The Awkward Silence - 2018-04-17 (page 1 of 2)

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12:00 AM

I'm just gonna hide in my shell. and weather this out.

Comments aren't for discussing votes.

you got a downvote because someone thought your answer was not useful - that's as much as anyone can tell you apart from the person who cast the vote, who is not obliged to out themselves

It's sometimes possible to say "I'm interested in feedback to help improve my answer" but reasons for votes... eh

Anything else you want to tell me before I hid in seclusion?

12:29 AM

Ughhh... Why must people prove me right so clearly and so often...

Introverted Meta Man.

12:46 AM

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Q: How to tell whether comments have been deleted due to moderator action or user flagging

Recently on the question Politely refusing to validate veiled bigotry some of my comments suggesting that the question may be unanswerable and/or not asked in good faith, and should therefore be closed, were silently deleted. Further comments revealed that at least one other user (@Stacey) was e...

support comments flagging deleted-comments

1:12 AM

Wow, timing really is everything, isn't it?

Extroverted Main Man

1:48 AM

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Q: How to let someone know you can't talk about a subject on the phone atm because someone can over hear

As mentioned in my previous questions I don't really like my living accommodations and have several roommates. I was talking to my mom on my cellphone and she started asking "is your house any better?" "are your roommates still really noise?" the walls are paper thin and the person next to me was...

conflict-aversion privacy

2:09 AM

@Cascabel @Cascabel How is that fine, but an offhand comment about people wanting to be offended is cause to heap abuse upon someone?

@RichardU What?

Sorry, "people wanting to be offended" seemed odd and out of place given that conversation... I'm guessing that I missed a previous conversation.

@apaul yes, and it was a doozy. Suffice it to say, that despite our disagreements, I respect the fact that you say it, and you cannot, and should not be held responsible for the rudeness of others who comment on your posts

2:32 AM

@RichardU That was a suggestion about how to approach something without needing deliberately mod-only information.

And I don't know who heaped abuse on you; I must've missed that too.

2:43 AM

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Extroverted Main Man

4:15 AM

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Q: How do I tell a relative that I don't want them to spend their vacations in my house

Context: i'm 26 years old, and up until mid last year I lived with my parents. In June I moved countries (7,000 miles) because of work and now I live alone, and so far I very much enjoy it. My parents visit me every now and then because they can get cheap air tickets. I've also been visited by my...

conflict-aversion family

4:41 AM

cough interpersonal.stackexchange.com/a/13243/59

5:30 AM

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That was too many.

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7:27 AM

Folks seem to like discussing votes in the comments.

Well, as long as it's votes... :P

7:44 AM

I'm lacking the concentration to figure out if that post really deserves a downvote or not... It seems the language may need some moderating though...

BTW, I've re-enabled the "possible-aic" for "you need to", with the provision that the comment doesn't have a question mark.

Was that really necessary? :P Let's see how many noise it causes. From the transcript, it looks like you've had some fun experimenting last night?

Yeah, experiments are fun ;)

Look. The more comments deleted by users, the less work the mods have to do, which means that they'll be less overworked and stressed.

I'm not sure what exactly is going to happen with the issue of the moderators being overworked, but in the meantime we can do what we can to alleviate the problem to the extent of our capabilities.

@Mithrandir I know. But with some threads I don't even know where to begin... :/ I just pick a chatty one, and custom flag the entire thread for a thorough check up

As a mod, I prefer individual flags because it means that those were pointed out specifically, but some mods don't agree with that :)

7:51 AM

@Mithrandir I know for a fact that I was always told not to flag the entire thread :P I think though that if there's stuff that can go, and stuff to stay, single flags are preferred. But I can't mindread :P

Which reminds me... hey @Henders, want to take a stab at the original purpose of Charcoal? ;)

(since you're lurking and we can really use more people flagging comments)

Having something automatically flag comments? :/

No, not automatically.

So we'd have another comment bot?

There's only one project I know of that automatically flags comments and it's fine-tuned to SO.

@Tinkeringbell original Charcoal didn't have a bot, AFAIK, they just flagged comments by hand

Extroverted Main Man

7:56 AM

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Q: A list of sentences for each situation?

I have difficulties to express myself orally. I never find the right words at the right time, I mix everything ... and of course the more I'm wrong the more I stress and less I find my words. In addition to which I am socially unfit and never know how to react with peoples. Some time ago I saw a...

Okay... since my brain is apparently not already awake... let's take a few steps back. What's the original purpose of charcoal

Flagging comments. :D

That was back in 2013.

And how did they do it, what made em different from the comment bot?

I think you're reading too much into my message.

It was essentially a "hey, we could use your help flagging stuff" message.

Now, if I could convince Andy to help... rummages through MSO

Aha, found it:

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Q: Can a machine be taught to flag comments automatically?

TL;DR: Yes it can. Background On June 27, 2014 Skynet awoke. It looked at Stack Overflow and thought "Why are all these people being so chatty and talking about obsolete things? I should nuke them all!" Fortunately, Skynet was a baby and only had access to my 100 comment flags a day. Prior ...

discussion flags comments

@Mithrandir Hand flagging?! Pah! I need a cluster of machines making informed decisions for me :P

8:02 AM

Well, we've got a bot, I'd estimate at 75% accuracy

8:13 AM

@ExtrovertedMainMan If anyone has any clue as to what that technique is called, we can have another great question

8:24 AM

@AJ "say the couch is broken" :-)

@RoryAlsop Ah. Yes. I said that in the comment, but didn't add in my answer. :)

Lol - it's a good one. But probably not for the answer

I know. That's why it's not in my answer.

Okay... I'm nosy. Which answer?

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A: How do I tell a relative that I don't want them to spend their vacations in my house

It's hard to say "no" because you might not know how exactly she will take it. Since she is going through some problems and if you say no, then it might be depressive for her. Therefore, instead of saying no directly, say something like that you'll love to host her, but you got some stuff to do ...

8:31 AM

I found it, when I ran out of ideas and looked around on the internet.

@Tinkeringbell (Me too, obviously)

Looks good :)

Although I'm a bit curious who among my friends would hide my couch for 2 weeks XD

Just paint it to look like the wall behind and no one would notice.

interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/13251/… ... I dunno, but I think that kinda harsh?

@Henders And how am I supposed to find it back after 2 weeks?

@Tinkeringbell Easy! Tie a string to the couch and to yourself and then just follow the string back to the couch when you're done. It might have to be quite a long piece of string if you're going to go anywhere...

8:38 AM

@Henders Hmmm.. I was thinking of just stop cleaning until enough dust has accumulated on the couch... :P

Guess I'm the lazy one :P

Yeah, it saves you buying several miles of string tooo

> I went to buy some camouflage trousers yesterday but couldn't find any.

@Henders Not really... I crochet. I guess I already have kilometres of yarn :P

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I always forget one... but that script works nicely @Mithrandir :D

:D

:D

> Did you know that the invention of the shovel was a ground breaking invention?

8:51 AM

@AJ Not really true

As an archaeologist, I must object

LOL. :P

@AJ sigh :p

@Tinkeringbell Well then, problem solved! :p

@Henders You know... it would give me a great excuse to buy more yarn :P

Because of course, even though it's already kilometres, it sure won't be enough :P

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Extroverted Main Man

10:25 AM

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Q: Is it polite to call a co-worker again, when they tell you they will call you back but don't?

When Calling a co-worker of mine. they told me they can't speak, and will call me back "in a minute". Obviously, I didn't expect a call-back after precisely 60 seconds, but after half an hour He still didn't call. The issue I needed to talk about wasn't especially pressing, but it was time sensit...

politeness phone-calls

10:41 AM

NAA

11:12 AM

^That question has waaaay too many answers

the wonders of hnq

@Mithrandir It's a loop actually: Many answers + votes put something there in the first place

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A: Is it socially acceptable to dismiss a compliment?

I can't help thinking of the standard Mexican response to thanks: de nada Which does not mean "it was nothing, I had it done before breakfast because I'm so uber"... But more like "it was no trouble/ no great effort / not worth thanking me for". So there is a Western precedent for the type o...

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A: Is it socially acceptable to dismiss a compliment?

We must not oppose a belief, contrary to the facts. Do not respond negatively to a belief like "good work", but answer a simple "Thank you" or nothing at all if you are against the idea, or comfort it in its belief if you share it. Later, when you talk about facts, construction, security or othe...

yeah, and hnq exacerbates things

I'd like to borrow your comment here.

11:16 AM

Whose comment and which comment?

Mith's

Actually, regular comment won't work here.

I might have an IPS question.

i hereby release all comments i write under the CC SA 1.0 licence

lol

@Mithrandir Mine aren't, just for the record. Please take some effort to come up with your own words, this site isn't here to provide you with what to say :P

haha

11:32 AM

BTW, I'm temporarily running the "no-question-mark" regex in Beep Boop Maggot

^^ Rereading my comment, I forgot to mention that an edit to point out how it relates to refusing to validate... is also necessary

Anyone else want to point that out? Feels kinda pushy for me to leave a second one XD

@Tinkeringbell nah, you can leave a second one

@Mithrandir I'm reading that room name in the TF2 Soldier's voice.

@Mithrandir Talk about pushy... just done.

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11:53 AM

@Mithrandir Are you busy?

not especially, why?

are you good at rhymes?

cause I need you to make a riddle for me.

eehh

raises eyebrow

I will give you the riddle, just make its phrases rhyme.

i can try

11:56 AM

thanks. here it is.

> A king wants to go out. He comes at the end of the fort that has two door with two buttons. The thing is those buttons work opposite. For eg., if you push button-1, the king will come out from door-2 and vice versa. If you press both at once, you won't know which door that king will come out or whether he will be divided into two pieces.

a.) that doesn't sounds like a riddle b.) why does that need to rhyme?

a.) why ? b.)I don't know. just make it look good.

I want to know the name of that king.

I think I told you about a riddle a stranger asked me a few weeks ago.

> A king wants to go outside. He comes to the end of the fort. There are two doors there, and two buttons. These buttons do opposite things - if you push button 1, the king will come out of door 2 and vice versa. If you press both at once, you don't know which door the king will come out (or whether he will be divided into two pieces).

What is the king's name?

So, a riddle doesn't need to be rhymed, does it?

This isn't a riddle, as far as I can tell.

12:02 PM

then what is it?

what is it called?

what a riddle is

@AJ not sure, TBH

Is the sandbox still up?

On Puzzling.SE? Still exists, but not so active

ohh

@AJ I am, sort of.

12:07 PM

Hey @Randal'Thor

6 mins ago, by Mithrandir

> A king wants to go outside. He comes to the end of the fort. There are two doors there, and two buttons. These buttons do opposite things - if you push button 1, the king will come out of door 2 and vice versa. If you press both at once, you don't know which door the king will come out (or whether he will be divided into two pieces).

What is the king's name?

Take a look at this.

@AJ Nope, not at all. But it can read nicer if it rhymes.

Mith is right though, that's not a riddle by the PSE definition :-)

@Randal'Thor So, what would we call it?

The answer is an object (TBH, I don't know the answer) and it gives indirect clues about it.

@AJ Actually, I suppose it could be a riddle - if the whole king/fort/doors/buttons situation is a metaphor for something else.

At first I was thinking it sounded like a lateral-thinking puzzle.

@Randal'Thor yes, exactly.

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12:12 PM

@AJ I ~~stand~~ sit corrected then :-)

Another thing that could work is enigmatic-puzzle, if you don't want to make clear exactly what type of puzzle it is.

@AJ Ah, okay, that wasn't clear.

:)

Anyway, @AJ, if that thing is a riddle and you don't know the answer, I wouldn't mess with the wording too much.

@Randal'Thor So, can it be rhymed, or should I post it as is? :)

You never know which particular choice of phrasing could be important.

Especially if there's wordplay involved as well as metaphor in the solution.

12:14 PM

I provided the riddle as it was asked.

And making something rhyme usually involves some paraphrasing.

So I'd say post it as-is and forget about the rhyming.

should I state that I don't know the answer?

YES.

Definitely.

:-)

People will be annoyed if they spend time trying to solve it and then find out that you can't even provide hints or the solution yourself.

One last thing. The title.

Titles on PSE are pretty free-style.

You could make it something descriptive like "A king in a fort with two buttons".

Or something more imaginative.

But imaginative titles often contain clues, so if you don't know the solution, best to stick with a basic title.

12:17 PM

OK. Thanks. :)

I am on my way to post it.

No problem :-) Always happy to help new riddlers.

Riddle tag should be enough? Or should I also add Enigmatic Puzzle?

Up to you.

riddle means it's describing an unknown thing in a cryptic way.

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Q: A king in a fort with two door with two buttons

A king wants to go outside. He comes to the end of the fort. There are two doors there, and two buttons. These buttons do opposite things - if you push button 1, the king will come out of door 2 and vice versa. If you press both at once, you don't know which door the king will come out (or whethe...

enigmatic-puzzle means you're not revealing even the general ballpark of solution method.

12:20 PM

@Randal'Thor ok.

flag-pls, del-pls | VLQ ("try this") | How do I politely indicate that I want to go home?

@AJ +1. Also, grats on 3k over there!

Go and VTC something. Oh, wait, I just cleared the Close Votes queue :-)

@Randal'Thor OK. Don't sit there. Try to solve it. ;-)

@Randal'Thor Actually, I did review two posts in CV queue and one in LQP just recently.

@Mithrandir Are you a bot?

nope

@IPSCommentBot is, though

12:23 PM

@Randal'Thor Thanks. :)

@AJ It sounds like a description of logic gates, or probability or something. But I'm not sure enough to post an answer.

@Randal'Thor I don't think so.

> you don't know which door the king will come out (or whether he will be divided into two pieces).

Puzzling.SE users reunion in TAS? Hi @Sid :P

@Mithrandir Quick, let's talk about interpersonal skills in tSL!

LOL

12:26 PM

@Mithrandir hi and lol

Oh, @Rand if you don't know yet, you've been kidnapped

You know me quite well, I hope, After all, I warn you of the hags By singing you a song. And if the sky was clearer, You could see the whole city from up here. What am I? — Rand al'Thor 15 secs ago

Waay too complicated, all of it. I've never gotten any further than

> What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?

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Q: I am an expression of a deer mint - Clue One

You wake up one morning, and immediately look over at the letter on your bedside table. It reads: Dear [redacted]: You have been chosen to assemble the most powerful thing in the world - the [redacted] serum. It is composed of [redacted] clues. Your task: Decode the clues, and then assemble...

eeek. i was rereading my early puzzles and went "did I actually write this"

@Mithrandir It's a pretty big series of puzzles. :P

12:35 PM

@AJ yeah, I should finish it at some point

@Tinkeringbell Human being. (Old chestnut)

@Mithrandir Same here. :P

@Sid I know... but although I find puzzling an interesting to snoop upon, I'm always baffled by how complicated that stuff is!

My question that led to a series of similar questions and later a meta post asking to stop this ;)

@Randal'Thor It seems like soon Puzzling will become your top site. ;-)

@Mithrandir @Randal'Thor What is the criteria for choosing the best answer to the puzzle you don't know the answer of?

if it seems correct to you, and meets the clues...

OK.

I will wait for a day or two and see the answer that meets the clues the best.

12:47 PM

@Tinkeringbell oh, well. It's fun...

@Sid I bet it is :D

...hah, I dropped under 1900 rep from downvoting answers

sigh...

I was at 1930 a couple days ago.

Honestly, how many answers were there on the snoring question suggesting to cure the snoring?

12:52 PM

too many

@Tinkeringbell A riddle for you. What is the name of a girl who is mischievous and got the name of an object found in the church in her name? ;)

@AJ :P I have no clue... I don't know any mischievous persons

@Tinkeringbell Maybe @Mithrandir can answer.

or Sid or Rand.

Should I provide the answer, @Tinkeringbell? ;)

Please do :)

@Tinkeringbell Tinkeringbell. ;-P

12:57 PM

:P Like I said, I don't know any mischievous people :P

Tinker is the British term for mischievous person and the bell is found in church.

That exactly why I chose Tinkering... not Tinker :P

haha. Maybe you're ~~king~~ queen of them. That's why you skipped "K". Tinkerkingbell. ;)

My flag here was disputed - How to deal with noisy snorers in hostel/dorm?. Anyone want to raise another flag on it? (Also note that the more flags a post has the more Looks Okay reviews it needs to dispute the flag.)

@ArwenUndómiel I should have added some commentary to that effect. A lot of flagged responses talk about the snoring problem but not how to deal with it. This solution allows the snorer to keep sleeping and also allows OP to get a good night's sleep as well. Snorers can't control that activity and generally know that they do; this makes an allowance for that and still enables OP to sleep. I submit that waking the snorer up to deal with something they can't control isn't a good interpersonal skill. — baldPrussian 3 mins ago

1:02 PM

@Mithrandir That's mean :P You're basically suggesting everyone that votes to delete to raise their own flag? :D

@Tinkeringbell yes

also bonus of getting more helpful flags ;P

@AJ That's not the OP of the post though, and there's still no argument as to why waking them up would be bad since there's no sources or experience

@Tinkeringbell Ok. Answer this. What is the antonym of Godleski?

@Tinkeringbell I know.

(Btw, I've got stuff to do, and my own riddles to figure out... Mind if I try that one later? :) )

@Tinkeringbell No problem. :) But don't forget to answer. I'll haunt you until you do. ;-P

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A: How can I tactfully refuse to switch seats on flights?

Fly on an Australian airline where you are allocated a seat and you have no choice but to stay there. Even on a half full flight, the cabin crew ask you not to move seats. It's your seat, why would anyone even think you'd want to give it up.

someone upvoted it.

1:07 PM

we get that sometimes..

Should I also mention that some answers get upvotes the moment they're posted even when they are not good and got deleted later?

@AJ That sounds like a problem ;)

But it may be due to the people in the first post review queue :D

possibly.

Did the feminist neighbour question get bumped to the front page or something? 1 upvote yesterday and 2 today ...

I usually lurk at the home page and read the answer the moment they are posted. but when I open them, they already have an upvote.

1:11 PM

another dispute - How do I politely indicate that I want to go home?

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Q: How can I give out my telephone number to my neighbors without implying anything?

I have recently purchased a new home and have moved into a neighborhood. I would like to introduce myself to my immediate neighbors and offer them my telephone number in case there is an emergency or if they have a complaint they can contact me without trying to have to see if I am home. The prob...

united-states etiquette neighbors introductions

This one?

Nope, this one: interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/4842/…

@Mith you might wanna customize your autocomment a little though, ask people for back up, not just reason?

@Tinkeringbell Ah. You're just one vote away from 100.

@AJ Yeah, but it's kinda strange to see votes on that in 2 days?

Especially since it was last active half a year ago

@Tinkeringbell do we have a consensus on requiring it yet?

1:15 PM

@Tinkeringbell Some people go through the highest-voted posts of high-rep users.

@Mithrandir Not really required, but why not encourage explaining the why and how with experience/sources?

is lazy

Well, just keep it in mind for when you have the energy to deal with it :D It would be nice ;-)

Question for individual users: How do you think that the "this is commentary on another post" autocomment in the LQP queue is supposed to be used?

@Mithrandir May I? :P Or are you trying to reach another audience? :P

1:19 PM

I'm seeing if anyone knows the correct usage :p

so yes, you can answer ;)

For answers that are just commentary on another answer or the question, but not an answer

@Mithrandir I use that when people are attempting to use answers like forum posts instead of actually answering the question. It's basically the NAA option.

It's intended to be used on answers would work well converted to comments.

@Mithrandir Comments that would probably be flagged as NLN.

That's the point... it shouldn't be used for answers that would be flagged as comments.

1:24 PM

I see what you're saying since the comment suggests using the comments instead of an answer.

Yaaaay someone responded positively to a comment I left. Finally :P

@Mithrandir Great! You finally managed to write a perfect comment, congratulations :P

'twas just my standard autocomment ;P

when interviewer asks why is there a gap on your CV

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Extroverted Main Man

1:41 PM

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Q: How Do I convince my partner to go to the doctors

Background My partner and I have been dating for 9 years. We have been living together for the last 2 years. Since we started dating, my partner has not gone to the doctors for simple checkups, physicals, etc. Even when my partner is very ill and should go to the doctors they refuse. I'm not s...

relationships physical-health

goodbye obsolete regex

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Extroverted Main Man

2:16 PM

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Q: Colleagues ask too many personal questions, but clam up when asked something about themselves

I am new in Canada and started working here about 2 years ago. My workplace itself is very comfortable and love my job very much. About 6 months into my job and I was still getting to know people outside my department, some (from my own country) started asking me questions about my background. I ...

work-environment coworkers

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@Mithrandir One of my first puzzles was a ~~crappy~~ number-sequence :-P

I'm still pleased with the plugs one though.

@AJ Puzzling was originally my top site, until late 2015. But now it's 25k behind SFF :-/

@AJ The one that seems to fit best, I guess.

@AJ Tinker is a British term for mischievous person? That's news to me (and I'm British).

Tinkers are travelling folk in Ireland, AFAIK.

@IPSCommentBot Can we get some more close votes on that question. It needs to be on meta if anywhere.

@Rainbacon Only one more needed.

migrated

2:26 PM

@Mtihrandir do you still have a link to that answer? It seems to be the one with the OP that responded positively to your comment?

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@Tinkeringbell wasn't that one, but I might be able to find it, one sec

Do deleted posts show on a user's profile for people that have the rep needed to see them?

@Mithrandir Already got it

@Randal'Thor Actually, that came up in Google search.

this interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/13221/…

@Rainbacon nope, only for mods

2:31 PM

@Randal'Thor I got two answers. One is bit sciency and other is general one.

Introverted Meta Man.

2:46 PM

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Q: is this a site that wants to exclude people?

I recently answered a query - my first - on this site and was helped by someone who explained that my answer was "down-voted" because it did not answer the specific query. I thanked the person and edited my response to ensure it addressed the question. Since then, my response has been deleted by ...

Is this a site where only a favoured few are allowed to answer questions? --> Yes, all the chosen ones that took the time to take the tour

@Cashbee Ey... Not everyone got time for that! :P

I never took the tour

I know.. I didn't :S

i think I've taken it a hundred times

but i didn't go complaining everywhere :)

2:53 PM

:P

Oh, right, there's a tour...

> anyway, I'm new here so will hang around for a while and will see what I can loearn.

actually I really like how the OP of this recent question remained very calm and worded his rant-question rather politely

It's refreshing to see a new user take this path

It seems like too many just quit when told that SE isn't exactly what they think it will be

The answers are a bit disappointing though! FGITW on meta :P I'm going to write one with all the links ever and explain how to edit their answer ;-)

2:57 PM

I think the answers are fine. They address the core question the OP asked about. Though a better answer would provide links and an explanation of how they can get their answer in line.

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@Tinkeringbell Great answer!

@Rainbacon Great answers take some time to write ;)

> you can ask about that here on meta, just like you did.

he asked on main ;)

@Cashbee Shhh :P That was handled within 30 seconds or something, he asked on meta for all purposes ;-)

I fixed it. Happy?

3:09 PM

He didn't have the rep needed to ask on meta when he posted the question originally

@Rainbacon ooh

right

Extroverted Main Man

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Q: How can I tactfully tell my ex-superior that I don't owe him anything?

Context Last summer, I had a temporary job of 3 months as a research engineer. Neither did longer, nor shorter. It had been concluded that if my work gave promising results, my superior would write an article about it (to make a publication in research papers). Actually, it would have been nic...

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...I might need to take a slight break from flagging.

Give the mods a chance to catch up :P

Lol

I've got 90 flags pending now.

3:23 PM

... :sigh:

O.o

...I lied, it's 92 now.

o.O

@Catija sorry, not sorry

... You know... it'd be really nice if you could... I don't know... stop.

3

You know we're overwhelmed...

Do you really need to do this now?

I appreciate your interest in helping but we need a different kind of help right now.

3:28 PM

@Catija I'm not even going through tons of old stuff now... I was going through the front page and some links. And yeah, I can take a break.

3:39 PM

Are all of your pending flags mod flags?

No. Most of them are normal comment flags, and some VLQ/NaA flags.

As of right now, 8 pending post flags and 68 pending comment flags (they handled some in the interim).

All of them show up in the mod queue, and can only be handled by mods (although enough flags from the community can of course delete a comment).

And yes, I got through maybe six just now.

Sounds like the rest of the community needs to step up our comment flagging so the mods have less work to do

It would also be nice if people would just not make so many irrelevant comments in the first place. . .

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@Rainbacon That only works if you're all agreeing and flagging the same things enough times to delete them. Otherwise you just add even more to the flag queue.

3:44 PM

...I could take put some links in another room if anyone want to attempt to get enough flags to nuke the ones I have pending flags on.

It takes at least three community members to delete a comment that has no upvotes; I think (I think) that more upvotes on a comment means more flags are needed to delete it.

@HDE226868 3 upvotes = 1 one more flag IIRC

@HDE226868 Yeah, thats why i choose a custom mod flag for one comment because it had 30+ votes

Either is fine... 30+ upvotes doesn't affect whether we delete it. If it's unnecessary, we'll remove it.

@Rainbacon I'm putting some links here, but I don't have much time at the moment.

3:50 PM

@Catija I mostly wasn't aware that the other flags also got to you in the same queue. Also there was a long chain and I figured it would be easier to send one flag about all of them

@Mithrandir you have your own chat room?

@Rainbacon If you use the default flag, it will stack on top of existing ones. Using a custom flag gives us two separate flags to handle on the same thing.

@Rainbacon indeed

:o I wasn't aware. I'll keep that in mind in the future

Though, handling one (by deleting the comment) handles both...

4:18 PM

@Catija Anything specific we can help with?

Okay, both of those comments above could use some community flags!

I'll stop by them when I finish with the LQP

I'll take first posts then :P

4:40 PM

is annoyed at LQP queue

@Mithrandir breathe in.... breathe out...

Maybe there's just been too much put in there today?

I don't know.

I don't have the energy to go to war over these.

Then don't... :)

I think one thing that confuses people is the 'answers need to address the IPS part'

@Mithrandir I skipped one because I was on the fence and recommended deletion on the other

Apparently questions need votes too :P

4:57 PM

@Tinkeringbell I've noticed a lot of non IPS answers lately, but I haven't figured out how to go about a "make this about IPS" crusade yet

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