The Awkward Silence

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00:12

Indeed.

Yvette Colomb

00:28

@HDE226868 I agree actually. I've only been in one other private beta. But this needs some real discussion

@curiousdannii yes people are editing and not really adding much in terms of details

HDE 226868

@YvetteColomb It would definitely be good to get input from those who have dealt with it before (e.g. Parenting and The Workplace).

Cross-site user pollination would be nice.

Yvette Colomb

there is a uniqueness about this site

Parenting.se is a little similar - in that it's asking for advice more or less

Avantgarde

Hey. So what do people usually talk about here?

Yvette Colomb

the site

and we get to know each other

@Avantgarde the main issue we are thrashing out as a new site is scope

Introverted Meta Man.

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Q: Isolating the problem

Most interpersonal situations are different and have little details that could change everything about the answers. I'm not sure whether questions should add paragraphs of detail to help the user, or, to be more open in attempt to help future users. For example, on the site in which I have the ...

discussion

0

Q: Should we tag questions based on age?

I created the young-adults tag for this question because it seems like the answers to a more general question could be different for different age groups, and this clearly pertained to teenagers. I think that there are similar cases where such categorization could be useful, such as in questions ...

discussion tagging

HDE 226868

00:47

Hey, who named the chat bot?

I like it.

Henry WH Hack v2.0

Not sure but I think it's Zizouz212.

Note: I think so I don't know so.

HDE 226868

@Zizouz212 Was it you?

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Any ideas on my meta post?

(the latest one)

HDE 226868

I upvoted but am still thinking about a solution.

You're absolutely right; we have to decide who the question should be for: the user or the community.

And we definitely need just the right amount of details.

10 Replies

I think I'll give the post a more fitting title. Not sure if I like the one I gave it.

HDE 226868

00:51

I personally feel like we haven't had enough details - and frankly, I did a crappy job of that on my second question, so I'm not just talking about others - but it might be right if we want a question to benefit a bunch of people.

Avantgarde

@YvetteColomb I see. Thank you :)

Yvette Colomb

@10Replies I'm the same as @HDE226868 > I upvoted but am still thinking about a solution.

@10Replies the title is perfect

10 Replies

I guess I'll keep it then

Yvette Colomb

@HDE226868 I agree - re the details not your posts

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Q: How to deal with meeting an online friend in real life for the first time?

In a few weeks time a friend from the Netherlands is coming over to spend a week with me in the UK. She is female (and I am male), we are both the same age, and are friends (there's nothing special between us). We have known each other for nearly a year now, and I am nervous as to how to handle m...

online-relationships

WHAT...

Why the CVs here

This is what puzzles me

"Please edit the question to limit it to a specific problem with enough detail to identify an adequate answer. Avoid asking multiple distinct questions at once. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question."

You can't not ask multiple questions at once in these situations

If we are going to cater to the individual user, having them separate their problems into 3 or 4 different ones seems unintelligent.

Make it relevant to others

We like to help as many people at a time as we can. Make it clear how your question is relevant to more people than just you, and more of us will be interested in your question and willing to look into it.

for reference^

Yvette Colomb

01:11

@10Replies this is where we need to thrash out scope

10 Replies

I don't think thrash is an aggressive enough verb to describe what we are doing to this scope.

Yvette Colomb

lol

I'm so glad you keep trying with it. It's quite a large issue to deal with (another understatement) and it's one we need multiple peoples to put energy into. Many hands make light work and all that.

Gregory Avery-Weir

02:05

@10Replies I think the reason we want a single question at once is that, theoretically, we want a single accepted answer for most posts; if you ask two questions, you might get one answer that responds to the first and another that responds to the second. SE doesn't work with multiple questions. I suspect we will end up allowing for looser, less specific questions than other SEs, though.

Gypsy Spellweaver

I freely acknowledge that it will be a lot harder to do in this subject than in most others on SE, but keeping post to one question is rather important to the SE goals and how things work. We really need to try and keep our questions within that guideline. Especially while in Beta, and Private Beta even more so.

Yvette Colomb

agreed with both ^^

Gypsy Spellweaver

In the future our traffic will mostly come from Google (or other search engines, if there are any others), and getting a question ranked there will require that it be a one-topic question, otherwise the ranking will be split between possible key words.

The side benefit is that when a question needs to be split into multiple questions, that also gives us multiple chances to be found on Google.

Yvette Colomb

yes

and this also brings up the issues of tags. Tags are vital for SEO

Gypsy Spellweaver

Tags are going to take time to develop. What looks like a good tag today could end up being to general, or to small, when we get more users and more questions.

Try to find a tag when asking a question, and if you need to make a new tag, try to think of a way to name it so that other people with some-what similar questions can mike it fit on their question, and also so that it's more easily found when trying to think of a tag.

As things progress, I'm sure that there will be lots of reorganization of the tags.

Yvette Colomb

02:20

yep

Yvette Colomb

03:05

well I've posted my questions and answers on the main and meta for the day :)

Gypsy Spellweaver

Thanks for the work

I'm not yet comfortable with asking my questions yet, but I hope to be later

anonymous2

@YvetteColomb What's your goal?

Yvette Colomb

@anonymous2 I try to post no more than one question or answer on main per day and the same for meta

I tend to be prolific

@GypsySpellweaver that doesn't matter, voting and feedback is vital.

anonymous2

@YvetteColomb Prolific is the word. :) A good goal for a new beta.

Yvette Colomb

@anonymous2 I have a dominant personality and can easily take over things if I do no moderate self control. I'm also a little literal, so by providing myself clear boundaries - like X number of posts - that works well for me. Also that way I feel like I've achieved something, by contributing and it reduces burn out, by realising I'm not the only person here responsible :D sounds obvious hey?

anonymous2

03:11

Too bad we're still in private beta - that cold call question would make a great HNQ. ;)

Yvette Colomb

HNQ ??

what does that mean? :)

anonymous2

@YvetteColomb Yes, it's a great approach, especially if your schedule permits it. In my particular case, there's no telling when I'll be working and if I'll have internet tomorrow evening or if I'll be out in the boonies or what. :) But, each person to their way. :) I contribute where I can and admire those who contribute regularly. :)

Yvette Colomb

and more importantly why are you anonymous2 and not anonymous1? or anonymoustoo??

anonymous2

Lol.

Gypsy Spellweaver

__H__ot __N__etwork __Q__uestion

anonymous2

03:13

@YvetteColomb Hot network Question.

Yvette Colomb

ah coolies thanks

anonymous2

@GypsySpellweaver, yes. That.

Yvette Colomb

Well I think the new SE HNQ should be chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/38441630#38441630

51 secs ago, by Yvette Colomb

and more importantly why are you anonymous2 and not anonymous1? or anonymoustoo??

Gypsy Spellweaver

HNQ's end up on the front page of SE site. Get more traffic to the site from the curious people.

anonymous2

@YvetteColomb Lol.

Yvette Colomb

03:14

I think if we can solve this, we will solve many mysteries of the universe

@GypsySpellweaver hm so how do we put it there in 4 weeks?

Gypsy Spellweaver

@YvetteColomb The answer is 42

Yvette Colomb

@anonymous2 any contributions are good

Gypsy Spellweaver

@YvetteColomb By then it will be too late.

Yvette Colomb

@GypsySpellweaver yes! indeed it is

anonymous2

@YvetteColomb Long story, but essentially it's because I used to have a computer where my user name was anonymous. Then I transferred to Ubuntu Server, where anonymous is actually a system user in some cases. My brother recommended changing my user name, so I changed it to anonymous2. From there on, every profile takes on that name. Well, not quite. My more personal profiles have more personal names. :)

Yvette Colomb

03:16

@GypsySpellweaver can't some questions be tweeted?

@anonymous2 ok, but this begs the question, is your brother anonymous1, or is the computer anonymous1 - anonymous==anonymous1?

Gypsy Spellweaver

A question's hotness is increased by upvotes on the question, by answers, and by upvotes on answers. The hotness is also decreased by time.

Yvette Colomb

do you guys reckon it's ok for me to create some tag wikis?

anonymous2

@YvetteColomb Basically whether or not it's considered "hot" is determined by a formula which takes into account three things: upvotes on the question, upvotes on the answers, and number of answers. Closed questions and questions on private betas are disqualified.

Yvette Colomb

@GypsySpellweaver can bounties raise the hotness - by the votes I mean.. hm what I'm trying to say, can bounty questions be listed as hnq or does the bounty preclude that?

anonymous2

Wait, it also takes into account the age of the question.

Yvette Colomb

03:18

ah k!

anonymous2

@YvetteColomb Go for it.

Yvette Colomb

does it take into account bounties

Gypsy Spellweaver

@YvetteColomb I recon that's a good idea. You have the experience to know what to do with them

anonymous2

@YvetteColomb Can only start a bounty two days after, I think.

Yvette Colomb

ah coolies, thanks for that. I'm doing some site "housekeeping"

oh I know that, I am thinking of how a question can become hot after the fact

anonymous2

03:19

And usually, if it's got enough upvotes to hold it out to there (we're talking dozens, if not hundreds), the bounty won't make much difference.

@YvetteColomb Age of question will play against you, I'm afraid.

Gypsy Spellweaver

a sudden collection of votes in Q and/or A can help, but with a two-week age I don't think it can be helped.

Yvette Colomb

hm yep, unless the site suddenly get an inflow of thousands of members... just going off the reality track...

I don't mind if it's a hnq or not. I'm curious as to how they calculate them

Gypsy Spellweaver

The real math is a secret, but the generalities are known.

anonymous2

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A: Change Hot Network Questions algorithm

The biggest problem seems to be that the number of answers has such a big effect, no matter what the answer quality is. Deleting spam answers from a question should not drop its hotness, but now it does. In my opinion answers with zero score have a disproportionate effect on hotness. This same m...

Yvette Colomb

ooh yeh, like serial voting --- in the safe in the dens of SE

anonymous2

03:24

67

A: How do the "arbitrary hotness points" work on the new Stack Exchange home page?

Basically what's documented here: What formula should be used to determine "hot" questions? We have a few tweaks: Succeeding questions from the same site are penalized by increasing amounts. So, the first question from SO in the list gets multiplied by 1.0, the second by 0.98, the third ...

Yvette Colomb

wow age in hours, yeh age matters

anonymous2

Yep. Over on IoT SE, we haven't had a HNQ that lasted more than a day for months now. At least, that I can remember. :)

Gypsy Spellweaver

On Computer Science Educators we've had a string of luck. But that can change without notice. Not sure how long any have stayed there, but there's been a fairly steady presence at least.

Yvette Colomb

that's a lot of visits

curiousdannii

05:58

@HDE226868 The site feels close to the Parenting site, which many people hate, myself included. I think we can avoid the rubbish that goes on at that site, but we'll need to be strict about questions that are too broad or too subjective.

Gypsy Spellweaver

Nice to have a second opinion that matches mine. Though I've not visited the Parenting site.

Yvette Colomb

yep it reminds me of the parenting site also

curiousdannii

06:46

> This question is of a kind I am calling "asserting your boundaries". Please [edit] this question to add details about the specific problem you are facing beyond learning to be assertive while polite.

I've started using this comment on some questions, just as a trial for now.

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A: How can we include the terminology of interpersonal skills into our site?

To borrow terminology from the Area 51 site, I think in general we will want this site to be aimed at a "Avid Enthusiast or Prosumer" (as poorly as that applies to this site) - not because those who know they are "beginners" at interpersonal skills don't belong her, but because we'd love for ever...

^ My answer to the question of whether terminology questions belong here

TL;DR: Being a "prosumer" of interpersonal skills means having a well-rounded competency in the area of interpersonal interaction, and it is impossible to have such a well-rounded competency without knowing the language of the field. To reuse phrasing I thought up for another site, we want this site to concern both the theory and the practice of interpersonal skills. So questions about terminology fit into this site because they serve that goal: well-rounded competency.

curiousdannii

07:08

Ouch, already downvoted. Someone really doesn't like me here :P

Gypsy Spellweaver

Maybe they just think it's too restrictive.

curiousdannii

@GypsySpellweaver But I'm saying the terminology questions belong here! It's the others that want to restrict them!

Gypsy Spellweaver

They might think that Enthusiast or Prosumer will exclude them.

curiousdannii

@GypsySpellweaver Ah, well I mean that's an aspirational title - it's something we can all aim for, and I think something we can all achieve. Of course there are a few people who are genuine experts, having done doctoral research etc on interpersonal skills, but I doubt we have any.

Gypsy Spellweaver

Wouldn't hurt if we could get a few to join us though. :)

curiousdannii

07:15

@GypsySpellweaver Definitely!

Gypsy Spellweaver

I know that I'm about as well-rounded as a tetrahedron.

All hard edges and lots of sharp points.

curiousdannii

@GypsySpellweaver Well at least tetrahedron are very stable ;)

Gypsy Spellweaver

I got that part down pat. Makes change that much more difficult too.

Yvette Colomb

08:22

@GypsySpellweaver I agree - I didn't downvote it, but we shouldn't restrict who can join

Gypsy Spellweaver

I guess I'm always looking for where I don't belong, since I don't belong anywhere, and notice things that confirm my expectations. Not intended but perceived nonetheless.

humn

08:53

This site is a vortex!

Gypsy Spellweaver

So are relationships, so it seems perfect.

humn

(Too breathtaken to type out a coherent follow-up. (That was a struggle in itself.))

To have a question and answer site about interpersonal call and response?

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I sure hope there is no button to close for opinion-based or too-broad.

(And I don't have the skills or patience to rack up enough points to find out.)

@GypsySpellweaver , I was once told to go back home because I didn't belong where I was.

Gypsy Spellweaver

I've been told that at home

humn

Do I know you?

Gypsy Spellweaver

I doubt it.

humn

09:06

"Do I know you?" = "That was good."

Gypsy Spellweaver

When I was 14 mom sent me to grandma's then moved and didn't say where to.

humn

I hope you're making that up. If not, I believe it anyway.

Gypsy Spellweaver

Not a word of it.

humn

I locked everyone out of the house once.

And have tried to let them in ever since.

Gypsy Spellweaver

I've learned to trust computers, people not so much.

humn

09:11

At least computers do what they're told.

Persons tell me what to do.

Gypsy Spellweaver

They say what they mean, that's what I trust about them. Only one face and no masks.

humn

Again, do I know you?

Gypsy Spellweaver

Well, I don't recall meeting anyone that's a cross between a bee and a circular path.

humn

I'm not really cross. Just come off that way on off moments.

I trust others to catch on when I pretend to be cross.

Gypsy Spellweaver

Well, there's enough of a description in my profile to likely tell you if you know me or not. Not enough to find me or identify to strangers, but someone who knows me should recognize it.

humn

09:16

And yes the bee can sting a welt or an arrest.

Are U I? Too much parallel to imagine.

Anyone who digs deep into programming languages has dug deep into their soul.

Gypsy Spellweaver

me ≠ you

humn

Anyone who loves writing loves life.

@GypsySpellweaver , I know . . . otherwise this would be a puppet show

Gypsy Spellweaver

I love writing computer code

humn

( late follow-up, not only writers love life . . .)

(that came out looking a little different than intended)

(What was meant: Nonwriters love life too.)

Gypsy Spellweaver

I suppose most people love life, just not the hand they've been dealt in that life.

humn

09:25

Lucky us to have fingers to type!

(Really, I take inventory every time I wake up and conclude "It just ain't fair.")

And when my teachers tell me of their troubles, I cry the same.

Gypsy Spellweaver

Only thing my teachers tell me is "Meow"

humn

You've transcended to cat heaven.

I'm still in rat heaven.

Gypsy Spellweaver

Can't be cat heaven, the litter box always needs cleaning.

humn

Stop using it!

r m

Hi all, I am trying to frame a question on tips and gratuities. The problem is this is very culturally weighted, and I more or less know the deal in my own country. I would love to find out what the standards are elsewhere though. Any ideas?

Gypsy Spellweaver

09:31

Try asking on Travel

r m

sounds a plan, thanks

Gypsy Spellweaver

yw. luck.

humn

That was good, but what a dilemma. I grew up without barter or gratuities.

And now I tip as if that were the only way to save a life.

Gypsy Spellweaver

Maybe it is.

google.com/…

humn

That's sweet! Why didn't it show up as a picture?

Gypsy Spellweaver

09:37

Cause it was a link off google search rather than a direct link to you tube

humn

(Don't tempt me into backtracking all those links.)

Follow-up in the meanwhile:

Harry Chapin - All 14 minutes of Taxi & Sequel

►

Gypsy Spellweaver

Sorry, I can't play videos on my computer.

Ty anyway.

humn

&y

Gypsy Spellweaver

The dinosaur that I'm using goes into thermal shutdown. Then it takes me hours, literally, to get it resurrected.

humn

Do I know you?!?!?!?!

Gypsy Spellweaver

09:43

Here's the report for the last failure.

# last reboot
reboot   system boot  4.4.46-11-defaul Wed Jun 28 17:10 - 05:43  (12:32)
reboot   system boot  4.4.46-11-defaul Wed Jun 28 04:10 - 05:43 (1+01:32)
reboot   system boot  4.4.46-11-defaul Tue May 23 13:03 - 04:02 (35+14:58)
reboot   system boot  4.4.46-11-defaul Tue May 23 06:06 - 06:43  (00:36)

wtmp begins Mon May 22 23:53:23 2017

humn

37 mins ago, by humn

"Do I know you?" = "That was good."

Only two failures a day? Lucky.

Only way I can reduce my failures to two a day is by going into a coma.

Gypsy Spellweaver

Notice that the top two lines are concurrent usage. The attempted boot at 04:10 failed and thinks it is still running. The successful but, 13 hours later, at 17:10 is the one that I'm running on now.

humn

Ah, I see the timestamps now.

Gypsy Spellweaver

If I'm cautious I can avoid thermal shutdown. Line 3 shows the last failure occurred after a 35 day 14 hour 58 min run time

It was a large anigif that I wasn't expecting that killed it.

humn

35 days?! That's a month of Sundays. (Trying to be funny.)

Don't think any appliance of mine has run for 35 days.

Gypsy Spellweaver

09:50

I've got the 2.8GHz CPU throttled down to 1.8GHz, and that lets me keep it alive, most of the time.

Still have to watch the tell-tales on the side, just to be safe.

humn

Right (not right side, just right.).

I'm floored by any thing's working.

Gypsy Spellweaver

I built it, so I have a few ideas of how to nurse it along until I can replace it with a new build.

humn

But no music videos on your stage? You shared one.

Gypsy Spellweaver

My partner likes country and finds them, sometimes I remember where to look.

Why the edit, and why the almost call by neighbors? Sample

humn

... sometimes I'm minimalist. Sometimes I don't.

Gypsy Spellweaver

09:58

That would get them calling.

humn

... neighbors have never actually called the cops but I sure do enjoy trying their patience.

Gypsy Spellweaver

They probably enjoy the drapes too.

humn

They've tried my patience in other ways. Construction, cigar smoke, . . .

My favorite cat enjoys the drapes to shreds!

Gypsy Spellweaver

You need a squirt bottle of water. Discipline tool.

humn

I've tried everything else.

Gypsy Spellweaver

10:01

17 cats, no torn drapes.

Christmas ornaments are safe too.

humn

I think different cats, like different persons, are born with different temperaments.

Gypsy Spellweaver

No doubt about that!

humn

My favorite cat goes out the front door time and again just to be shredded by another, time and again.

And this same kitty won't bare a tooth or unsheath a claw to me.

Gypsy Spellweaver

All the cats in our local colony get along fine. Though only one will allow human contact.

humn

Nice choice of words. No choice in cats. They choose us.

Gypsy Spellweaver

10:07

The "colony" is the cats that live outside. Five regulars, and 3 that pass through from time to time. Four of the inside cats actually go outside for most of the daylight hours. They get along with the colony as well. The other 13 inside cats don't go out at all.

humn

Wow. You must have a silo of food for them!

Gypsy Spellweaver

Walmart is my friend

humn

I've only made it through perhaps 7 individual kitties, but each was as memorable as how you just described.

"perhaps 7 individuals" = "exactly 7 individuals"

Back to "interpersonal" topics, one of my best friends likened himself to a cat.

Gypsy Spellweaver

Did he purr when you scratched his back?

Henry WH Hack v2.0

@GypsySpellweaver ?

Gypsy Spellweaver

10:13

@HenryWHHackv2.0 Read back a bit

Henry WH Hack v2.0

ok

ah got it.

humn

Now I treat my favorite cat like he were one of my best friends.

("Interpersonal"? I have a lifetime of interpersonal lessons interrupted by ends of lives. It really ain't fair, but maybe something to share.)

(One way or another.)

Gypsy Spellweaver

Only had a few lives end around me. Most from old-age.

humn

I never thought I'd become this maudlin, but time has a way. Just wait.

And here is that kitty-cat, reminding me that each time out the door is like the first.

I call him "Butter" and "Header." because those are the enders that meet in the middle.

Also because he's the color of butter.

And the color of header.

Gypsy Spellweaver

10:31

What "color" is "header"

humn

The color of blood. This cat will butthead his way through anything.

On return from the county veterinarian, they remarked that they'd never before seen a cat that who wouldn't sedate.

That's why he's my favorite, forehead full of blood again and again.

Gypsy Spellweaver

Did he take a header off the shelf sometime in the past?

humn

Haven't we all?

Repeat disclaimer: I want to swaddle everyone I meet as if they had been through all that.

curiousdannii

@YvetteColomb Is my post really so easily misunderstood as to suggest that I think we should put any restrictions on who can join the site??

Yvette Colomb

10:53

> I think in general we will want this site to be aimed at a "Avid Enthusiast or Prosumer" (as poorly as that applies to this site)

humn

"Prosumer"? The verbivore in me just ..."

Is that a well-known term? Thought I'd heard them all. (Did look it up.)

Yvette Colomb

@humn I hate that word!

humn

I you can vomit such an awesome word, @Yvette Colomb, why not another that tastes better?

Yvette Colomb

eh?

humn

(Yeah yeah, trying to come up with a good one, it would only be fair.)

(But "prosumer" is my word of the day until then.)

In contrast: "mellifluence"

Or: "confluence"

But I like the taste of miel more than con.

(Are you really French like yournym, @Yvette Colomb? If so I hope you appreciated that attempt.)

(I'm barely human like mynym, so one can never tell.)

Yvette Colomb

11:24

my name is french yes

I'm an Aussie

humn

Rosetta

(I'm a language sideshow geek, on display 4 days a week)

HDE 226868

13:04

@curiousdannii What bothers you in particular?

An unrelated random observation: It seems that questions are routinely getting more upvotes than answers are, which is counter to most trends I've seen before. It's interesting.

Gypsy Spellweaver

13:29

I guess that means others like the question, maybe want an answer as well, but not so many people find the answer(s) so far useful for their own situation.

With our questions addressing personal issues, rather than technical issues with solid right/wrong answers, that's to be expected. I think anyway

HDE 226868

13:53

Right, it's not necessarily true that one answer is much better than another.

curiousdannii

14:14

@HDE226868 Where to start? :P The terrible advice. The unbounded subjectiveness. The complete betrayal of everything that makes the stack exchange format work!

@YvetteColomb Did you read the rest of that sentence? "not because those who know they are "beginners" at interpersonal skills don't belong her, but because we'd love for everyone who is a part of this site to quickly learn skills and gain confidence so that they would soon feel as though they are "prosumers"."

@HDE226868 I think everyone is concerned to make sure the site succeeds during the private beta, so they are being very liberal with their question votes. It's not a healthy sign.

Yvette Colomb

@curiousdannii I did, but as a leading statement it gives that impression, although I suspect you're right, it will be that group and beginners this site draws. Professionals will either be doing it for a living or already have a blog.

I've got to go to bed now, see you all tomoz \o

HDE 226868

14:31

o/

Gregory Avery-Weir

@curiousdannii @YvetteColomb I'm making a meta question about experts and expert questions, because I do want this site to be popular among experts. I attend conferences that involve relationship/interpersonal skills experts, and they're huge geeks that would tend to enjoy contributing to a site like this.

10 Replies

Didn't realize anyone was an expert in this field.

Wait a sec... It all makes sense now

Gregory Avery-Weir

@10Replies Yup! Therapists, self-help-book writers, lecturers in communication skills, sociologists, and so on. Heck, I don't know if I'm an expert, but I co-host a podcast that intersects with the topic. I think we want those sorts of people interested in the site.

10 Replies

cool.

humn

very!

10 Replies

14:44

Other pet peeve of this site is that I wish everyone in the review queues would help contribute to the site as well as the review queues. Some people have been in the review queues and still have 101 rep... no edits, posts, nada.

humn

Anyone brave enough to type here is expert interpersonally. But the Q/A part of this site still seems to baffle the system. Let's see what shakes out.

Introverted Meta Man.

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Q: Rejection and Saying-no tags

Rejection and Saying-no tags Do we really need both? Should they be synonyms?

discussion tags

Introverted Meta Man.

15:07

2

Q: What sort of expert questions do we want?

What does a good expert question look like on this site? Possibly related to Are hypothetical questions welcome? and How can we include the terminology of interpersonal skills into our site? . Our beta invite says: The first questions set the tone for the site. If you ask high quality, exper...

discussion scope experts

Yvette Colomb

16:30

@GregoryAvery-Weir thanks for the heads up, will have a look

Introverted Meta Man.

17:35

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Q: When we should start reviewing/merging/deleting/discussing tags for the site?

I've already noticed a lot of similar and potentially duplicate tags for the site, and I was wondering when during the site's beta is a good time to start asking for community feedback on merging 2 tags (such as online-interaction and social-media) and also removing of duplicate tags? Can we star...

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Gregory Avery-Weir

21:35

I think we're giving the "related questions" algorithm a mighty challenge. It doesn't seem to know what to do. :)

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22:28

Theres just not enough questions lol

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