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One thing that you would advise me (in my role as VP of Community here) never to touch.

Stack Exchange…

…without asking the community first.

The core community is tired of radical changes being announced as they happen.

One thing that you think I should change as quickly as possible.

Stop lying to your users.

Of course, you didn't lie, but you can still make an important change with minimal effort and no cost: Come clean on behalf of Stack Exchange.

Make sure not to make it wordy or legalese. Here's an idea for a formulation:

On behalf of Stack Exchange, I'm very sorry for how we mistreated Monica, and how lies and cover-ups were used in the aftermath. I will keep this terrible incident in mind, to make sure such a thing doesn't happen on my watch.

Edit: Yet another radical change announced as it happened.

Edit: And another one.

One thing that you would advise me (in my role as VP of Community here) never to touch.

Stack Exchange…

…without asking the community first.

The core community is tired of radical changes being announced as they happen.

One thing that you think I should change as quickly as possible.

Stop lying to your users.

Of course, you didn't lie [2023 update: yes you did!], but you can still make an important change with minimal effort and no cost: Come clean on behalf of Stack Exchange.

Make sure not to make it wordy or legalese. Here's an idea for a formulation:

On behalf of Stack Exchange, I'm very sorry for how we mistreated Monica, and how lies and cover-ups were used in the aftermath. I will keep this terrible incident in mind, to make sure such a thing doesn't happen on my watch.

Edit: Yet another radical change announced as it happened.

Edit: And another one.

Edit: One more

One thing that you would advise me (in my role as VP of Community here) never to touch.

Stack Exchange…

…without asking the community first.

The core community is tired of radical changes being announced as they happen.

One thing that you think I should change as quickly as possible.

Stop lying to your users.

Of course, you didn't lie, but you can still make an important change with minimal effort and no cost: Come clean on behalf of Stack Exchange.

Make sure not to make it wordy or legalese. Here's an idea for a formulation:

On behalf of Stack Exchange, I'm very sorry for how we mistreated Monica, and how lies and cover-ups were used in the aftermath. I will keep this terrible incident in mind, to make sure such a thing doesn't happen on my watch.

Edit: Yet another radical change announced as it happened.

Edit: And another one.

Edit: And one more.

One thing that you would advise me (in my role as VP of Community here) never to touch.

Stack Exchange…

…without asking the community first.

The core community is tired of radical changes being announced as they happen.

One thing that you think I should change as quickly as possible.

Stop lying to your users.

Of course, you didn't lie, but you can still make an important change with minimal effort and no cost: Come clean on behalf of Stack Exchange.

Make sure not to make it wordy or legalese. Here's an idea for a formulation:

On behalf of Stack Exchange, I'm very sorry for how we mistreated Monica, and how lies and cover-ups were used in the aftermath. I will keep this terrible incident in mind, to make sure such a thing doesn't happen on my watch.

Edit: Yet another radical change announced as it happened.

Edit: And another one.

One thing that you would advise me (in my role as VP of Community here) never to touch.

Stack Exchange…

…without asking the community first.

The core community is tired of radical changes being announced as they happen.

One thing that you think I should change as quickly as possible.

Stop lying to your users.

Of course, you didn't lie, but you can still make an important change with minimal effort and no cost: Come clean on behalf of Stack Exchange.

Make sure not to make it wordy or legalese. Here's an idea for a formulation:

On behalf of Stack Exchange, I'm very sorry for how we mistreated Monica, and how lies and cover-ups were used in the aftermath. I will keep this terrible incident in mind, to make sure such a thing doesn't happen on my watch.

Edit: Yet another radical change announced as it happened.

Edit: And another one.

One thing that you would advise me (in my role as VP of Community here) never to touch.

Stack Exchange…

…without asking the community first.

The core community is tired of radical changes being announced as they happen.

One thing that you think I should change as quickly as possible.

Stop lying to your users.

Of course, you didn't lie, but you can still make an important change with minimal effort and no cost: Come clean on behalf of Stack Exchange.

Make sure not to make it wordy or legalese. Here's an idea for a formulation:

On behalf of Stack Exchange, I'm very sorry for how we mistreated Monica, and how lies and cover-ups were used in the aftermath. I will keep this terrible incident in mind, to make sure such a thing doesn't happen on my watch.

Edit: Yet another radical change announced as it happened.

Edit: And another one.

Edit: And one more.