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12:02 AM

added some steps to reproduce, thanks! — Marlon 57 secs ago

You see it's really difficult to answer these questions to help out those profiles and get some points, this is because most of the question on there is about this site. I am restricted, for some reason, to only answer those questions? But how, I just joined, so therefore I can't and I do not know much about this site . — New Member 1 min ago

#338848 New Member (1 rep) | Q: Hi,I'm a new user, but want to start a Chat with another meta-user , how do I do that? (score: -8) | posted 23 minutes ago by New Member (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Stack Overflow gets 10,000 questions a day??? — Alex 1 min ago

#338840 Alex (6058 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 2) | posted 2 hours ago by Travis J (28045 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Oh, I see. But like it needs a quality answer and I'm afraid If I post that question, all of you delete it. — New Member 22 secs ago

#338849 New Member (1 rep) | A: Hi,I'm a new user, but want to start a Chat with another meta-user , how do I do that? (score: 1) | posted 6 minutes ago by linksassin (110 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@NewMember why not just ask the question then? Also, if your question is one about how these sites work, in general, you can ask about that here. — Rubiksmoose 1 min ago

#338848 Rubiksmoose (3189 rep) | Q: Hi,I'm a new user, but want to start a Chat with another meta-user , how do I do that? (score: -8) | posted 28 minutes ago by New Member (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Ironically by locking it @journeymangeek has guaranteed more discussion about it. — George Stocker 2 mins ago

@NewMember You can also gain rep by making quality edits and having them approved. — Rubiksmoose 57 secs ago

#338849 Rubiksmoose (3189 rep) | A: Hi,I'm a new user, but want to start a Chat with another meta-user , how do I do that? (score: 1) | posted 10 minutes ago by linksassin (110 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@NewMember You need to post the question on the correct site and follow the guidelines for that site. The help center on that site should be able to guide you to asking a good question. We don't just delete bad questions, we will help you make it into a good question, if you are willing to listen. And quality answers is what we do here. That's why we don't encourage chat, to focus on answers. — linksassin 1 min ago

#338849 linksassin (110 rep) | A: Hi,I'm a new user, but want to start a Chat with another meta-user , how do I do that? (score: 1) | posted 10 minutes ago by linksassin (110 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@Alex - Yup. Although a few thousand end up being deleted by automated process or the community. The statistic at stackexchange.com/sites#traffic currently shows 7000 per day, but I do believe that doesn't include deleted posts. — Travis J 1 min ago

#338840 Travis J (28045 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 2) | posted 3 hours ago by Travis J (28045 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Hi Alireza Firouzja, 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. — Rubiksmoose 25 secs ago

#338851 Rubiksmoose (3189 rep) | Q: Adding Fields to Linked List (score: -1) | posted 3 minutes ago by Alireza Firouzja (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@NewMember What is your question? Give us a brief summary and we can point you in the right direction. — linksassin 54 secs ago

#338848 linksassin (110 rep) | Q: Hi,I'm a new user, but want to start a Chat with another meta-user , how do I do that? (score: -8) | posted 33 minutes ago by New Member (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Is the user you want to talk to here on Meta Stack Exchange, StackOverflow, Islam, or somewhere else? — Rubiksmoose 1 min ago

#338848 Rubiksmoose (3189 rep) | Q: Hi,I'm a new user, but want to start a Chat with another meta-user , how do I do that? (score: -8) | posted 33 minutes ago by New Member (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

It was a Islamic question, directed to Medi1Saif ♦. — New Member 2 mins ago

#338848 New Member (1 rep) | Q: Hi,I'm a new user, but want to start a Chat with another meta-user , how do I do that? (score: -8) | posted 40 minutes ago by New Member (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@NewMember If you have a question that is on-topic for Islam.SE, then you should ask it there as a question. Chat isn't for bypassing the question-asking process to target a single user with a request. — Rubiksmoose just now

#338848 Rubiksmoose (3189 rep) | Q: Hi,I'm a new user, but want to start a Chat with another meta-user , how do I do that? (score: -8) | posted 44 minutes ago by New Member (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@TravisJ I really think that "almost every site saw a decrease in either moderator activity, or actual acting moderators" is an exaggeration. It's affected a few sites very heavily, and affected more sites to a lesser degree, but other sites seem to be carrying on just fine with no real change. — metasnail 1 min ago

#338840 metasnail (2668 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 2) | posted 3 hours ago by Travis J (28045 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

So, do I just join that community and ask the question there?- — New Member 2 mins ago

#338848 New Member (1 rep) | Q: Hi,I'm a new user, but want to start a Chat with another meta-user , how do I do that? (score: -8) | posted 48 minutes ago by New Member (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@NewMember According to your profile, you are already a member of that community. Simply go to ask a question on that site and type your question. User's will see it and you should get some good answers. If you are confused, look at Islam's How to Ask information. — linksassin 28 secs ago

#338848 linksassin (110 rep) | Q: Hi,I'm a new user, but want to start a Chat with another meta-user , how do I do that? (score: -8) | posted 49 minutes ago by New Member (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Hi Annatole83, 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. — πάντα ῥεῖ 34 secs ago

#338853 πάντα ῥεῖ (6563 rep) | Q: Excel - Reference Cell at Column Name (score: -3) | posted 1 minutes ago by Annatole83 (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

meta-stalker

12:44 AM

Why must it be a week? And, what happened to the three reopen votes, do they return when the week expires? — Mari-Lou A 56 secs ago

#338854 Mari-Lou A (14236 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 2) | posted 15 minutes ago by Journeyman Geek (71562 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Possible duplicate of Duplicate post notice missing the duplicate — Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog 1 min ago

#338855 Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog (34048 rep) | Q: Post notices broken on questions with old-style "automatically inserted text" duplicate banners (score: 0) | posted 14 minutes ago by Mark Amery (9335 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

May I suggest editing the answer to possibly remove the first sentence, or perhaps reword to provide a line between objective statements and subjective ones? Otherwise, I am in firm agreement. — Jon Harper 2 mins ago

#338845 Jon Harper (101 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: -2) | posted 2 hours ago by Makoto (26410 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

meta-stalker

12:57 AM

Those 3 reopen votes are now invalid. OK. How long a period before they can be recast? — Mari-Lou A 1 min ago

#338854 Mari-Lou A (14246 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 4) | posted 28 minutes ago by Journeyman Geek (71582 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@Mari-LouA No, they still age away, but after a period, they can be recast. — Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog 2 mins ago

#338854 Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog (34048 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 4) | posted 28 minutes ago by Journeyman Geek (71582 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@JourneymanGeek Can't you set it to indefinite, then set a reminder to unlock it any [x] days later? — Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog 13 secs ago

#338854 Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog (34048 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 4) | posted 32 minutes ago by Journeyman Geek (71582 rep) | edited 5 seconds ago by Journeyman Geek (71582 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@Mari-LouA The votes age out once they're 4 days old, one vote per day, and then they can be recast 14 days after they age. — Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog 44 secs ago

#338854 Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog (34048 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 4) | posted 32 minutes ago by Journeyman Geek (71582 rep) | edited 7 seconds ago by Journeyman Geek (71582 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Its a one week lock, check back when its over, Its a week cause a day is too short, and a month is too long. And I can't set any other length — Journeyman Geek ♦ 1 min ago

#338854 Journeyman Geek (71582 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 4) | posted 32 minutes ago by Journeyman Geek (71582 rep) | edited 9 seconds ago by Journeyman Geek (71582 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@SonictheReinstateMonica-hog Thank you for providing the specific time limit. Can a mod lock a question that is bountied? — Mari-Lou A 2 mins ago

#338854 Mari-Lou A (14256 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 4) | posted 36 minutes ago by Journeyman Geek (71582 rep) | edited 4 minutes ago by Journeyman Geek (71582 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

People would assume its indefinite, which isn't my intention, and I'd certainly forget, which is also not my intention. And people would also start asking why 3 days, not 4. Why 5 not 6? — Journeyman Geek ♦ 2 mins ago

#338854 Journeyman Geek (71582 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 4) | posted 36 minutes ago by Journeyman Geek (71582 rep) | edited 4 minutes ago by Journeyman Geek (71582 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@JourneymanGeek The timing of the lock isn't disclosed to the public until it is eventually auto-unlocked by the Community user, so even though you do set the lock to be timed, people will still assume it's indefinite unless you explicitly say it's not elsewhere. So I don't think that part at least is really an issue. — Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog 1 min ago

#338854 Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog (34048 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 4) | posted 40 minutes ago by Journeyman Geek (71582 rep) | edited 8 minutes ago by Journeyman Geek (71582 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Why has Stack Exchange stopped working on the Android app? — Pandya 1 min ago

@Mari-LouA I'm not sure, but even if they can't, they can still clear and cancel the bounty before locking it. — Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog 2 mins ago

#338854 Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog (34048 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 3) | posted 44 minutes ago by Journeyman Geek (71580 rep) | edited 12 minutes ago by Journeyman Geek (71580 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

You need 20, not 100. Also, typically you can't/shouldn't really expect a specific user to answer. Folks fo things when they have time. Also there's three chat servers, and SO, MSE and everyone else has their own. — Journeyman Geek ♦ 11 secs ago

#338848 Journeyman Geek (71580 rep) | Q: Hi,I'm a new user, but want to start a Chat with another meta-user , how do I do that? (score: -8) | posted 1 hours ago by New Member (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

meta-stalker

1:33 AM

All three mods by closing single-handedly or by locking this question attempted to keep it closed. The mods actions made this post controversial. N.B please fix the line which says hardly controversial, I said it wasn't among the most controversial. Moreover, the post is packed with references, not opinions, roughly 90% of the posts on meta, questions and answers, have less substance and less supporting evidence than this one. — Mari-Lou A 1 min ago

#338854 Mari-Lou A (14272 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 4) | posted 1 hours ago by Journeyman Geek (71600 rep) | edited 32 minutes ago by Journeyman Geek (71600 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

meta-stalker

1:46 AM

@Mari-LouA For contreversial topic, I think the mod on MSE should let the community decide, its not like other meta where no staff are. On MSE mod act more on behalf of SO than anywhere else. Not for nothing they nammed the mod, not elected, but I think we should open another question to know what limit they are better to have. The goal is that for me, it's not healthly if CM use mod to shield themself from the communty feedback. — yagmoth555 - GoFoundMe Monica 25 secs ago

#338854 yagmoth555 - GoFoundMe Monica (3573 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 4) | posted 1 hours ago by Journeyman Geek (71600 rep) | edited 44 minutes ago by Journeyman Geek (71600 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

It took a long time to develop the concept of innocence until guilt is proven. There is a recent trend, especially on the left, of accepting guilt as equivalent to accusation of guilt and letting unfounded points of view dominate while putting the accused in the impossible situation of having to prove a negative. That is, how can one prove 'nothing' as in 'I did nothing?' This site is not capable of developing an alternative reality system of jurisprudence without paying heed to history. Instead we are treated to poor judgement based on autocratic fiat, a depreciated model of government. — Carl 2 mins ago

The CMs are not telling us what to do. Cripes folks. I don't work for SE. I don't have any particular obligation to follow the party line. I do have the power, and occationally the obligation to try to do what I feel is best for the community. Whether that's yelling at corporate - and that happens, or making a few people unhappy because people need to calm down. I'd love for SE to take a little more leadership, but Its entirely inaccurate and unfair to claim we're working on behalf of the company. — Journeyman Geek ♦ 1 min ago

#338854 Journeyman Geek (71600 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 4) | posted 1 hours ago by Journeyman Geek (71600 rep) | edited 1 hours ago by Journeyman Geek (71600 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

meta-stalker

2:18 AM

@JourneymanGeek Sorry, I didnt mean to tell you work for them, Just that on controversial topic the fact you jump in, make the necessicity for them to jump in less probable, which should not happen, as modding there for me is to control the room, but not to be in front of the room. — yagmoth555 - GoFoundMe Monica 2 mins ago

#338854 yagmoth555 - GoFoundMe Monica (3573 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 4) | posted 1 hours ago by Journeyman Geek (71600 rep) | edited 1 hours ago by Journeyman Geek (71600 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

JMG seems to be the one camper who puts rocks around the fire to try and limit the spread. I appreciate you and the fact that you are keeping a fairly level head while there seems to be hidden agendas and traps behind almost every post. — Drew 1 min ago

meta-stalker

2:44 AM

Yeah, WordPerfect! — Peter Mortensen 1 min ago

#338825 Peter Mortensen (6315 rep) | A: Weird boxes in question title and body (score: 1) | posted 7 hours ago by customcommander (472 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

While there may be a valid Meta question to connect Wikipedia's event with Stack Exchange's event, I think it needs to be properly bounded to keep it on-topic. For instance, #s 3, 4, and 6 here seem squarely off-topic. Parts of 1, 2, and 5 could be on-topic, and I would change my close vote if the question was edited to focus specifically on those parts. — Alex 2 mins ago

@Mari-LouA To be fair, here you did say "hardly controversial". — Alex 17 secs ago

And soon SHE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED...? — Peter Mortensen 1 min ago

Will they be more or less awesome for building castles? — Peter Mortensen 1 min ago

#338820 Peter Mortensen (6315 rep) | Q: Weird boxes in question title and body (score: 1) | posted 8 hours ago by customcommander (472 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

meta-stalker

3:12 AM

@Trilarion I care when people give negative feedback. Because that is an opportunity to learn something. Which is really hard when the feedback only manifests as downvote without any further explanation. Sometimes downvotes aren't surprising. But sometimes they are. And almost every time I then asked why... some other person would give suggestions what could be improved about the post. And note the reverse argument: isn't stack exchange about high quality content?! How do you get to that with users that don't care any more about downvotes?! — GhostCat says Reinstate Monica 1 min ago

#338810 GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11459 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 1) | posted 9 hours ago by yivi (1179 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

meta-stalker

3:28 AM

Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat. They're relevant for most part so...better they get archived than nuked. — Journeyman Geek ♦ 1 min ago

#338680 Journeyman Geek (71620 rep) | Q: Is the voting and reputation system sustainable? How can we improve it or maybe it should be replaced? (score: 36) | posted 58 hours ago by Sextus Empiricus (3111 rep) | edited 16 hours ago by Sextus Empiricus (3111 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

meta-stalker

3:59 AM

Moderators have been briefed on one aspect and we know the planned date for announcement, but anything more than that is for SE to say. — Rubiksmoose 2 mins ago

#338860 Rubiksmoose (3189 rep) | Q: What about that new feedback mechanism? (score: 1) | posted 6 minutes ago by GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11477 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

meta-stalker

4:14 AM

@Rubiksmoose feel free to turn that into an answer. It is almost the "max" I hoped for. On a different note, would you think that this evening would be a good day to have some popcorn ready while watching what is going on on MSE? (just kidding, no need to answer that) — GhostCat says Reinstate Monica 27 secs ago

#338860 GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11477 rep) | Q: What about that new feedback mechanism? (score: 1) | posted 22 minutes ago by GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11477 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@Rubiksmoose is that the new mechanism? A user opens a post and a mod answers in a comment within 30 minutes based on a briefing in private? If so, do we get free pizza if the response has not arrived within the 30 minutes? ;) — JJ for Transparency and Monica 53 secs ago

#338860 JJ for Transparency and Monica (2507 rep) | Q: What about that new feedback mechanism? (score: 1) | posted 22 minutes ago by GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11477 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@GeorgeStocker I'm not sure if it's ironic. The lock message does say we "may discuss this on meta if you have concerns." If anything, it might appear we've been thrown a bone to distract us from something bigger than any single diamond. — JJ for Transparency and Monica 1 min ago

#338839 JJ for Transparency and Monica (2507 rep) | Q: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 29) | posted 7 hours ago by Mari-Lou A (14338 rep) | edited 3 hours ago by Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog (34048 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/

@JJforTransparencyandMonica hah! If you do get pizza be sure to share with the class eh? I'm hungry. — Rubiksmoose 1 min ago

#338860 Rubiksmoose (3199 rep) | Q: What about that new feedback mechanism? (score: 1) | posted 36 minutes ago by GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11485 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@Rubiksmoose there's enough for everyone, but you will have to get it yourselves. The sooner you come the more you get, at least that's my understanding. — JJ for Transparency and Monica 2 mins ago

#338860 JJ for Transparency and Monica (2507 rep) | Q: What about that new feedback mechanism? (score: 1) | posted 40 minutes ago by GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11487 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Just to be precise though: have you been asked to give feedback on content and announcement date? Or like the last time: "here is what we are going to say at date X", without asking for feedback on the upcoming changes? — GhostCat says Reinstate Monica 1 min ago

#338861 GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11497 rep) | A: What about that new feedback mechanism? (score: 2) | posted 14 minutes ago by Rubiksmoose (3224 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

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" for this site. Please post your question on the correct site, and be sure to read that site's help guidelines to make sure your question is on-topic for that site. — Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog 26 secs ago

#338862 Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog (34048 rep) | Q: Ayuda con Visual Basic 2015 (score: 0) | posted 13 minutes ago by William Mateo Perez (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

¡Bienvenido a Meta Stack Exchange! Este sitio es para debates, informes de errores y solicitudes de funciones sobre la red Stack Exchange de sitios de preguntas y respuestas; desafortunadamente, tenemos que marcar esta pregunta como "fuera de tema" para este sitio. Publique su pregunta en el sitio correcto y asegúrese de leer las pautas de ayuda de ese sitio para asegurarse de que su pregunta sea sobre el tema para ese sitio. — Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog just now

#338862 Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog (34048 rep) | Q: Ayuda con Visual Basic 2015 (score: 0) | posted 14 minutes ago by William Mateo Perez (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

meta-stalker

5:03 AM

The answer to that will make much more sense once you know what it is honestly. It's not really possible to give a meaningful answer to that otherwise. — Rubiksmoose 2 mins ago

#338861 Rubiksmoose (3242 rep) | A: What about that new feedback mechanism? (score: 3) | posted 41 minutes ago by Rubiksmoose (3242 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@metasnail - I don't think that is an exaggeration. Here are 73 direct examples: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/333965/…. To note, those are just the publicly acknowledged ones. Don't miss out on the answers there either, where dozens of users also sign off on the notion of cutting back, leaving, requesting deletion, or taking a break. Of the points made here, I think it is fairly obvious the recent events led to a system-wide decline in moderation. It may be temporary, but it exists. — Travis J 1 min ago

#338840 Travis J (28063 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 3) | posted 7 hours ago by Travis J (28063 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

meta-stalker

5:23 AM

@House-'ReinstateMonica'-man I can understand why you think that might be what's happening here, but I'd encourage you to wait until you hear what it is before making that kind of judgement. — Rubiksmoose 24 secs ago

I really hate this whole "let's keep secrets from the community and not ask for their input!" thing. — House- 'Reinstate Monica' -man 2 mins ago

@Rubiksmoose Fool me once... — House- 'Reinstate Monica' -man 2 mins ago

Thank you. At least for me, it is much easier to be patient having heard your response. — GhostCat says Reinstate Monica 2 mins ago

This is when "what it is" is the archival of meta, to be replaced by a dedicated Twitter account. — Sébastien Renauld 1 min ago

meta-stalker

6:08 AM

I have the same configuration as you but I still can't reproduce it, even with the detailed steps. — Glorfindel 1 min ago

Just about your 1st bullet point: a quick google search with the words "inclusivity business importance" will bring sooo many worth reading articles like this one. And bring some light into the darkness to some folks who, like me, didn't know "this side of the story"... — OldPadawan 57 secs ago

There is a constructive path forward, but it doesn't involve ignoring the problems. — De Novo supports GoFundMonica 12 secs ago

#338854 De Novo supports GoFundMonica (3163 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 7) | posted 5 hours ago by Journeyman Geek (71696 rep) | edited 1 hours ago by JJ for Transparency and Monica (2527 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0

You don't have to work for corporate to be aligned with corporate. There is a distinct subset of users and moderators that seems to think the way to resolve the problems is to ignore them. That is corporate's strategy. — De Novo supports GoFundMonica 1 min ago

I'm not ignoring this. Quite the opposite. I'm putting folks on time out until they sort this out. I've addresses the what, why and what's expected. Its quite the opposite of ignoring. — Journeyman Geek ♦ 1 min ago

#338854 Journeyman Geek (71696 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 7) | posted 5 hours ago by Journeyman Geek (71696 rep) | edited 1 hours ago by JJ for Transparency and Monica (2527 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@MaikaSakuranomiya Are there plenty of cases? Yes. Does that make it normal? No. It's still up to the moderator. — Mast 2 mins ago

meta-stalker

6:41 AM

To be absolutely clear the comment implying that the mods were following company's orders (words to that effect) was NEVER mine and it is now deleted. Whether it was by a mod or by it's author, I don't know. — Mari-Lou A 2 mins ago

#338854 Mari-Lou A (14364 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 7) | posted 6 hours ago by Journeyman Geek (71696 rep) | edited 1 hours ago by JJ for Transparency and Monica (2537 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

"but was there any doubt about whether they had any doubts about Monica's existence?" - I mean, the response (not an answer) doesn't even address Monica directly so... who knows :p — Philipp 1 min ago

To be absolutely clear, the comment implying that the mods were following company's orders (words to that effect) was NEVER mine and it is now deleted. Whether it was by a mod or by its author, I don't know. — Mari-Lou A 19 secs ago

#338854 Mari-Lou A (14374 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 7) | posted 6 hours ago by Journeyman Geek (71696 rep) | edited 2 hours ago by JJ for Transparency and Monica (2537 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Click on the Question Mark icon in the topbar (second icon from the right), the first option in the drop down is the Tour. — rene 1 min ago

Expect lots of thanksgiving ... I see myself out... — rene 1 min ago

#338864 rene (54263 rep) | A: What about that new feedback mechanism? (score: 3) | posted 23 minutes ago by Catija (56162 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Do you have add-ons or options enabled blocking tracking and/or cookies? — Mast 37 secs ago

The pagesize is removed from the link on the next page, but the setting is still there. — Mast 34 secs ago

Glass half full, Monday is definitely better then friday. — mag 26 secs ago

#338864 mag (20734 rep) | A: What about that new feedback mechanism? (score: 5) | posted 32 minutes ago by Catija (56182 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

You see it's really difficult to answer these questions to help out those profiles and get some points ... anyone can suggest good/quality edits to existing posts and each edit, once reviewed and approved gains you 2 reputation. So 10 suggested edits puts you at the chat privilege, 25 at the comment everywhere. Doable in a weekend. See also: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/164035/… — rene 1 min ago

#338848 rene (54263 rep) | Q: Hi,I'm a new user, but want to start a Chat with another meta-user , how do I do that? (score: -9) | posted 7 hours ago by New Member (25 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Congrats on dumping one of your best mods on any site. This is maybe the worst decision since Galileo's trial. The shortsightedness and self-destructive determination to shoot yourselves in the foot is staggering. @shog9 has a problem seeing boundaries and controlling his less reasonable instincts. — Wad Cheber 2 mins ago

#333968 Wad Cheber (1481 rep) | A: Firing mods and forced relicensing: is Stack Exchange still interested in cooperating with the community? (score: 656) | posted 53 days ago by Snow (9955 rep) | edited 3 days ago by Snow (9955 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

meta-stalker

7:44 AM

Monica, I have been absent for about two years so you may not remember me (I killed mos eisley in SF&f more than once), but I can't believe what I am hearing. They lost perhaps the best mod on the network, one who is unfailingly fair, compassionate, decent, kind, and helpful. I'm absolutely disgusted and all my love and support is yours. You are the best they had and you deserve compensation, but THEY don't deserve YOU. La'chaim. — Wad Cheber 2 mins ago

Thanks. Now let's hope the refinements will result in many more thanks given next week. Just setting expectations, you know. — GhostCat says Reinstate Monica 2 mins ago

#338864 GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11655 rep) | A: What about that new feedback mechanism? (score: 11) | posted 1 hours ago by Catija (56242 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

meta-stalker

8:21 AM

Thank you! Bounties don't need to be taken into account, since they don't affect the daily reputation cap, and the starting point of the computation is the actual reputation of the user. — Glorfindel 51 secs ago

#338800 Glorfindel (100634 rep) | A: How many sites changed their highest-rep user as a result of the recent question rep recalc? (score: 23) | posted 19 hours ago by Glorfindel (100634 rep) | edited 35 minutes ago by Glorfindel (100634 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

That is a nice computation. Did you include also the effect of bounties? (not that it will be so much). You could take your computed difference in new and old rep and subtract it from the rep of a user (then you do not need to iterate over all the bounties given or obtained). — Sextus Empiricus 2 mins ago

#338800 Sextus Empiricus (3111 rep) | A: How many sites changed their highest-rep user as a result of the recent question rep recalc? (score: 23) | posted 19 hours ago by Glorfindel (100634 rep) | edited 35 minutes ago by Glorfindel (100634 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Ah, I missed that 'starting point' in the computation. — Sextus Empiricus 39 secs ago

#338800 Sextus Empiricus (3111 rep) | A: How many sites changed their highest-rep user as a result of the recent question rep recalc? (score: 23) | posted 19 hours ago by Glorfindel (100636 rep) | edited 37 minutes ago by Glorfindel (100636 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

My answer saying pronouns are noise to SO was deleted. Support told me: '[calling pronouns noise] was very inflammatory, and unnecessarily so. We're not hosting it as written.' despite "noise" being a non derogatory term widely used. — Fermi paradox 2 mins ago

#336857 Fermi paradox (1908 rep) | A: Post for clarifications on the updated pronouns FAQ (score: 11) | posted 25 days ago by Makoto (26544 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

I remember that post about Fram's ban. I wanted to give my two cents to it as well but it was closed. Maybe that is a good thing because there are a lot of two cents around here. — Sextus Empiricus 2 mins ago

#338839 Sextus Empiricus (3111 rep) | Q: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 39) | posted 11 hours ago by Mari-Lou A (14400 rep) | edited 7 hours ago by Sonic the Reinstate Monica-hog (34073 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

meta-stalker

8:55 AM

@GhostCatsaysReinstateMonica Sorry, I didn't mean not caring about downvotes. I thought more along the lines of seeing them as a statistical thing. A single downvote caries only little meaning. Only aggregated they say something. For this post here, there are now 5 upvotes and 3 downvotes which means that it's somewhat controversial. Probably it means that people don't like everything that is written in this post or find the content is not so relevant or they think it could be shortened a bit. But I cannot read minds, it may be something else instead. — Trilarion 1 min ago

But this meta is targeted. It has goals and constantly tries to achieve them. For example just see the "Stop doing harm to a moderator..." thread. It can hardly become more targeted and goal-oriented. Still, the experience is not very satisfying if you try to achieve a goal but realize, the chances to actually succeed are rather low. But I would say that a lot of the stuff written here is constructive. But if you want I would be happy to be proven wrong. — Trilarion 2 mins ago

@Synapsis the vast majority of viewers can't up or downvote, and the vast majority of the minority that can doesn't vote at all or very little. — mag 1 min ago

@Trilarion you cannot force people to take a stand. They have to be interested enough in something to devote their time to it - these people are found on MSE already. In whatever community you are - you always have a minority which are engaged, and a majority which is just part of the community but doesn't involve itself in governing it (I don't mean it in any negative form - you cannot have only chieftains and burocrats anyway; not everyone is going to elections, too, especially on local level). — planetmaker 32 secs ago

#338837 planetmaker (168 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 11) | posted 12 hours ago by Makoto (26572 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@metasnail Somehow the power that be have not come up with an alternative yet and communication has rather broken down. And I don't really see how it could be otherwise. If the company is only happy to react to praise but not to criticism how can you communicate? The lesson seems to be that nobody in the world, not even professionals from a company, can deal with a couple of hundreds or thousands of downvotes professionally. it just seems impossible. Everyone just walks away from such a situation. That is the situation now. — Trilarion 59 secs ago

#338836 Trilarion (3706 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 5) | posted 13 hours ago by PM 2Ring (159 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

ok thank you for your input. need to introspect. — forkdbloke 1 min ago

#338865 forkdbloke (97 rep) | Q: Yesterday, i think i have lost 36 points, feeling very sad (score: -2) | posted 9 minutes ago by forkdbloke (97 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

It was downvoted by one user (hence the -1 score); five users voted to close it, which is different (and does not cost reputation). You likely lost some reputation because another post was deleted. — Glorfindel 2 mins ago

#338865 Glorfindel (100658 rep) | Q: Yesterday, i think i have lost 36 points, feeling very sad (score: -2) | posted 9 minutes ago by forkdbloke (97 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@Mari-LouA for the sake of precision, two mods were involved in close and locking of the question, not three — gnat 41 secs ago

#338854 gnat (12712 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 7) | posted 8 hours ago by Journeyman Geek (71738 rep) | edited 4 hours ago by JJ for Transparency and Monica (2587 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

I think the most important parts are listening to this minority and explain things to it. The participants of meta are biased and not representative but they are also closer to the daily activities. The listening and explaining part doesn't really happen now and the expectations from both sides also seem to be wrong (We don't get to decide, they, if they don't want to talk, should just close the whole thing.). Maybe the scope and aim of MSE needs to be redefined as clearly as possible. — Trilarion 45 secs ago

#338837 Trilarion (3706 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 11) | posted 12 hours ago by Makoto (26572 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

thank you for the detailed explanation, what has happened, the that, i have taken STACKOVERFLOW as a challenge where i would HAVE to reach around 2k in couple of months, hence, whatever i have gained in 10 years of exp, and not using it so far, am unleashing. — forkdbloke 15 secs ago

#338867 forkdbloke (95 rep) | A: Yesterday, i think i have lost 36 points, feeling very sad (score: 0) | posted 4 minutes ago by user56reinstatemonica8 (6348 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

There's no workaround to chat, but by being an active member on the site be aware that if you had a question on Islam you should ask it on the main site of IslamSE. Don't rely on my answers I'm not an authority on Islam nor am I a know it all in the different topics of Islam. Once you ask a question there's a 90-99% chance that I might read it and hopefully leave a comment. — Medi1Saif 38 secs ago

#338848 Medi1Saif (167 rep) | Q: Hi,I'm a new user, but want to start a Chat with another meta-user , how do I do that? (score: -9) | posted 9 hours ago by New Member (25 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

The reason is written above your question, the place to ask is https://**meta**.stackoverflow.com/, not here. When you've been here a while the loss of a few points here and there won't seem as bad, though a few hundred still hurts, and you'll gain bits and pieces here and there from some of your other questions. Meanwhile, we won't answer an off-topic question. — Rob 54 secs ago

#338865 Rob (6035 rep) | Q: Yesterday, i think i have lost 36 points, feeling very sad (score: -3) | posted 14 minutes ago by forkdbloke (95 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@planetmaker Do we govern ourselves here on meta? I thought more we discuss things and either the company or the elected moderators do something real in the end. But I agree, if the company allows that and we want it, we could make a government driven by interest here. — Trilarion 2 mins ago

#338837 Trilarion (3706 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 11) | posted 12 hours ago by Makoto (26572 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@gnat The 3rd mod intervened in the comments and made it clear why they thought the question was off-topic. — Mari-Lou A 25 secs ago

#338854 Mari-Lou A (14400 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 7) | posted 8 hours ago by Journeyman Geek (71738 rep) | edited 4 hours ago by JJ for Transparency and Monica (2587 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

yes, now that looks accurate. Two mods did close and locking and third mod commented with the explanation of the reason for the first two closes of the question — gnat 1 min ago

Atleast SE remembered that they should never release stuff at a Friday. — CaldeiraG 2 mins ago

#338864 CaldeiraG (1716 rep) | A: What about that new feedback mechanism? (score: 11) | posted 2 hours ago by Catija (56256 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Possible duplicate of Offering actual money as a bounty? — dim 45 secs ago

#338868 dim (2446 rep) | Q: Is there an option where I can pay people for answering questions? (score: -1) | posted 9 minutes ago by Rex Adrivan (177 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@Trilarion Yes, that makes sense. Nonetheless, even that depends on your stance a bit. Every vote (up or down) means: someone found your content convincing, or not. And sometimes (see the discussions on my answer here as example), there is really something to learn from any person who took the time to give feedback. Which is easier when the feedback is more than just a vote. — GhostCat says Reinstate Monica 2 mins ago

Yet, that was not good enough because the same mod the said

if you make the question body match the title then I won't have a problem. As it stands at the moment the title is OK, but the body still (to me) asks about Wikipedia

And this is why I said the actions of three mods succeeded in making the question controversial. — Mari-Lou A 38 secs ago

#338854 Mari-Lou A (14400 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 7) | posted 9 hours ago by Journeyman Geek (71738 rep) | edited 4 hours ago by JJ for Transparency and Monica (2597 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@gnat The 3rd mod suggested that they (singular) could unblock the question if it became on-topic.

Yes this question is being monitored because it's off topic yet it is attracting reopen votes. The question as currently framed is about something that happened on Wikipedia several months ago. Therefore it is nothing to do with Stack Exchange. If you can rework it - without invalidating the existing answers - to bring it on topic then it will be left open.

it was then the title was edited, and the question at the end was modified. — Mari-Lou A 1 min ago

@TravisJ I updated my answer, to reflect your concerns. Hope the underlying intention is now more clear. Thanks for your feedback! — GhostCat says Reinstate Monica 3 mins ago

#338821 GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11661 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 3) | posted 15 hours ago by GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11661 rep) | edited 4 minutes ago by GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11661 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps:

Hi Gali, 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 24 secs ago

#338870 Glorfindel (100678 rep) | Q: We are given a singular matrix A and scalar k then how to prove that adj(KA)=k^n-1(adjA)? (score: -3) | posted 9 minutes ago by Gali (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Hi afk, 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

#338871 Glorfindel (100678 rep) | Q: Jwt token Django (score: -3) | posted 1 minutes ago by afk (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

What is a "JSON web token token"? — Tom 45 secs ago

#338871 Tom (201 rep) | Q: Jwt token Django (score: -3) | posted 2 minutes ago by afk (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

meta-stalker

10:21 AM

@Trilarion There have been a couple of hints from staff & community managers that the powers that be are looking into an alternative to the current Meta SE structure. Maybe that merely means they'll only use the blog to make announcements, but I'm hopeful that they're working on something that will restore proper civilized trustful communication. Maybe I'm being too optimistic, but I need to believe in some kind of light at the end of the tunnel... — PM 2Ring 2 mins ago

#338836 PM 2Ring (159 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 5) | posted 14 hours ago by PM 2Ring (159 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Hi Krzysiu222, 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 37 secs ago

#338873 Glorfindel (100688 rep) | Q: Java ExceptionMapper implementation (score: -4) | posted 6 minutes ago by Krzysiu222 (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Please may I respectfully disagree with this answer? Generally, it is not how Wikipedia works, which works fine. Specifically, I think that editors (at least editors with a certain reputation level) should be allowed to fix typos, perhaps marking them as a typo fix (new checkbox). I do not think it encourages contribution to say "if you want to put in a bit of work to make this better, then you're going to have to put in even more work to be allowed to". It also leaves posts (I've seen several) where there is a single blatant typo but nothing else to fix, so that the typo MUST be left there. — Mike Beaton 40 secs ago

I almost posted a similar answer. If every user on SO stopped all activity tomorrow...the site would still be useful for many years to come. The major languages already have lots of questions and answers archived on the site. The niche tags and newer technologies will suffer, but I think it'd take years before the existing info on the popular tags to become dated enough that it starts seriously harming the site. — Troyen 1 min ago

#338553 Troyen (4295 rep) | A: What effect does the current crisis have on the SE network? (score: 74) | posted 5 days ago by Heinzi (1754 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Hi Zhandos Mukataev, 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 53 secs ago

#338874 Glorfindel (100688 rep) | Q: How to edit/update articles on big sites using Jekyll (score: -4) | posted 3 minutes ago by Zhandos Mukataev (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Why did you repost you SO question here? — Luuklag 49 secs ago

#338874 Luuklag (4487 rep) | Q: How to edit/update articles on big sites using Jekyll (score: -4) | posted 4 minutes ago by Zhandos Mukataev (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

What are tag-warning use for? (and do we need them?) — BelovedFool 59 secs ago

#338875 BelovedFool (7253 rep) | Q: Give moderators the power to add tag warnings (score: 0) | posted 7 minutes ago by gerrit (5499 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

I know you asked about their effectiveness, but it's their effectiveness to do what exactly? What is their purpose, I don't understand? (I'm on my work computer, so I can't download the link by "we are Monica") — BelovedFool just now

#338875 BelovedFool (7253 rep) | Q: Give moderators the power to add tag warnings (score: -1) | posted 11 minutes ago by gerrit (5533 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@Richard I don't think it was simply the loss of the mods. It lost a lot of the high-rep active answerers and users, which resulted in fewer votes and answers. Sorting by activity on the site users page reveals only a few of the major active users remain. Comparing reputation league for August vs October shows a drop of about 56% users gaining 25+ rep in a month. — Troyen 5 secs ago

#338557 Troyen (4295 rep) | A: What effect does the current crisis have on the SE network? (score: 57) | posted 5 days ago by F1Krazy (853 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

I guess they are quite seen in Stack Overflow, while in other sites are not put in place. From your profile I see you are active in other sites, so that may be the reason why you weren't aware of them so far. — fedorqui says Reinstate Monica 1 min ago

#338877 fedorqui says Reinstate Monica (7358 rep) | Q: How effective are tag warnings? (score: 1) | posted 5 minutes ago by gerrit (5533 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

"Work has not stopped on the Android app nor will it." Oh yes it did. — Mast 1 min ago

@BelovedFool Good question. I asked about their effectiveness, but the always so lovingly welcome people on Meta Stack Exchange have downvoted my question without comment. — gerrit 2 mins ago

#338875 gerrit (5533 rep) | Q: Give moderators the power to add tag warnings (score: -1) | posted 11 minutes ago by gerrit (5533 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@BelovedFool See this pile of potatoes. — We are Monica. 2 mins ago

#338875 We are Monica. (565 rep) | Q: Give moderators the power to add tag warnings (score: -1) | posted 11 minutes ago by gerrit (5533 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@BelovedFool Their effectiveness to achieve the effect of whatever the intention is to add them in the first place. — gerrit 21 secs ago

#338875 gerrit (5541 rep) | Q: Give moderators the power to add tag warnings (score: -1) | posted 12 minutes ago by gerrit (5541 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@mag ye that's basically what I have already written — Synapsis 1 min ago

@BelovedFool I have seen from a user perspective one example of what it can be used for, but I don't have statistics on for what purposes they are being used. — gerrit just now

#338875 gerrit (5541 rep) | Q: Give moderators the power to add tag warnings (score: -1) | posted 13 minutes ago by gerrit (5541 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Why would you ask that mod had a specific ability, if you don't know what this ability could/should be used to? — BelovedFool 16 secs ago

#338875 BelovedFool (7253 rep) | Q: Give moderators the power to add tag warnings (score: -1) | posted 13 minutes ago by gerrit (5541 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

So, you don't know what they are for either? — BelovedFool 1 min ago

#338875 BelovedFool (7253 rep) | Q: Give moderators the power to add tag warnings (score: -1) | posted 14 minutes ago by gerrit (5541 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Maybe you could add this example of what it's used for then? Because, right now, I have no idea what moderator would gain by having access to this new ability. — BelovedFool 2 mins ago

#338875 BelovedFool (7253 rep) | Q: Give moderators the power to add tag warnings (score: 0) | posted 18 minutes ago by gerrit (5551 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Apologies are good at making the apologetic person feel like a good guy. Monica is the hero of this story — Wad Cheber stands with Monica 2 mins ago

@BelovedFool I've added an example from German.SE as well as an example of how I might have used it on EarthScience.SE. — gerrit 2 mins ago

Want to see inappropriate posts from people higher up than Monica? Read everything Shog ever said. He renamed a chat room "rape room". He used obscenities against users. Monica is the picture of sweetness, light, and amicable behavior — Wad Cheber stands with Monica 58 secs ago

Thanks, I removed my part of the conversation now that it's solved. — BelovedFool just now

This sounds good on paper, but it's much harder to put in practice now than it was...say a few years ago (and especially compared to a decade ago). Not just on SE, but all over the internet, people are more aggressive and openly negative about all kinds of changes than they used to be, and that drives both the people that want to have a civil discourse and the devs away because who really wants to show up to get yelled at? Also, I think there are very few things that the full community can get behind, the rest is controversial or more beneficial to one group vs another. — Troyen 28 secs ago

#338808 Troyen (4295 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 6) | posted 18 hours ago by Trilarion (3706 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

What do you consider to be "effective"? — rene 2 mins ago

"hen" has found a place in svenska akademiens ordlista, at least: svenska.se/saol/?id=1105387&pz=5 . It does have a precedent in the Finnish "hän". There are, of course, lots of languages without grammatical male/female distinction: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… — Tommi Brander 2 mins ago

meta-stalker

11:30 AM

Duplicate with no answer: meta.stackexchange.com/q/299884/282094 — Rob 43 secs ago

I'm quite surprised that you ask for moderators to be able to generate tag-warnings and then ask if these are even effective or not. — Tom 1 min ago

meta-stalker

11:46 AM

+1 for "the smaller half" — Sextus Empiricus 2 mins ago

#338837 Sextus Empiricus (3109 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 13) | posted 15 hours ago by Makoto (26592 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

It's a shame. The app is/was great. More important to produce podcasts about nonsense though I suppose! — Lightness Races with Monica 3 mins ago

The apps are abandoned. No new features or bug-fixes will be forthcoming. — yivi 23 secs ago

#338879 yivi (1184 rep) | Q: Votes do not show up correctly on the StackExchange App (score: 0) | posted 4 minutes ago by Saurabh P Bhandari (103 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

meta-stalker

12:03 PM

meta.stackexchange.com/questions/315791/… — yivi 6 secs ago

#338879 yivi (1184 rep) | Q: Votes do not show up correctly on the StackExchange App (score: 0) | posted 17 minutes ago by Saurabh P Bhandari (103 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@yivi, Is there a way to contribute to the development of the app ? — Saurabh P Bhandari 1 min ago

#338879 Saurabh P Bhandari (103 rep) | Q: Votes do not show up correctly on the StackExchange App (score: 0) | posted 17 minutes ago by Saurabh P Bhandari (103 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@PM2Ring That may be a topic for a different question but I think the discussion is relatively civilized and that is not really the problem. I'm all for civility, but I'm also all for having clear views and expressing differences. I think that the company owes the users clear explanations, something they aren't giving. That's why I have a different answer to this question here. But who knows, maybe a different structure would also make the participants behaving differently. I wouldn't put my hopes up too much though. — Trilarion 2 mins ago

#338836 Trilarion (3706 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 6) | posted 16 hours ago by PM 2Ring (169 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

It's my answer and I'm not asking myself anything about the voting. I'm not sure this discussion about voting is about my answer anymore, right? — yivi 1 min ago

@GhostCatsaysReinstateMonica Yes, I understand your desire for more explanational feedback. I just wanted to say that not only a downvote should be accompanied by feedback but also an upvote that didn't happen. Not only ask yourself "Why did somebody downvote me?" but also "Why did people not upvote me?". — Trilarion 2 mins ago

@Troyen Not sure if this is really true, but with the existing material here we could probably test it. If it were true, the question would be how one can have a civil discourse with angry participants. That's probably a good question. On the other hand many controversial questions here are pure bike-shedding. People argue because the stakes are rather low (often it doesn't really matter much). It seems we all like a bit of drama from time to time instead of concentrating on the really important events. The events in the last two months are excluded from that however. — Trilarion 10 secs ago

#338808 Trilarion (3706 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 6) | posted 19 hours ago by Trilarion (3706 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

On Sports.SE they recently made autograph ID questions off-topic, but kept the tag for legacy purposes, with a big caps-lock message in the tag description telling people those questions are now off-topic and not to use the tag. Nobody seems to pay any attention to it. I'm willing to bet it's the same with tag warnings. — F1Krazy 8 secs ago

No need to remove anything unless either of you want it. Just that if you want to continue the conversation, maybe somewhere else where I'm not pinged? I don't mind the pings if they are actually addressing the answer, but I rather not get them for conversation I'm not part of. Thanks. — yivi 22 secs ago

@yivi Yes, that is correct. Happens sometimes here. I was just very surprised when I saw the initial set of answers yesterday, and how many good answers, including yours, saw such a mixed or plain negative feedback. And then one comment leads to the next ... but I can sure remove my stuff if you think it shouldnt sit here? — GhostCat says Reinstate Monica 1 min ago

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12:25 PM

@Rob: It's not a dupe if the linked question is asking how to have a tag warning added whereas this one is specifically requesting that mods be given that power. — V2Blast 1 min ago

None. What's the question supposed to achieve, what's your objective? — We are Monica. 1 min ago

#338880 We are Monica. (565 rep) | Q: What are the powers of a community over the corporate? (score: -3) | posted 4 minutes ago by Saurabh P Bhandari (107 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@Tom We don't know if they're effective if we can't use them and try. — gerrit 2 mins ago

@V2Blast Three people aren't wrong. The link (to a question from a high reputation user) asks for the ability, the above question suggests it could be reputation based. Both are sufficiently equal to constitute a dupe and be helpful information. The reason I didn't actually mark it as a duplicate is available in the FAQ. — Rob just now

@Rob: Technically one of those three people was me, accidentally, and the site's not letting me remove my upvote for some reason. The linked question is by a non-mod, and asks how a tag warning can be implemented. (The question it's closed as a dupe of is actually a mod... on the same site as me.) Regardless, the question is certainly related but definitely not a duplicate. — V2Blast 1 min ago

@Trilarion FWIW, I like your answer here. IMHO, one of the problems with the current structure is that it seems to encourage a pile-on avalanche effect on questions that propose something unpopular, (especially when posted by staff or CMs) and the constructive criticism can get buried in that avalanche. Related to that is that discussions can get out of control in comments, and unless the comments get moved to chat early in the exchange mods have to resort to fairly heavy-handed pruning or mass deletion of comments, which can inflame resentment and prolong the disagreements. — PM 2Ring 2 mins ago

#338836 PM 2Ring (169 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 6) | posted 16 hours ago by PM 2Ring (169 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Yaakov, do these changes prompt any updates to meta.stackexchange.com/q/165006/166155 ? If not just delete this comment. — Double AA 1 min ago

Furthermore, the aim of my question is not to twist the arms of the mods, it is asking for clarification, which I believe is on scope for Meta. — Mari-Lou A 6 secs ago

#338878 Mari-Lou A (14400 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 3) | posted 2 hours ago by GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11659 rep) | edited 23 minutes ago by GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11659 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

The question is "highly disputed" as the result of the mods' actions The reopened question, Nov 19, 11:29 was closed by a mod at 12:41. The second time it was reopened at 14.25 (Nov 20) it was closed by a different mod at 14.28. The 3rd time it was reopened at 16.08 it was closed by the community for the 2nd time at 05.01 and locked at 22.44 by a mod. If the community had been left alone to moderate themselves, it would have been far much better. — Mari-Lou A 15 secs ago

@Mari-LouA the comment was deleted by myself. As my english is not the best and my comment had a meaning I didnt think it would. My comment was directed to the CMs, as when problematic stuff happen on MSE we hear crikets these days from the CMs. I guess a wake up call to the SE leadership badly done. I deleted it as I hurted someone I appreciate in my way to tell it. — yagmoth555 - GoFoundMe Monica 50 secs ago

#338854 yagmoth555 - GoFoundMe Monica (3593 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 8) | posted 12 hours ago by Journeyman Geek (71742 rep) | edited 8 hours ago by JJ for Transparency and Monica (2657 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/

"There are concerns that MSE participants are a tiny and potentially unrepresentative subset of the community." I've felt this way for a while. Has it been discussed elsewhere? I wasn't sure how to ask the question. — LShaver 37 secs ago

@yagmoth555-GoFoundMeMonica I understand that it was interpreted a little harshly, this miscommunication can happen when we speak any language that is not our mother tongue. — Mari-Lou A 2 mins ago

#338854 Mari-Lou A (14400 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 8) | posted 12 hours ago by Journeyman Geek (71742 rep) | edited 8 hours ago by JJ for Transparency and Monica (2657 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@Mari-LouA Yet your question title is a direct call to action about unlocking the other question. If your primary priority is to ask for "why was it locked", then the question title does not reflect that. At all. — GhostCat says Reinstate Monica 7 secs ago

#338878 GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11661 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 3) | posted 2 hours ago by GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11661 rep) | edited 39 minutes ago by GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11661 rep) | Tox

So what are the results of the test? — Mister Positive 39 secs ago

#337228 Mister Positive (607 rep) | A: A letter to SE Inc. - please protect our moderators (score: 88) | posted 22 days ago by Shog9 (383679 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

"In my opinion, the post should be reopened but first it must be unlocked. I would appreciate hearing what other users think." The last part is asking for clarification. — Mari-Lou A 45 secs ago

#338878 Mari-Lou A (14400 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 3) | posted 2 hours ago by GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11661 rep) | edited 43 minutes ago by GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11661 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

So this question makes no sense right now? Or why do you ask now, when you know it can't be answered? — Tom 1 min ago

@Tom Maybe they're in use on other sites. Or maybe we can answer this question in the future. — gerrit 31 secs ago

Hi Questions, 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

#338881 Glorfindel (100698 rep) | Q: Updating records based on the previous records value in Yii2 basic (score: -1) | posted 4 minutes ago by Questions (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with these questions, I just wondered about the timing and order of them. I would have expected you ask first if they are efficient and after getting proof ask to broaden their usage, but no big deal. — Tom 1 min ago

Why should we care if lazy people feel unwelcome? A meritocracy is perfectly welcoming: everybody is welcome, as long as they do their homework first. — Eric Duminil 2 mins ago

#338432 Eric Duminil (1905 rep) | A: Why wasn't reputation loss on downvoted questions doubled as well? (score: 5) | posted 6 days ago by dustytrash (781 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

Starting at rev c6af338 on branch mod-version (Merge)

meta-stalker

2:06 PM

@V2Blast 👏 🔁 🍿 — Rob just now

@Mari-LouA to me the buzzfeed article reads pretty much like gender equality issues are involved as well. It is also point 6 of the OP's question. "Wikipedians began to scour his history on the platform, looking for someone to blame....Much of that blame fell, perhaps predictably, on a woman and a transgender editor. In 2017 ... " and "More recently, Fram had an acrimonious semantic debate with a high-profile transgender editor over whether referring to them as “xe” constituted misgendering" — Sextus Empiricus 2 mins ago

#338694 Sextus Empiricus (3109 rep) | A: Does the Fram's ban on Wikipedia seem similar to recent events? What can Stack Exchange learn from it? (score: 2) | posted 2 days ago by I am not the way you speak (1674 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

This is called hiring a consultant. — Columbia says Reinstate Monica 2 mins ago

#338868 Columbia says Reinstate Monica (10615 rep) | Q: Is there an option where I can pay people for answering questions? (score: -15) | posted 4 hours ago by Rex Adrivan (149 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

I hope you understand the irony in your last sentence. I really do. — Frédéric Hamidi 19 secs ago

#338882 Frédéric Hamidi (6780 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 0) | posted 3 minutes ago by bobobobo (12864 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

In the current climate, I suspect that many LGBTQ+ members are not inclined to out themselves, so you're not going to get any non-anonymous input from those people. — PM 2Ring 1 min ago

@FrédéricHamidi I don't think it does. There isn't enough criticism of the mob-behaviour that is emerging - the logos like the Reinstate monica picture with the handshake just look like propaganda images to me -- — bobobobo 1 min ago

#338882 bobobobo (12864 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 0) | posted 10 minutes ago by bobobobo (12864 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

shouldn't this be the "correct" answer now? — CptEric 1 min ago

#338864 CptEric (139 rep) | A: What about that new feedback mechanism? (score: 22) | posted 7 hours ago by Catija (56326 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@Trilarion sure, it's not self-governing here. But it certainly is the official feedback-forum and forum to discuss the governance of this site. So you will only find people actually interested in these things - and not people who are content with things as-are and "just" stick to asking and answering. Thus the selection is: here are only people who think something was or should be changed (the occasional exception applies, of course) — planetmaker 2 mins ago

#338837 planetmaker (168 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 15) | posted 18 hours ago by Makoto (26604 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@einpoklum-reinstateMonica Serious question: What makes "grimble" a less legitimate pronoun than "shpee", "xim" or "peilonrayzelf"? — MechMK1 1 min ago

@PM2Ring, I'm fine with anonymous responses. I'm not interested in outing anyone, only hearing what they have to say. — gung - Reinstate Monica 2 mins ago

@GhostCatsaysReinstateMonica Catija's answer should definitely be the one with the checkmark here IMO. I certainly don't mind if you move it over. — Rubiksmoose 18 secs ago

@JourneymanGeek How do you want us to "sort this out"? With meta posts like these? — House- 'Reinstate Monica' -man 2 mins ago

#338854 House- 'Reinstate Monica' -man (4888 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 7) | posted 14 hours ago by Journeyman Geek (71740 rep) | edited 10 hours ago by JJ for Transparency and Monica (2667 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tp

Never has the tension between upvote for interesting content and downvote for disagreement been so strong for me. — rockwalrus-stop harming Monica 31 secs ago

#338882 rockwalrus-stop harming Monica (4548 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: -1) | posted 49 minutes ago by bobobobo (12870 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

This is the conversation the moderator requested, so it's hard to say that it's going against them. — rockwalrus-stop harming Monica 1 min ago

#338878 rockwalrus-stop harming Monica (4547 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 3) | posted 4 hours ago by GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11659 rep) | edited 2 hours ago by GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11659 rep) | Toxicit

@MechMK1: I don't know about the first or the third of them, but the second is constructed by taking "him" and replacing the 'h' with an 'x'. So, in terms of length and sound, it reminds you of a pronoun, but it emphasizes that "this pronoun is not actually him". That means a lot less cognitive effort to parse sentences that uses "xim" as a pronoun than sentences which use "grimble". — einpoklum - reinstate Monica 1 min ago

#338455 einpoklum - reinstate Monica (9567 rep) | A: Policing gender expressions and pronouns (score: 51) | posted 6 days ago by De Novo supports GoFundMonica (3259 rep) | edited 47 hours ago by De Novo supports GoFundMonica (3259 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@rockwalrus-stopharmingMonica Perhaps you agree with some of the apparent literal content — bobobobo 2 mins ago

#338882 bobobobo (12864 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: -4) | posted 1 hours ago by bobobobo (12864 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

On the plus side you have to hand it to the ad generator .. what would happen if you were to visit each of these in order? Or, maybe in reverse order. — bobobobo 1 min ago

meta-stalker

3:39 PM

Time to un-"featured" this? — LShaver 2 mins ago

Time to un-"featured" this? — LShaver 2 mins ago

@Mari-LouA Your comment doesn't change the fact that the title of your question doesn't align with the purpose you state. Why defend that mismatch, instead of simply rewording the title of the question? Beyond that, my answer already acknowledged that I agree with asking for clarification. My main point is: to be careful about the part that requests specific actions from the moderators. — GhostCat says Reinstate Monica 23 secs ago

#338878 GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11661 rep) | A: Please unlock “Fram's ban on Wikipedia…What can Stack Exchange learn from it?” (score: 3) | posted 4 hours ago by GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11661 rep) | edited 3 hours ago by GhostCat says Reinstate Monica (11661 rep) | Toxici

These edits are the same edit. faintsignal proposed an edit but didn't have 2K so it got reviewed, Jenayah reviewed and improved the edit. They got posted at exactly the same time, so I think the order under responses is not really relevant. On the post, proposed edits always come before the modified accepted edit. — Erik Reinstate MonicA 1 min ago

#338883 Erik Reinstate MonicA (3195 rep) | Q: "Responses tab" not in same order as post for edits with same timestamp (score: 0) | posted 11 minutes ago by bobobobo (12864 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

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4:00 PM

@einpoklum-reinstateMonica that similarity may make xim less challenging (or more challenging, depending on who you ask) but it doesn't make it more valid. Some people explicitly don't want their gender expression to be defined in relationship to male or female. — De Novo supports GoFundMonica 1 min ago

#338455 De Novo supports GoFundMonica (3259 rep) | A: Policing gender expressions and pronouns (score: 51) | posted 6 days ago by De Novo supports GoFundMonica (3259 rep) | edited 48 hours ago by De Novo supports GoFundMonica (3259 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

This seems like it should be being asked on meta.stackoverflow.com — Rubiksmoose 1 min ago

#338885 Rubiksmoose (3353 rep) | Q: What do you conclude on a very often questioned tag? (score: 0) | posted 4 minutes ago by pmiranda (101 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

I mean, the frequency of asking has more to do with the number and experience level of developers than how difficult a given technology is. react is javascript, and javascript as a language attracts a lot of new "developers" who have questions. — Kevin B 2 mins ago

#338885 Kevin B (1931 rep) | Q: What do you conclude on a very often questioned tag? (score: -2) | posted 14 minutes ago by pmiranda (97 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@PM2Ring Also, the portion of the lavender community that's still here is getting smaller and smaller. — metasnail 1 min ago

Yeah, I'm keenly aware of all that already, being a moderator on multiple sites. I've been following the drama since well before parts of it became public. I just have trouble seeing how moderators stepping down or curtailing activity on a minority of sites equates to "almost every site saw a decrease in either moderator activity, or actual acting moderators". I think people who use the sites that got hit hardest are imagining that all of SE is on fire when this simply isn't the case. — metasnail 2 mins ago

#338840 metasnail (2667 rep) | A: What new things can be done to increase participation in MSE? (score: 0) | posted 19 hours ago by Travis J (28057 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

I think this is personal preference, and "ugh now I have to read things" is a rather poor argument, especially when Closed is bolded and the first word you see (not to mention (Closed) and (Duplicate) are still appended to the post title). This post strikes me as purely resistance to change. — Mathieu Guindon 47 secs ago

#338884 Mathieu Guindon (7537 rep) | Q: Duplicate and Closed answers have now the same graphics? (score: 0) | posted 33 minutes ago by gsamaras (2391 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

This change was announced more than 3 weeks ago (and featured for quite a while, and overall well-received), and none of the feedback collected (TBH I only had a cursory look, maybe it's there) was about the placement of the banner. — Mathieu Guindon 1 min ago

#338884 Mathieu Guindon (7537 rep) | Q: Duplicate and Closed answers have now the same graphics? (score: -1) | posted 40 minutes ago by gsamaras (2389 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0

@pandya Thanks for that sad backstory. Unfortunately, that lends weight to the theory posited in the OP. — bgoodr 2 mins ago