Meta Stack Exchange seems to have different rules and user behavior than the "regular" Stack Exchange sites. How is it different?
Individual questions answered below:
- What do votes mean on Meta? Why was my well-written post downvoted?
- When should posts on Meta be set to community wiki?
- Why are there posts closed as "exact duplicates" when they're not exact duplicates?
- Why do so many Meta questions ask about irrelevant topics?
- Should I do anything before posting on Meta?
- What are required tags? Why do I have to include them?
- What is special about the red tags? Why can't I add or remove them from a question's tags?
- How does Reputation work on Meta Stack Exchange, and how does that differ from other meta sites on the network?
- What is the meaning behind Meta name, and is it related to Facebook?
Formerly How does Meta Stack Exchange work?.
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