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JoErNanO

5:51 AM

@NormalHuman Spammers don't play fair game either. ;)

hippietrail

6:31 AM

hey homies - nobody home?

JoErNanO

7:09 AM

I'm here. Bruv.

Ankur Banerjee

10:02 AM

@hippietrail Ah dang!

@pnuts Let's continue this conversation here: meta.travel.stackexchange.com/questions/3375/…

Because I feel this will probably need a back and forth which will make that comment section chatty. Not quite sure I understand your question around the visas tag.

JoErNanO

@MarkMayo Eat my bounty dust!

JoErNanO

10:52 AM

@AnkurBanerjee What's your take on this:

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Q: Increase in silly questions and attempts to 'grab reputation'

There is a certain User(s) on this Exchange that is deliberately posting silly questions in order to entice high voting, badges and reputation increases. Why? I don't know, but I do know they're doing it. I'm sure some of you know who I'm talking about. I'm not exactly sure, but adding bounties ...

Ankur Banerjee

@JoErNanO Is this the user called "User" being referred to?

I agree with your answer. We've have similar discussions in the past about seemingly non-sensical questions. And we took a similar approach: if it's on-topic, it's allowed even if the question seems "made up"

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Q: Is asking hypothetical questions considered trolling on SE Travel?

I have posted a few unusual questions, they have received a decent amount of votes & answers. I would like to believe they were good questions as in "haven't been asked before & fit this websites standards". In spite of that I have been accused of trolling and received some negative attention as...

discussion scope asking-questions

JonathanReez

11:37 AM

If @User is indeed trolling, I think he's super effective :)

JoErNanO

11:59 AM

@AnkurBanerjee Yes that's the User.

Ankur Banerjee

Okay fair enough. I still agree with your answer. A user (the user?) cannot be penalised for "coming up" with a question if it's on topic. There are mechanisms already to handle (the voting system). We just need to be careful about subjective questions, too broad etc. Same criteria apply.

JoErNanO

That's my point. There are on-topic rules and guidelines, and these should be respected or changed. Whether one really wishes to carry a bazooka on a plane is none of my business. I'm just here to answer the question about the legality of such an idea.

Relaxed

12:24 PM

@JoErNanO jwenting never backs his claims, don't bother. In fact, he likes to make the same claims over and over again even when it has been explained to him that they were demonstrably false.

@User So you're just hypothetically asking if hypothetical questions are OK? Not because you've been asking hypothetical questions and been called out on it. Ookay. — David Richerby Jul 13 at 14:28

Mark Mayo

1:13 PM

@JoErNanO nice work :) Nobody's looking at mine. You're lucky I answered one of yours ;)

JoErNanO

@MarkMayo You liked my replies on the meta thread? :D

This bounty competition is bleeding me dry. Yesterday I got 115 rep. Today I spent 100. :)

hippietrail

HP is shit - let it hereby be known unto all

netbook is more and more refusing to respond to the power button when suspended

VPN is at least pretending to work for the minute ...

Ankur Banerjee

1:33 PM

tbf your netbook has probably seen more in its lifetime than it's living room dwelling counterparts :D

hippietrail

between fighting with the power switch and fighting with VPN i did nothing today

@AnkurBanerjee: it's been around the block a few times. and around the world a couple of times.

Mark Mayo

2:12 PM

@JoErNanO the one about silly questions?

I'm up to 5 now too, btw :)

@AnkurBanerjee @hippietrail I found my original 9" EeePC today, suffered a power surge in Santiago, but man that was a great wee device. SSD, 8 hours battery, and light for its time.

hippietrail

a plural tag that should be renamed to singular! visa-cancellations

@MarkMayo：bah 9" is not original. i have the true original 7"! d-;

also it didn't track you and send your stats to the NSA, CCP, MI5, ASIO, etc

my EeePC overheated after the fan got sticky after sucking in too much fluff and stuff

Ankur Banerjee

I loved my Lenovo netbook as well. RIP netbooks.

JoErNanO

@MarkMayo Yes that one.

hippietrail

if the hp minishit is dying i don't know how to replace it. too much big brother in new stuff. the tablet neanderthal gave me isn't a replacement and is already spying on me thanks to win10

hippietrail

2:38 PM

is the "transit" tag about transit visas or getting between flights at an airport? didn't i ask this on meta already?

JoErNanO

Transfer is about getting to/from airports.

You asked already. You old forgetful man. :P

hippietrail

people keep using it about transit visas so i guess we didn't reach a decision on what to do about it

like expanding the names to make them less ambiguous

hippietrail

2:56 PM

thinking of splitting off yet another specific visa type tag: uk-visitor-visa ...