Linked Questions
27 questions linked to/from SE Inc. Director of Public Q&A retweets bad-faith, misrepresentative tweet
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Firing mods and forced relicensing: is Stack Exchange still interested in cooperating with the community?
The last weeks and days have seen some erratic behaviour by Stack Exchange Inc., such as likely illegal changes to the content license and the firing of an upstanding community moderator with no ...
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The Many Memes of Meta
Catchphrases and concepts that spread from person to person are known as memes, which, courtesy the Internet, can now explode across the Earth like a highly contagious virus (hence "going viral&...
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Why were the Code of Conduct changes received so negatively, and what can / could have been done to change that?
The announcement of the Code of Conduct changes had a score of -1922 (with 2371 downvotes). I can't remember a change announcement being received so negatively; it's an order of magnitude higher than (...
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Why do you stay?
As I read about the Monica controversy, part of me feels very disheartened. Clearly this community means something to people, the passion in the words I read affirms that for me. At the same time ...
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We need "assume good intent" back in the Code of Conduct
At some point, "assume good intent" was removed from the Code of Conduct.
It's a key pillar of the social contract and how we choose to deal with each other. It belongs in the Code of ...
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Dear Stack Exchange: a statement and a letter from your moderators
Dear Stack Exchange, Inc.,
We know you know about this already, so we'll keep this brief. The past two weeks have been rough. Lots of moderators have lost confidence in you; for some, it was the final ...
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How can we put pressure on Stack Exchange Inc. without damaging the community?
Is there a constructive way to put pressure on Stack Exchange (the company) without putting any pressure on the community in general and the moderators in particular?
Goals
Give Monica her diamond(s)...
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Checking in with moderators that suspended their activity
As of December 24th, 2019, there seem to be maybe 24 moderators who suspended activity and are still in that state as a result of the ongoing fiasco centered around SE's firing of Monica Cellio. ...
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Under what circumstances will Stack Exchange, Inc. share private/sensitive information with the press?
What are Stack Exchange, Inc.'s policies regarding whether and when private or sensitive information will be shared by the company with the public, and particularly with the press?
By "private ...
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Open hostility from SE staff towards the community - trying to understand it
Upon multiple occasions SE staff members have expressed open hostility towards the community as a whole, as well as towards specific members of the community. Specific references are avoided here ...
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We are updating our Code of Conduct and we would like your feedback
Update, May 31st, 2023: The updated code of conduct has been released network-wide.
A good Code of Conduct is a handshake agreement between users and the company. It is a document that inspires trust ...
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Dear SE, please stop disparaging the moderators in the press
The VP of Community for SE gave the following statement to the press:
Stack Overflow ran an analysis and the ChatGPT detection tools that moderators were previously using have an alarmingly high rate ...
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Is there a good term/phrase to denote the "current events"?
I just answered on Warning potential new moderators? and people (rightfully) rejected my first version where I spoke about "the Monica situation".
I agree, we shouldn't associate the name of a ...
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What, if anything, can SE do to resolve the ongoing conflict in a timely way?
Back in late September, at the inception of the current mess, I was under the impression that if SE had immediately reinstated Monica and withdrawn the new CoC, the furious atmosphere would have ...
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Checking in with the Lavender community
Lavender mods had written a letter to SE pertaining to their issues. They asked roughly for three things:
Pay attention to the complaints by LGBTQ+ users about disrespect
Consequences for ...
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