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The only time I heard about that was the question by Robert last week.

This seems to be the earliest "appearance" on the "stage". Correction: the first question was asked by Jo King, but it was closed and deleted rather quickly.

Obviously: another epic fail in communication, by the company, and the director of Public Q&A.

Really boils down to: they seem to really not understand our motivation at all any more. Why else would they first invest time and energy to prepare that recount, instead of first having a discussion on it?!

And just to point out the priceless irony, keep in mind that last sentence of the blog announcing the question-weight change:

an exciting start to working hand in hand with the community to build a better Stack Overflow.

The only time I heard about that was the question by Robert last week.

This seems to be the earliest "appearance" on the "stage". Correction: the first question was asked by Jo King, but it was closed and deleted rather quickly.

Obviously: another epic fail in communication, by the company, and the director of Public Q&A.

Really boils down to: they seem to really not understand our motivation at all any more. Why else would they first invest time and energy to prepare that recount, instead of first having a discussion on it?!

And just to point out the priceless irony, keep in mind that last sentence of the blog announcing the question-weight change:

an exciting start to working hand in hand with the community to build a better Stack Overflow.

(my personal 2 cent: if that is how "working hand in hand" works at SE Inc. these days, then I am really sorry for the people who have to work there)

The only time I heard about that was the question by Robert last week.

This seems to be the earliest "appearance" on the "stage". Correction: the first question was asked by Jo King, but it was closed and deleted rather quickly.

Obviously: another epic fail in communication, by the company, and the director of communication.

Really boils down to: they seem to really not understand our motivation at all any more. Why else would they first invest time and energy to prepare that recount, instead of first having a discussion on it?!

And just to point out the priceless irony, keep in mind that last sentence of the blog announcing the question-weight change:

an exciting start to working hand in hand with the community to build a better Stack Overflow.

The only time I heard about that was the question by Robert last week.

This seems to be the earliest "appearance" on the "stage". Correction: the first question was asked by Jo King, but it was closed and deleted rather quickly.

Obviously: another epic fail in communication, by the company, and the director of Public Q&A.

Really boils down to: they seem to really not understand our motivation at all any more. Why else would they first invest time and energy to prepare that recount, instead of first having a discussion on it?!

And just to point out the priceless irony, keep in mind that last sentence of the blog announcing the question-weight change:

an exciting start to working hand in hand with the community to build a better Stack Overflow.

The only time I heard about that was the question by Robert last week.

This seems to be the earliest "appearance" on the "stage". Correction: the first question was asked by Jo King, but it was closed and deleted rather quickly.

Obviously: another epic fail in communication, by the company, and the director of communication.

Really boils down to: they seem to really not understand our motivation at all any more. Why else would they first invest time and energy to prepare that recount, instead of first having a discussion on it?!

The only time I heard about that was the question by Robert last week.

This seems to be the earliest "appearance" on the "stage". Correction: the first question was asked by Jo King, but it was closed and deleted rather quickly.

Obviously: another epic fail in communication, by the company, and the director of communication.

Really boils down to: they seem to really not understand our motivation at all any more. Why else would they first invest time and energy to prepare that recount, instead of first having a discussion on it?!

And just to point out the priceless irony, keep in mind that last sentence of the blog announcing the question-weight change:

an exciting start to working hand in hand with the community to build a better Stack Overflow.