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26 questions linked to/from Updated comment flagging - Supporting the new Code of Conduct
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'Unfriendly or unkind' flag not showing in flag summary [duplicate]
With the new comment flagging which rolled out today, we have the option of:
It's unfriendly or unkind.
The comment violates our Code of Conduct.
However, after raising this flag, it does not appear ...
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Recent feature changes to Stack Exchange
This is an unofficial list/changelog of new features and various changes to Stack Overflow and the Stack Exchange network.
It is maintained by the community, while a Stack Exchange employee changes ...
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2018 monthly product team updates
Mid-2017 TeamDAG started publishing monthly updates. This post will continue that effort into 2018. (See 2017's updates here.)
Updates are posted at the beginning of the month. They cover what was ...
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Drop "not constructive", combine "noisy", reword "rude" and "other" comment flags
The problem
Comments are terrible; no one agrees on what they're for, or how long they should be kept. Comment flags are equally terrible, because if no one's on the same page as far as what should be ...
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If 95%+ of comments have been rated as "fine", does the site deserve its reputation of "unwelcoming"? Do we still need to focus on it?
Quick review
There's been much ado over the last 5 years or so about the SE network being "unwelcoming".
From the summer of love to the code of conduct, from the welcome wagon to the instantaneous ...
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Allow new users to flag comments on their own posts
Something that has always bothered us about the new user experience was the amount of guidance we've got out there telling folks to flag rude or abusive comments, but not allowing new users to do it, ...
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Why are the comment upvote and flag options always appearing now?
I just saw now that a new build had rolled out in which the comment upvote and flag options are always visible. Previously, one had to mouse over the area in order to see them.
Why was this just ...
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Help people learn how to write good comments instead of just flagging them
I have just read the blog post Iterating on Inclusion by Sara Chipps about all the recent changes SE made to improve the site experience. These are all great ideas but they have one single common ...
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Why was "no longer needed" renamed "not relevant"?
On July 31st, the "no longer needed" flag reason was renamed "not relevant". Many have complained about or questioned this change (examples: 1, 2, 3, 4), but the only official post I've been able to ...
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Can we have some statistics on the potential change in rate of comment flags?
With the changes in the Code of Conduct and all the publicity around being unwelcoming. It feels like we've been on an express train of changes.
I could be wrong, but I suspect there's been a rise in ...
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Comment flags are broken
If I flag a comment now, it puts the dialog off the page:
It is only fixed by performing one of these actions:
Maximize window (if not already maximized)
Restore window (if maximized)
I am ...
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What will the comment flag dialog look like after our new CoC has been shipped?
In response to this: Did the comment flag dialog change? Will there be future dialog changes?
The answer gave an overview of what will be changing.
When the Code of Conduct ships, we're replacing ...
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Please wrap the entire comment flag description in a `<label>` (making the entire text clickable)
Currently, in the new comment flag modal, when you want to select an option, you have to click either on the radio button, or on the top part of the description. This is because only the top part of ...
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When was Stack Overflow’s CSS & pattern libraries Stacks launched?
Recently, I came across (for the first time) Stacks and the site https://stackoverflow.design from this announcement, Updated comment flagging - Supporting the new Code of Conduct.
it's been ...
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Can we add more information to "no longer needed" flags?
As a moderator on a couple comment-heavy sites, I see a lot of "no longer needed" comment flags. But that doesn't tell me why it's no longer needed, so to evaluate it I usually have to read through a ...
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