I must be missing something crucial, people leaving because of new direction? More welcoming?... I have no idea what they're on about. Only change I've noticed are minor formatting ones. Don't leave me on my own, half my answers are crap.
@Kilisi I'd be inclined to agree. There's been some changes - there's an encouragement to be more welcoming to new users, the new CoC is more concise and easy to understand, and the SE platform as a whole is striving to be more inclusive (even though not many people on the internet really care what gender/race/sexuality you really identify as).
you're agreeing that half my answers are crap... ahaha
we've been advocating being more welcoming to new users ever since I got here, the rest I don't know about, I don't really get involved. Just a bit horrified at some of our heavyweights leaving.
Yep. But when people do get involved and feel that they're not being listened to, then that's where the friction comes in. The SE platform is largely user-driven, but only up to a certain point.
@Kilisi The feeling is that SE cares more about new users and their concerns (that some regulars feel are unjustified) then their established userbase
especially the blog post from april made a lot of people angry because it (to some) implies that the regular communities on SE are cesspits of racism, sexism, unwelcomingness, etc.
the ripple effect of that general corporate orientation shift are being felt everywhere in reduced goodwill, cynical reactions to anything official, lots of very caustic arguing, and people quitting
If you think this is bad you should have been in the tavern and on MSE during the whole thing. And on MSO.
@Snow summed it up. The way I participate the "changes" are pretty minimal. The delivery of the "message" could have been better. Most of the be nice stuff was aimed at SO anyway.
Honestly at this point most of the story is buried somewhere within the 50+ highly upvoted meta threads with 500+ answers arguing one point or another and the several thousand arguments playing out in comments underneath
The bottom line is people feel blamed and not listened to, and that shows
So they occupy a bit of a special place. In discussions in the election chatroom, in candidate answers to community election questions, in candidate nominations.
@MisterPositive Yeah sometimes it'll be cloudy and windy and then suddenly a twister will form like 50 meters away and start moving at you with 25km/h +
The worst part for me is the aftermath, Tsunami wiped out some clients and I donated them equipment to rebuild which broke my bank... but worst was picking up dead bodies two days later in the cleanup, whole families were wiped out
I'm declining this feature request not because I think it's a bad idea, but because I don't know when we'll have the resources to implement it. (Insert sad emoji here.) I know the MTG autocard feature is pretty useful and I'm going to ask a developer to look into a proposed improvement. The hope ...
@IDrinkandIKnowThings Tons of red flags: First-time user, zero history, zero questions, zero history on any other SE site, started at 101 rep yesterday and has already ridden the (faux) outrage on this question to 387 rep and HNQ status... and the user is self-named after a chocolate bar. And question rings seriously bogus: most adults know a 'new mother room' means breast-feeding and diaper-changing. But my comment suggesting it was insincere got deleted... (by who, for what?) Is WP becoming troll fodder?
@smci Most questions are asked by first-time users. I agree that it's certainly a salacious story and it's come to our attention but I can't say much more than that. Consider though that at some point a troll question becomes so useful that it's indistinguishable from a "genuine" one. If the question doesn't have merit, vote to close or downvote (...if you get it before the HNQ hits I suppose).
As for why your comment was removed, see:
Before you comment - A chatroom exists for this question. Please take all forms of conversation, discussion, "me too" stories, random tidbits or points of advice over there. Comments should only be used for their intended purpose. We are actively deleting all comments that should have been posted in chat to avoid useful comments being lost in the chaos. If you want to discuss this question you'll have to do so in the chatroom instead. — Lilienthal ♦9 mins ago
@JoeStrazzere regarding ^those comments, you can find more info on Wikipedia but the Pomodoro technique has its fans. I've played around with it before but it's not really compatible with entering the "programming zone" ...or hour-long meetings.
@Lilienthal I know a few folks who claimed that they "did Pomodoro". As with those who "do Agile" I don't see much consistency in what they actually do. I have to say that I don't actually know anyone who takes a 5-10 minute walk outside after every 25 minutes or work.
@Lilienthal None of what you said is applicable to me. I can't vote-to-close, since I'm 2K rep. Nor am I going to stick around to reach 10K rep, if WP.SE allows itself to become overrun with trolls triggering virtue-signallers. By no means all troll questions become useful. This is a case in point. Look at the answers it got. As to my comment, if it had motivated other posters to scrutinize the q. and vote-to-close, that's useful. Moving it to chat damages that. I never saw your response.
I'm quite concerned if WP condones, overvalues and promotes troll questions on flashpoint topics with zero redeeming value constructed to trigger social virtual-signaling, and concerned it doesn't reward sustained contribution over a period of years, like what I and others have been making. "Be welcoming" does not mean "Be credulous, and switch off your abuse detectors". Should I post a question claiming I adopted a pet goat, and coworkers feel awkward if I suckle him in the office? ...
How do you know I didn't adopt a pet goat and bring it to the office? etc. I fear we are on a one-way path to irrelevance.
The combination of HNQ across the SE network+"Be Welcoming"+trolling is quite fearsome...