meta! I'm not sure which search brought you here but the problem you describe will not be answered on this specific site. To get an answer from users that have the expertise about the topic of your question you'll have to find and then re-post on the proper site. Check How do I ask a good question and What is on topic on the target site to make sure your post is in good shape. Your question is definitely off-topic on Meta and is better deleted here. — Glorfindel 2 mins ago

#338784 Glorfindel (100382 rep) | Q: google sheets variable row data lookup in next sheet single column skip blank cells (score: -5) | posted 16 minutes ago by Bhawanisingh Shekhawat (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because SPAM SPAM SPAM. — GhostCat says Reinstate Monica 1 min ago

#338785 GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11248 rep) | Q: How Much Does it Cost to Restum a House in Melbourne? (score: -5) | posted 2 minutes ago by House Restumping Melbourne (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

No, what I say doesn't answer the question because it's neither a fix for the bug, nor official rejection. SE might revive the app at some point (as slim as the chance may be), then they'll fix the bugs. I personally don't believe it will ever happen, hence posting those comments so people will not use a now-dead app. Hope it makes some sense. — Shadow The Princess Wizard 1 min ago

#338751 Shadow The Princess Wizard (136108 rep) | Q: Stack exchange app refuses to upload images (score: 0) | posted 15 hours ago by bgoodr (1543 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

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7:58 AM

Hi CarY, welcome to Meta! I'm not sure which search brought you here but the problem you describe will not be answered on this specific site. To get an answer from users that have the expertise about the topic of your question you'll have to find and then re-post on the proper site. Check How do I ask a good question and What is on topic on the target site to make sure your post is in good shape. Your question is definitely off-topic on Meta and is better deleted here. — Glorfindel 1 min ago

#338787 Glorfindel (100422 rep) | Q: How do I look up the ECC's log on my computer? (score: -2) | posted 2 minutes ago by CarY (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

I much prefer to have the same template for all Stack Exchange websites. — Franck Dernoncourt 29 secs ago

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8:36 AM

When I inspect the image element above in FF and Chrome I get a max of 672 at the "normal" desktop display size, and 713 when the window is scaled a bit smaller (and the right sidebar reflows). Since it's unlikely a user will size their window to exactly that size where the 713 max occurs (a range of just 41 pixels), I would consider the 672 figure to be the "standard" max - the one that's actually likely to be seen. Of course, we're talking CSS pixels, so actual image pixels should be double that (1344) to support Retina. Example syntax: <img src="https://placehold.it/1344" width="672"/> — Mentalist 40 secs ago

That said, taking into consideration what you mentioned about each site on the network having its own varying CSS, inspecting a maxed out image on that given site to get the width in CSS pixels (and preparing a x2 image for Retina) is the way to go. (P.S. since my measurements differ from yours, I wonder if the CSS has been modified in recent months...) — Mentalist 2 mins ago

Makes sense. But then it would be nice to include a link with the blog post that points to the preceding discussion on meta. — barfuin 9 secs ago

#338519 barfuin (164 rep) | A: Why was the reputation change not announced on this meta site? (score: 17) | posted 4 days ago by Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog (34008 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

How would this go on mobile? Do tags really have to be that long? — Mast 57 secs ago

#338781 Mast (2436 rep) | Q: Long tags cut off when creating filter (score: 4) | posted 8 hours ago by Laurel (21018 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

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9:01 AM

"In most contexts, your opinions about gender are off-topic." - Do you mean that they are off-topic on Meta? — Fermi paradox 2 mins ago

I imagine that, at minimum, you'd face the same consequences as you would for posting any other type of spam. — BSMP 2 mins ago

#338357 BSMP (168 rep) | Q: Repercussions for posting links to certain legal fund campaigns? (score: 43) | posted 6 days ago by Inactive - Objecting Extremism (320 rep) | edited 5 days ago by Inactive - Objecting Extremism (320 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Assuming or implying bigotry is in itself a form of bigotry. Maybe someone misunderstrood the bug report, or someone may think the problem is not significant enough... Either way, it's just two votes. — Cerbrus 2 mins ago

Hi user69691, welcome to Meta Stack Exchange! This site is for discussions, bug reports, and feature requests about the Stack Exchange network of Q&A sites; unfortunately, we have to mark this question as "off-topic" on this site. Please post your question on the correct site, and check the help center to make sure your question is on-topic for the site you've chosen. — iBug says Reinstate Monica 1 min ago

#338790 iBug says Reinstate Monica (20235 rep) | Q: What is the verb verson of the word imposter (score: -3) | posted 4 minutes ago by user69691 (95 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Hi Sahihai, welcome to Meta Stack Exchange! This site is for discussions, bug reports, and feature requests about the Stack Exchange network of Q&A sites; unfortunately, we have to mark this question as "off-topic" on this site. Please post your question on the correct site, and check the help center to make sure your question is on-topic for the site you've chosen. — iBug says Reinstate Monica 22 secs ago

#338791 iBug says Reinstate Monica (20235 rep) | Q: Issue in VBA code (score: -2) | posted 2 minutes ago by Sahihai (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Rather than "frame challenge" I'll comment: Not only is main site different from the other sites, but stackoverflow.com is different too. Using your example: Search "test" it drops the 2nd search bar, and the reason is probably due to Teams; because if you repeat that search (without blocking 'Team results', if you are on at least one Team), like this: Search "test" the 2nd bar is dumped, because having multiple ones would be weird. — Rob 36 secs ago

#338786 Rob (5901 rep) | Q: Don't reset search bar in top bar after searching on stackexchange.com (score: 5) | posted 1 hours ago by Glorfindel (100462 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

You have recieved a private moderator message directly to your inbox and e-mail address with your suspension. Further instructions of what behavior led to it should be in there. — mag 2 mins ago

#338792 mag (20724 rep) | Q: Why is my account suspended on Stackoverflow? (score: 0) | posted 3 minutes ago by SailorLuvBoat (101 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

"It seems our current voting system is like democracy; it's not the best system we can create, but all others are worse." To me this sounds mostly very catchy. I am not at all sure whether this is true (at least it is not well founded and slightly fallacious). Democracy is not always the best system (it depends on where and when it is applied). The voting system has equally problems depending on the era and place. What we see now is that the system grows out of proportions and for most posts the voting becomes a faint sign. Most posts only get 0,1,or 2 votes. Most posts arent differentiated. — Sextus Empiricus 1 min ago

#338788 Sextus Empiricus (3071 rep) | A: Is the voting and reputation system sustainable? How can we improve it or maybe it should be replaced? (score: 0) | posted 1 hours ago by Flummox - don't be evil SE (815 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

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9:50 AM

@void I was born in 20th century as well. I've been using singular you since secondary school, while not being a native English speaker. Nobody taught me it, I just picked it up while reading and I asked someone about it just to be sure. I've been using it for years and nobody minded before the whole "singular they is wrong" emerged. As for some governing authority, you're right, there is none, but big dictionaries add the definitions and usages for singular they and neopronouns, so maybe it really returns and means something? +I never said default he is wrong, just discriminatory. — h4z3 2 mins ago

I was especially surprised to see this announcement on math.SE. A podcast about React and Git isn't likely to interest people on the math stackexchange. — Jack M 46 secs ago

"you can make investors be more picky. They pay, and they can demand." - Exactly! The ones responsible for this mess are employees, they are not the "owners" of SE. Employees are replaceable. — Fermi paradox 50 secs ago

#338489 Fermi paradox (1822 rep) | A: How can we put pressure on Stack Exchange Inc. without damaging the community? (score: 6) | posted 5 days ago by JJ for Transparency and Monica (2333 rep) | edited 2 days ago by Peter Mortensen (6315 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

You are right that SE even when damaged is still superior to any other alternative, but that doesn't mean an investor would ignore damage to his investment. — Fermi paradox 40 secs ago

Since pronouns like gore, goreself, corp, and corpself exist unironically, I have to agree that it's impossible to judge motivations purely on the pronoun itself. — The forest of Reinstate Monica 49 secs ago

I have added an additional graph to the question. It shows that the voting system is doubtful as being similar to democracy in terms of 'all other systems are worse'. What the image shows is that the voting system is probably just as worse or even more worse (except that the voting system creates gamification, but in terms of the point 'good content rises to the top...incorrect content falls to the bottom' it does not do much good). It's like democracy in a corrupt landscape. — Sextus Empiricus 1 min ago

I heard they're the best spammers too. — Glorfindel 1 min ago

#338793 Glorfindel (100469 rep) | A: Don't reset search bar in top bar after searching on stackexchange.com (score: -4) | posted 2 minutes ago by Sheeba Karan (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

"you can make investors be more picky. They pay, and they can demand. " - Exactly! Some SE employees are responsible for the damage to Monica and the community but they don't own SE. Investors are the key. If investors find out that some employees have damaged SE, they will ensure said employees are moved to less influential positions. — Fermi paradox 46 secs ago

It's like a defunct democracy (It could be the least worse when it worked the way it was supposed to work). — Sextus Empiricus 2 mins ago

@SextusEmpiricus, I am not sure my equating SE voting and democracy really is true. Systems are build to get a certain result. The wanted result from SE is different then from me; I want questions answered, SE wants more money, users and be more inclusive. I hope they don't exclude one an other. — Flummox - don't be evil SE 2 mins ago

#338788 Flummox - don't be evil SE (815 rep) | A: Is the voting and reputation system sustainable? How can we improve it or maybe it should be replaced? (score: 0) | posted 1 hours ago by Flummox - don't be evil SE (815 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

(I consider it in this case as an analogy being equal with 'the least worse' and not with 'democracy' because voting here is indeed not democratic) Very often people come up with the argument "the least worse" argument. However, this is a bit pooh-poohing away any criticism that is more like argumentation that are more like going into the direction that the democracy(/voting system) is defunct or not present and are about improving the democraticness(voting) of the system (you could say it is a bit fallacious like: person A argues corruption is bad person B says yeah but it's democracy) — Sextus Empiricus 19 secs ago

#338788 Sextus Empiricus (3071 rep) | A: Is the voting and reputation system sustainable? How can we improve it or maybe it should be replaced? (score: 0) | posted 2 hours ago by Flummox - don't be evil SE (815 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

But we didn't even have Meta SE back in the days. Everything was on SO meta and then later large parts of SO meta got exported here. — Lundin 7 secs ago

#338519 Lundin (2492 rep) | A: Why was the reputation change not announced on this meta site? (score: 18) | posted 4 days ago by Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog (34018 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Also, FYI: meta.stackoverflow.com/a/391457/1426539 — yivi 1 min ago

Such questions belong to meta.stackoverflow.com. As a close reason you can choose "Unclear what you're asking". — Tom 43 secs ago

#338794 Tom (201 rep) | Q: Question that are not question (score: 0) | posted 2 minutes ago by Linh Nguyen (101 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

You should ask this at meta.stackoverflow.com as it is site specific. — Mark Kirby 57 secs ago

#338794 Mark Kirby (367 rep) | Q: Question that are not question (score: 0) | posted 2 minutes ago by Linh Nguyen (101 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

yes i see i will move this question to the other site — Linh Nguyen 2 mins ago

#338794 Linh Nguyen (101 rep) | Q: Question that are not question (score: 0) | posted 6 minutes ago by Linh Nguyen (101 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

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11:06 AM

@SurpriseDog so you are okay with denying someone's gender identity just because it is not approved by a group of people? Do you trust those academics more than the experiences of people with non-binary gender identities? Who are you or those people to invalidate their identity? — Luis Reinstate Monica 1 min ago

@FranckDernoncourt no way!! I find it is not as easy to identify what is in the browser tab when the icon is that generic SE icon — bobobobo 40 secs ago

@mag: How specific are these messages? Isn't it just "A moderator or staff member thinks you've been naughty"? — Eric Duminil 39 secs ago

Hi Nat100, welcome to Meta! I'm not sure which search brought you here but the problem you describe will not be answered on this specific site. To get an answer from users that have the expertise about the topic of your question you'll have to find and then re-post on the proper site. Check How do I ask a good question and What is on topic on the target site to make sure your post is in good shape. Your question is definitely off-topic on Meta and is better deleted here. — Glorfindel 5 secs ago

#338795 Glorfindel (100490 rep) | Q: Help finding the right RAM specification (score: -2) | posted 2 minutes ago by Nat100 (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

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11:39 AM

Isn't it the same as this one? — Shadow The Princess Wizard 2 mins ago

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12:01 PM

The pattern seems to be to use the banner for trivial crap but not for anything important. Related. — Peter Taylor 1 min ago

While I agree with you that "bounties are a cheaper", I consider this a negative development. I've seen already several cases of very poor questions being bountied, and recouping the investment and more thanks to this change. — yivi 1 min ago

#338796 yivi (1135 rep) | A: Should the weight of question upvotes be increased network-wide? (score: 1) | posted 10 minutes ago by lampshade (161 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Chat search is dreadfully broken. It doesn't work for apostrophes either (try searching al'thor, or anything else apostrophised, in chat and you'll find only oneboxes). — Rand al'Thor 2 mins ago

@animuson Can you tell us when this is planned to happen? Can someone please address whether or not this banner-dismissal suggestion will be implemented? — Wolfie 41 secs ago

#338021 Wolfie (279 rep) | Q: Add a way to dismiss the "Internet Explorer is no longer supported" banner (score: 18) | posted 8 days ago by Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog (34018 rep) | edited 8 days ago by Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog (34018 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@rockwalrus-stopharmingMonica Both. Both would be good. — Mast 31 secs ago

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12:19 PM

What you're asking for is emoji support 😝 which is already here 😉 — bobobobo 29 secs ago

Considering the change is retroactive, a SEDE query isn't going to work here, is it? — Mast 2 mins ago

#338797 Mast (2436 rep) | Q: How many sites changed their highest-rep user as a result of the recent question rep recalc? (score: 5) | posted 12 minutes ago by Rand al'Thor (20718 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

You are right, big images would just be very obtrusive in comments. When the images become very small, they're just going to have symbolic meaning 🦄, so emojis work fine for that, whose support which is already here 😉 — bobobobo 2 mins ago

@user163250 backsslash does not work inside a backticked section, it just renders as a backslash — David Balažic 11 secs ago

@Mast I'm not really sure how to find the answer, hence why I'm asking here :-) — Rand al'Thor 42 secs ago

#338797 Rand al'Thor (20728 rep) | Q: How many sites changed their highest-rep user as a result of the recent question rep recalc? (score: 6) | posted 26 minutes ago by Rand al'Thor (20728 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@Mast I have one of the smallest phones and even then there’s room to the right to make the box bigger, because of how things move around. I’m not sure what to say about tag length other than the max is now 35 and we’re not going back. — Laurel 28 secs ago

#338781 Laurel (21018 rep) | Q: Long tags cut off when creating filter (score: 4) | posted 12 hours ago by Laurel (21018 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@Trilarion I'm sorry, but I don't know. — I am not the way you speak 48 secs ago

@GalastelsupportsGoFundMonica :-( Seems to happen too much there - I recall a previous top-rep user on Writing deleting his account too. — Rand al'Thor 23 secs ago

#338797 Rand al'Thor (20748 rep) | Q: How many sites changed their highest-rep user as a result of the recent question rep recalc? (score: 8) | posted 44 minutes ago by Rand al'Thor (20748 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Thanks! I thought someone like you would be able to calculate this :-) Would it be possible to modify the query to include approximate rep scores as well? E.g. "old #1 user from 83k to 84k, new #1 user from 77k to 89k" or something like that. — Rand al'Thor 1 min ago

#338800 Rand al'Thor (20748 rep) | A: How many sites changed their highest-rep user as a result of the recent question rep recalc? (score: 1) | posted 7 minutes ago by Glorfindel (100500 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Writing has had one of our top 3 users delete his account over the Monica Cellio scandal, so that skews the balance. — Galastel supports GoFundMonica 2 mins ago

#338797 Galastel supports GoFundMonica (2861 rep) | Q: How many sites changed their highest-rep user as a result of the recent question rep recalc? (score: 8) | posted 44 minutes ago by Rand al'Thor (20748 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@Laurel thanks for catching that. — Glorfindel 29 secs ago

#338800 Glorfindel (100500 rep) | A: How many sites changed their highest-rep user as a result of the recent question rep recalc? (score: 1) | posted 8 minutes ago by Glorfindel (100500 rep) | edited 38 seconds ago by Glorfindel (100500 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

I thought that Stack Apps had 10 rep upvotes before this. — Laurel 1 min ago

#338800 Laurel (21018 rep) | A: How many sites changed their highest-rep user as a result of the recent question rep recalc? (score: 1) | posted 9 minutes ago by Glorfindel (100500 rep) | edited 40 seconds ago by Glorfindel (100500 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@rockwalrus-stopharmingMonica that would require development, something they no longer do. — Luuklag 1 min ago

@Laurel Or did they change question upvotes to 20 rep on Stack Apps? :-) If they decided to double it everywhere and forgot that special case. — Rand al'Thor 2 mins ago

#338800 Rand al'Thor (20768 rep) | A: How many sites changed their highest-rep user as a result of the recent question rep recalc? (score: 2) | posted 20 minutes ago by Glorfindel (100520 rep) | edited 11 minutes ago by Glorfindel (100520 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@tgm1024 The only thing I can think is that they're hoping to keep a small release valve in place for the reason you suggest. — George Stocker 1 min ago

What can I say... welcome to Stack Exchange. — Lightness Races with Monica 22 secs ago

@h4z3 Don't get me wrong. I'll fight for your right to use singular they, just as I'll fight for everybodies right to express their identity in any way they like (that includes pronouns). In return I expect those same people to allow me to keep writing the English I grew accustomed to. That default he is descriminatory is your (and SEs) oppinion. Again, I'll fight for your right to hold that opinion, but presenting this opinion as a fact, excluding all other viewpoints, is quite frankly not nice. — void 31 secs ago

@h4z3 As far as I can tell it's still the case that nobody minds that you are using singular they. People start objecting when SE tells them they have to do so as well. SE left it each user whether they write American English or British English (or any other variant), now they started to enforce a particular way to write for a particular issue. It's not surprising to me that this doesn't go down well. I guess big dictionaries will add these usages when enough people use them. At that point it's OK for SE to recommend that usage (but demanding everybody use that language is still wrong). — void 39 secs ago

I never said that. I said the list was a good "starting point" to avoid controversy — SurpriseDog 1 min ago

I always wonder what happens to the orphans that I've left behind《 technically not an orphan anymore, but you get what I mean — bobobobo just now

i.stack.imgur.com/tUZYH.jpg 《 technically not an orphan anymore, but you get what I mean — bobobobo 2 mins ago

meta.stackexchange.com/q/243022/369802 < I'm not sure if that was a queston with a zero score answer... but it seems it's already in place? — Tinkeringbell ♦ 5 secs ago

#338801 Tinkeringbell (11396 rep) | Q: Warning before deting a question (score: 0) | posted 4 minutes ago by José Carlos Santos (618 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@ColleenV Sure. I've done that in the past. And at least once the person who deleted the question upvoted my answer and apologized. — José Carlos Santos 51 secs ago

You should flag for a moderator. Questions are supposed to benefit more people than the person who asked, so it’s not ok to delete them once you’ve gotten an answer. — ColleenV 2 mins ago

@Tinkeringbell Then I think that I will delete this request. — José Carlos Santos 23 secs ago

@Tinkeringbell is correct, I tried to delete a question with answer, and got a big warning: i.stack.imgur.com/cmJZp.png. — Shadow The Princess Wizard 1 min ago

In this case (I assume you refer to the most recent), the person won't upvote, they deleted their account three seconds after the question (which I have undeleted). In general: It's not a dead horse, you may flog it. Err, I mean flag it. — Daniel Fischer 2 mins ago

True that, @yivi. With what I wrote and what is reflected in other answers the attempt to get more and more questions/content seems like a downward spiral on the overall quality. — lampshade 6 secs ago

#338796 lampshade (171 rep) | A: Should the weight of question upvotes be increased network-wide? (score: 2) | posted 2 hours ago by lampshade (171 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@JoséCarlosSantos Feel free to chose between deleting or leaving this as a duplicate so others can more easily find this information. (I wonder if there may be a more appropriate post to close against than the one I linked you, though)... — Tinkeringbell ♦ 13 secs ago

Possible duplicate of Deleting self-answered question gets "Delete this answered question" warning — José Carlos Santos 1 min ago

The appropriate site, Mathematics, requires that you show what you've tried already. — Glorfindel 2 mins ago

Hi Thomas12, welcome to Meta! I'm not sure which search brought you here but the problem you describe will not be answered on this specific site. To get an answer from users that have the expertise about the topic of your question you'll have to find and then re-post on the proper site. Check How do I ask a good question and What is on topic on the target site to make sure your post is in good shape. Your question is definitely off-topic on Meta and is better deleted here. — Glorfindel 2 mins ago

Of course I judge content! That's one of the primary things to do. Yes, I took the time to downvote this post. That doesn't mean I, or anyone else, is obligated to point out why. These comments are exactly why that is. Posters that haven't read the rules, or care about meeting standards aren't looking to improve; they're looking for targets to attack. Not worth my time. You don't want downvotes? Try to meet the standards. That's it. — fbueckert 2 mins ago

meta-stalker

2:31 PM

No repro. Link please? (To a question you see with old notice) — Shadow The Princess Wizard 2 mins ago

#338803 Shadow The Princess Wizard (136108 rep) | Q: New Post Notices are reverted to old ones (score: 0) | posted 3 minutes ago by Her Majesty Queen of ARC (5489 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@yivi I have no idea whether test are completed or not, but since it started I had new notices all along. — Her Majesty Queen of ARC 1 min ago

#338803 Her Majesty Queen of ARC (5499 rep) | Q: New Post Notices are reverted to old ones (score: 1) | posted 13 minutes ago by Her Majesty Queen of ARC (5499 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Did they ever mention the A/B tests were completed? I saw the reversal today and assumed I was still being moved between groups. Or maybe they are getting ready to actually deploy this network wide, hence the regression. — yivi 2 mins ago

#338803 yivi (1135 rep) | Q: New Post Notices are reverted to old ones (score: 1) | posted 13 minutes ago by Her Majesty Queen of ARC (5499 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Isn't the A/B Testing phase still ongoing, e.g 50% of users see new and 50% old ones? — mag 9 secs ago

"Lucky" you. I've seen different notices all the time. Sometimes new, sometimes old. — yivi 1 min ago

I thought the new notices were only visible on SO. Haven't ever seen them on MSO, for example. Nor here. — yivi 47 secs ago

I see a new-style notice on the SO question, and an old-style notice on Code Review and Meta. — Daniel Fischer 2 mins ago

@yivi I think I saw them here, too. But I maybe wrong as I wasn't paying that much attention on Meta posts — Her Majesty Queen of ARC 2 mins ago

@Luuklag There's a decent chance that it could be done server-side. If not, they might be willing to make a one-time exception to the nondevelopmenr policy to make that tiny change. — rockwalrus-stop harming Monica 19 secs ago

#338769 rockwalrus-stop harming Monica (4288 rep) | Q: Clearly communicate that the Stackexchange Android App is no longer being developed (score: 51) | posted 17 hours ago by bgoodr (1605 rep) | edited 17 hours ago by Rob (5901 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

FYI, the A/B groups were not account locked. A user with the same could be moved around from one group to the other at different points in time. So "logging in as a different user" is not necessary. — yivi 38 secs ago

meta-stalker

3:04 PM

@Fermiparadox I'm not sure if they're going to interfere in any particular case. They may, however, request that this be investigated internally and seek assurances that this doesn't happen again. Seeing how a lot of people have been asking similar things here, I wouldn't be surprised if it's only shrugged off and ignored. — JJ for Transparency and Monica 9 secs ago

#338489 JJ for Transparency and Monica (2373 rep) | A: How can we put pressure on Stack Exchange Inc. without damaging the community? (score: 6) | posted 5 days ago by JJ for Transparency and Monica (2373 rep) | edited 2 days ago by Peter Mortensen (6315 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

meta-stalker

3:17 PM

@LightnessRaceswithMonica emails are sent via some server, which is hosted by some external company. Every company put some limit to emails that can be sent, sometimes it's 1k, sometimes 20k, but with millions of emails to send it means many days before all those emails are sent. — Shadow The Princess Wizard 1 min ago

#338190 Shadow The Princess Wizard (136108 rep) | A: My reputation suddenly raised by 10k! (score: 21) | posted 7 days ago by Megan Risdal (741 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Wouldn't the regex just be [0-9A-Fa-f]{64}? — rockwalrus-stop harming Monica 46 secs ago

#318719 rockwalrus-stop harming Monica (4288 rep) | A: Prevent users from sharing private keys in cryptocurrency related communities (score: 10) | posted 363 days ago by Journeyman Geek (71532 rep) | edited 360 days ago by Journeyman Geek (71532 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | Comment on inactive post

@Shadow, I work in small company, and email is not our bread and butter. And yet we can send upwards 50-70k mails per day. I would imagine SO has bigger pipes than us. But maybe I'm wrong — yivi 30 secs ago

#338190 yivi (1135 rep) | A: My reputation suddenly raised by 10k! (score: 21) | posted 7 days ago by Megan Risdal (741 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@GeorgeStocker, makes sense to me (only thing that does). They're faced with keeping a cancer either in a contained within a tumor, or metastasizing out in the open. — tgm1024 27 secs ago

@Lundin Not quite. The site today known as Meta.SE was previously known as Meta.SO, and still had its own separate rep. In April 2014, the site was renamed and redesigned, and a whole new per-site meta was established for Stack Overflow. — Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog 13 secs ago

#338519 Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog (34018 rep) | A: Why was the reputation change not announced on this meta site? (score: 18) | posted 4 days ago by Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog (34018 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@mechMK I would think we could use the same standard as for anything else, not re: whether a pronoun set is valid, but whether the content is allowed in general. — De Novo supports GoFundMonica 30 secs ago

#338470 De Novo supports GoFundMonica (2946 rep) | A: Policing gender expressions and pronouns (score: 52) | posted 5 days ago by MechMK1 (1614 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@yivi you might be using external campaign provider (not sure that's how it's called?), but SO send the emails all by themselves, so they're dependent on their host for the limits. — Shadow The Princess Wizard 42 secs ago

#338190 Shadow The Princess Wizard (136108 rep) | A: My reputation suddenly raised by 10k! (score: 21) | posted 7 days ago by Megan Risdal (741 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@DeanWard it's happening again today on Meta Stack Exchange; the last Traffic data point is from Monday, November 18th, more than two days ago. On Chess.SE, the last data point is November 20th, as expected. — Glorfindel 1 min ago

@Shadow SO uses sendgrid.com. (At least they did for this email). I'm using AWS. Same thing, in the end. The width of the pipe is mostly what you are willing to pay. — yivi 24 secs ago

#338190 yivi (1135 rep) | A: My reputation suddenly raised by 10k! (score: 21) | posted 7 days ago by Megan Risdal (741 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

The chance for development to be revived is slim in my opinion as well given the lack of activity in the last approximately two years. Hence I think the healthiest response would be for them to implement some answer to my related question at meta.stackexchange.com/questions/338769/… — bgoodr 2 mins ago

#338751 bgoodr (1605 rep) | Q: Stack exchange app refuses to upload images (score: 0) | posted 24 hours ago by bgoodr (1605 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Yup. Their new CoC, as its currently being enforced, is hurting the very people its supposed to help, and they aren't so much as even publicly acknowledging that they're aware of the problem. I'll admit, I initially took the profile that spurred this thread for trolling, and realized I was wrong. Just another reason they need to handle this with more care, rather than just throwing cannonballs at everyone, (and why it should be handled by people with a better understanding of the issues than either myself or the people currently handling it.) — LindaJeanne 1 min ago

@ReinstateMonica - I might be wrong, but I think Robert wrote this for that very reason. With a touch of snarkiness of course. Well done my friend. — Another vote for Monica 34 secs ago

#338464 Another vote for Monica (248 rep) | A: How to be nice (even when you don't want to) - The basics (score: 49) | posted 5 days ago by Robert Harvey (131439 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

However, perhaps some statistics on quantities of name-changes-to-include-Monica may be useful? — April --Un-Slander Monica-- 2 mins ago

A) If it were deleted, you may want to as on meta.stackoverflow.com. B) It is not deleted, and never was. — yivi 44 secs ago

#338805 yivi (1135 rep) | Q: Why was my accepted answer with 4 upvotes deleted? (score: -1) | posted 2 minutes ago by Arvind Kumar Avinash (99 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

I am confused whether I should focus on solving problems or on searching on internet/SO whether a similar question/answer has already been posted. definitely the latter. If the answer is no, then you can start solving the problem. — Glorfindel 6 secs ago

#338805 Glorfindel (100522 rep) | Q: Why was my accepted answer with 4 upvotes deleted? (score: -5) | posted 6 minutes ago by Arvind Kumar Avinash (91 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Presumably, it was deleted because users didn't feel like it added to the body of work that already existed. That happens, I'm afraid. Even with the best intent, you'll sometimes answer questions that hit the chopping block. The more you focus on helping the specific user, instead of trying to find a duplicate, the higher the chance the question will be closed, and maybe deleted. — fbueckert 18 secs ago

#338805 fbueckert (10709 rep) | Q: Why was my accepted answer with 4 upvotes deleted? (score: -6) | posted 6 minutes ago by Arvind Kumar Avinash (89 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Try to focus your efforts on higher quality questions, and you'll be disappointed less often. — yivi 32 secs ago

#338805 yivi (1135 rep) | Q: Why was my accepted answer with 4 upvotes deleted? (score: -6) | posted 7 minutes ago by Arvind Kumar Avinash (89 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Oh, and I think the disagreement in the comments above remind me of walking on eggshells. I'm from the USA - and from the southeast to make matters worse ;) - and I'm not very well cultured. It's just not a priority. Yep, I could read more, but I really need top be working/reading up on my coding/skill set. I have very limited knowledge about other cultures and apart from a few cultural things I've heard about when dealing with people from China, I will probably accidentally offend people from other cultures or backgrounds. Should I apologize in advance? This is walking on eggshells and noise. — Another vote for Monica 3 mins ago

#338464 Another vote for Monica (248 rep) | A: How to be nice (even when you don't want to) - The basics (score: 50) | posted 5 days ago by Robert Harvey (131449 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

I think that having no android developer at all is clear enough sign. Kasra was the one and only android developer SE ever had, and he left SE over a year ago. (Not sure if willingly or not, but that's off topic here.) — Shadow The Princess Wizard 1 min ago

#338769 Shadow The Princess Wizard (136108 rep) | Q: Clearly communicate that the Stackexchange Android App is no longer being developed (score: 53) | posted 18 hours ago by bgoodr (1605 rep) | edited 18 hours ago by Rob (5971 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Unfortunately, there's no feasible way to increase participation here such that it would be a realistic slice of the overall network users large enough to counter "data" — Kevin B 28 secs ago

#338806 Kevin B (1938 rep) | Q: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: -1) | posted 5 minutes ago by rockwalrus-stop harming Monica (4292 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@rockwalrus not a bad idea in general, but you'd need a "views by answer" estimate that can clearly discriminate between answers on the same page. This would be a new feature and has been avoided in the past. — De Novo supports GoFundMonica 12 secs ago

#338686 De Novo supports GoFundMonica (2946 rep) | A: Is the voting and reputation system sustainable? How can we improve it or maybe it should be replaced? (score: 36) | posted 46 hours ago by I am not the way you speak (1626 rep) | edited 37 hours ago by Laurel (21038 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 |

Is it really a strike if the each moderator came to their conclusion individually, without any collective discussion or collective agreement? — gerrit 1 min ago

@rockwalrus, you have only been a member on MSE for 42 days (congratulations). What has made you join? I am pretty sure the answer lies in one of the points you do not want us to discuss under this question :) — Frédéric Hamidi 54 secs ago

#338806 Frédéric Hamidi (6781 rep) | Q: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 0) | posted 17 minutes ago by rockwalrus-stop harming Monica (4302 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@ShadowThePrincessWizard And if the change hadn't been rushed out, there would have been plenty of time for that, just like every other company does. If you can send to everybody on SO, you can send to everybody on SE. Perhaps it'd cost more, perhaps it'd take longer .. but I don't buy the "we couldn't due to technical limitations" unless there's some internal reason (database access, email addresses not stored for all sites, etc) — Lightness Races with Monica 2 mins ago

#338190 Lightness Races with Monica (29062 rep) | A: My reputation suddenly raised by 10k! (score: 21) | posted 7 days ago by Megan Risdal (741 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

That depends on the kind of content in question. — MechMK1 2 mins ago

#338470 MechMK1 (1614 rep) | A: Policing gender expressions and pronouns (score: 52) | posted 5 days ago by MechMK1 (1614 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Does that actually increase the number of participating users, or does it just make the same users participate more intensively? The diamond moderators should have access to data to tell the difference. — gerrit 5 secs ago

#338807 gerrit (5499 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 2) | posted 2 minutes ago by JJ for Transparency and Monica (2421 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Mi Yodeya got a bunch more meta users recently (around 350), from people joining to upvote a certain question..... — Reinstate Monica 16 secs ago

#338807 Reinstate Monica (2598 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 2) | posted 2 minutes ago by JJ for Transparency and Monica (2421 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

When there is not already a comment on the question, I post one before I vote to close to make the user aware of possible issues. If there is already a comment on the question that represents my objections, I just vote to close. The first vote to close should always comment on the issues. What I might suggest is that the Close queue require the first user that votes to close to post a comment. That may still be uncomfortable to some people that vote to close. — pacmaninbw 2 mins ago

I'm not really sure there is; what we're seeing here is the same issue that non-profits and volunteer organizations have: Out of 100 people you have 10 that want to help, and 6-7 that are your regulars and drive the majority of your help. — George Stocker 2 mins ago

Possible duplicate of Is it possible to search for words containing accented characters in chat? — gerrit 1 min ago

@gerrit I think it's both. While I had an account here before, I never really participated other than maybe a few comments and an occasional vote (mostly if redirected here from a site meta because of a bad policy). So yes, for me this reasoning does apply. — JJ for Transparency and Monica 2 mins ago

#338807 JJ for Transparency and Monica (2431 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 3) | posted 9 minutes ago by JJ for Transparency and Monica (2431 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

I'm not so sure about that. Human nature unfortunately dictates that a well-oiled system that works correctly generates less drama and attracts less participation than a mismanaged system completely on fire. Just look at the traffic on social networks -- they positively thrive on conflict. — Frédéric Hamidi 1 min ago

#338808 Frédéric Hamidi (6781 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 1) | posted 4 minutes ago by Trilarion (3627 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

The first bullet point is the fastest gun in the west phenomenon (FGITW). — Peter Mortensen 55 secs ago

#338686 Peter Mortensen (6315 rep) | A: Is the voting and reputation system sustainable? How can we improve it or maybe it should be replaced? (score: 36) | posted 46 hours ago by I am not the way you speak (1634 rep) | edited 38 hours ago by Laurel (21038 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@FrédéricHamidi You have a point. Maybe they should throw in the occasional completely antagonistic decision. But then the question was about attracting particularly "high value users", not sure if that can be achieved by drama only. — Trilarion 1 min ago

#338808 Trilarion (3627 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 1) | posted 8 minutes ago by Trilarion (3627 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Didn't you mean to use another URL at the beginning? — Peter Mortensen 23 secs ago

#338769 Peter Mortensen (6315 rep) | Q: Clearly communicate that the Stack Exchange Android App is no longer being developed (score: 54) | posted 19 hours ago by bgoodr (1605 rep) | edited 1 minutes ago by Peter Mortensen (6315 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@ShadowThePrincessWizard That one is a feature request asking to make chat search work for Unicode. — tchrist 1 min ago

@gerrit Yes, kinda. But that's allegedly a feature request rather than a bug report. And trust me, this is a bug not a feature. :) — tchrist 1 min ago

Possible duplicate of Chat search is broken for words with diacritics, like "ingénieurs" — tchrist 31 secs ago

I tired to make sense of this, even edit it to be clearer. But I couldn't even get through the first couple of sentences. There might be something relevant in among this wall of text, but if there is, I can't see it. Please spend some time cleaning up your post and adding some line breaks. — fbueckert 26 secs ago

#338809 fbueckert (10707 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: -2) | posted 8 minutes ago by Doug Thompson (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

There's a request to add ElasticSearch to chat which was favored but not implemented. — Rob 1 min ago

#338809 TRiG (6399 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: -5) | posted 16 minutes ago by Doug Thompson (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@fbueckert: even with line breaks this reads like a markov chain text generator gone rouge. It makes very, very little actual sense. — Martijn Pieters 2 mins ago

#338809 Martijn Pieters (95820 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: -5) | posted 16 minutes ago by Doug Thompson (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

I don't believe it is possible to copyright your post, when you logged in you agreed to post all content as Creative Commons. Which creative commons license you used is questionable, but that it is Creative Commons, seems undeniable. — James Jenkins 2 mins ago

#338809 James Jenkins (3624 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: -5) | posted 16 minutes ago by Doug Thompson (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

The company has stated on several occasions that meta is not a conduit for community interaction. Meta is (dis?)regarded as a small subset of active, vocal users who do not sufficiently represent the broader community. To their mind, they are listening to the community through their data, research, private complaints, twitter, etc. It's just that meta is not seen as, "the community." — I am Monica 2 mins ago

#338808 I am Monica (1895 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 2) | posted 39 minutes ago by Trilarion (3637 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Thanks. For this and -2 upvotes... bruh :( — J Arun Mani 39 secs ago

#338811 J Arun Mani (11 rep) | Q: Is there a sandbox or community for ambigious questions? (score: -1) | posted 3 minutes ago by J Arun Mani (11 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

The company has stated on several occasions that meta is not a conduit for community interaction. Meta is (dis?)regarded as a small subset of active, vocal users who do not sufficiently represent their broader audience. To their mind, they are listening to the community through data, research, private complaints, Twitter, etc. It's just that meta is not the community; it's a privileged, elitist, scornful minority. — I am Monica 1 min ago

#338808 I am Monica (1895 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 2) | posted 43 minutes ago by Trilarion (3637 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

You can ask where to ask your question here on this site, tagging it site-recommendation. See Where do I ask where to ask? — Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog 2 mins ago

#338811 Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog (34017 rep) | Q: Is there a sandbox or community for ambigious questions? (score: -1) | posted 3 minutes ago by J Arun Mani (11 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

The source post for the code of conduct in the first line of this answer (announcement of the Code of Conduct changes) has been memory-holed. Here is an archive link. archive.is/Z6ycF — Eric 19 secs ago

#335074 Eric (101 rep) | Q: Why are the Code of Conduct changes received so negatively, and what can / could have been done to change that? (score: 216) | posted 41 days ago by Glorfindel (100522 rep) | edited 38 days ago by Glorfindel (100522 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Is the goal here to be able to say that discussions somehow reflect the will of the community across the entire network? Because increasing participation on Meta doesn’t accomplish that. — ColleenV 1 min ago

How did this become a spam magnet so quickly? It's crazy. — fbueckert 27 secs ago

Is there any update on this? — EJoshuaS - Reinstate Monica 1 min ago

This sort of seems like a duplicate of: meta.stackoverflow.com/a/373293. — I am Monica 18 secs ago

Following up with @Galastel's comment, Monica has even chosen a charity to which she will donate any surplus funds gathered. If Stack Exchange decides to make everything right, most of the thousands of dollars will be donated, save the retainer and a couple other fees she already paid. If Stack Exchange doesn't, that money will go to lawyers instead. Seems like a win all around to just work directly with her to make things right. Well, except for the lawyers. — Davy M went to fund Monica 57 secs ago

I'm not the only one being annoyed by all the messages it shows: Can we reserve the top bar announcements for actual site news? Please, prevent banner-blindness! — Arjan 1 min ago

#337288 Arjan (27015 rep) | A: Dismiss the "Meet The Overflow" and Podcast Episode banners network-wide (score: 6) | posted 20 days ago by Adam Lear (138845 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

But only if the advertisement is appropriate. — Anne Daunted GoFundMonica 1 min ago

I saw the conversation back then myself and this is an accurate reconstruction of it. — Anne Daunted GoFundMonica 22 secs ago

Paragraph breaks are using the Enter key, not the word break. Line breaks are adding two spaces. — fbueckert 41 secs ago

I haven't seen any change to my repo on SO, is it rolling out slowly or something? — danielbeard 1 min ago

#338797 danielbeard (99 rep) | Q: How many sites changed their highest-rep user as a result of the recent question rep recalc? (score: 23) | posted 6 hours ago by Rand al'Thor (20868 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@danielbeard It was all finished on (IIRC) 13 November. — Rand al'Thor 27 secs ago

#338797 Rand al'Thor (20868 rep) | Q: How many sites changed their highest-rep user as a result of the recent question rep recalc? (score: 23) | posted 6 hours ago by Rand al'Thor (20868 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

The question has been locked by a mod. This is the third time a mod has intervened. Journeyman says he's convinced the issue will be brought up on MSE, but if the lock was done silently, and the OP seems wary to intervene, should we just let sleeping dogs lie? Yet, this question was not among the most controversial, it is on-topic because it is comparing how two different managements banned or removed someone's status. Did one company do it better, more professionally, more transparently than the other? The post should be reopened. What do you think? — Mari-Lou A 15 secs ago

#338658 Mari-Lou A (14046 rep) | A: Does the Fram's ban on Wikipedia seem similar to recent events? What can Stack Exchange learn from it? (score: 62) | posted 59 hours ago by Glorfindel (100522 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

The weird use of ampersands is about the only thing that stos this stream of conciousmess from looking like the output of a robot. — Chris says Reinstate Monica 25 secs ago

#338817 Chris says Reinstate Monica (4776 rep) | A: How many sites changed their highest-rep user as a result of the recent question rep recalc? (score: -5) | posted 27 minutes ago by Doug Thompson (1 rep) | edited 17 minutes ago by fbueckert (10706 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

This does not provide an answer to the question. Once you have sufficient reputation you will be able to comment on any post; instead, provide answers that don't require clarification from the asker. - From Review — Jenayah 1 min ago

#338817 Jenayah (9253 rep) | A: How many sites changed their highest-rep user as a result of the recent question rep recalc? (score: -5) | posted 34 minutes ago by Doug Thompson (1 rep) | edited 24 minutes ago by fbueckert (10706 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

It's clear from the QR code just below it that it's intended. It's, █, the character they're using to display the QR code. — Peilonrayz 28 secs ago

#338820 Peilonrayz (2151 rep) | Q: Weird boxes in question title and body (score: -1) | posted 2 minutes ago by customcommander (426 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Ah sorry - it didn't occur to me that these could be characters. Cheers. — customcommander 2 mins ago

#338820 customcommander (424 rep) | Q: Weird boxes in question title and body (score: -2) | posted 6 minutes ago by customcommander (424 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

████████ — rgettman 1 min ago

#338820 rgettman (4054 rep) | Q: Weird boxes in question title and body (score: -2) | posted 7 minutes ago by customcommander (424 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Eh. I'm having trouble seeing how that actually answers the question, or is even relevant to the action taken. Additionally, the implication that moderators support or are complicit with SE is a bad faith argument. — fbueckert 1 min ago

#338824 fbueckert (10707 rep) | Q: Reinstate mon-answer (score: -2) | posted 3 minutes ago by faintsignal (115 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Deleted questions does count in a question ban, maybe you just deleted the not so good ones? — Alon Eitan 2 mins ago

#338819 Alon Eitan (555 rep) | Q: Do you think banning for people not upvoting your question should be a thing? (score: -9) | posted 15 minutes ago by Synapsis (83 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Point of order: a zero voted question isn't, "well received". It's, at best, neutral, and maybe just hasn't been seen yet. — fbueckert 22 secs ago

then you obviously don't have enough reputation to vote :) — Glorfindel 47 secs ago

#338822 Glorfindel (100522 rep) | A: Do you think banning for people not upvoting your question should be a thing? (score: 6) | posted 17 minutes ago by Glorfindel (100522 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

What if you're not even logged in? Can't ban someone who the system doesn't even know who it is! — fbueckert 1 min ago

#338822 fbueckert (10707 rep) | A: Do you think banning for people not upvoting your question should be a thing? (score: 6) | posted 17 minutes ago by Glorfindel (100522 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

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