@fredley Looks like it lol

@Wipqozn Hm, an interesting case

Non-political Web Exclusive Episode

or is it?

COUNTDOWN TO WINTERBASH 2020 don't let coV dampen your spirit

I don't think this is the right channel about that

TRADE FOR THE TRADE GOD

@skullpatrol Things like this remind me that this is a Q&A site

I wonder when I last went to the part of SE that's not chat...

That reminds me, I should moderate

‘This Must Be Your First’: Acting as if Trump is trying to stage a coup is the best way to ensure he won’t.

> Maybe in other languages—from places with more experience with this particular type of power grab—we’d be better able to discuss the subtleties of this effort, to distinguish the postelection intervention from the Election Day injustices, to separate the legal but frivolous from the outright lawless, and to understand why his party’s reaction—lack of reaction—is not just about wanting to conclude an embarrassing presidency with minimal fanfare.

> But in English, only one widely understood word captures what Donald Trump is trying to do, even though his acts do not meet its technical definition. Trump is attempting to stage some kind of coup, one that is embedded in a broader and ongoing power grab.

> And if that’s hard to recognize, this might be your first.

Michigan secretary of state says armed protesters gathered outside her home

> Dozens of armed people gathered outside Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's home over the weekend "shouting obscenities" and threatening violence in an effort to overturn the presidential election results in the state, she said Sunday.

No, not an armed insurrection at all. Nothing to see here. The parrot is just sleeping

> White House trade adviser Peter Navarro violated the Hatch Act, per special counsel Henry Lerner

> New detail on how the turmoil at Coinbase has hit the company's efforts to secure its Bitcoins. Among the people who resigned this fall - to protest new internal policies - were 4 of the 7 people on the most critical security team, the "key management team," sources told me

loooooool

@TimStone isn't Coinbase that crypto business who's CEO or founder died with one of the keys needed for half the fortune of cryptocurrency?

That was Quadriga

And maybe also some other crypto business

ahhh, got the name wrong

> Rashida Jones named next president of MSNBC

@fredley I deliberately avoid doing any moderation and still believe SE should provide a full opt-out option of all moderation privileges and features, like seeing deleted answers and questions, seeing moderator flags in chat, queues etc. Moderating should be a volunteer, opt-in decision someone consciously makes that shouldn't be forced on someone without consent

Don't earn rep on your main account?

@Wrigglenite it's impossible to do anything on SE without earning rep

Yeah, use guest accounts for actions that would earn you rep

Then what's the point of karma

Reputation?

To unlock moderating powers

but I like seeing my reputation number climb

With great power comes great responsibility

I don't want the power though

Like, the moderation privileges is the power, with which comes great responsibility, but I want neither

I just want the number to climb and to get more badges without any of the perks that come with it

Again, you can just collect all your reputation on an account that you only use to ask and answer questions

It's not a great solution, but it's a solution I suppose?

that's just sockpuppeting

I don't want to do that

I mean, it's not

@Wrigglenite .....to abuse said power

You can have multiple accounts

But ¯\_(ツ)_/¯