Linked Questions
27 questions linked to/from SE Inc. Director of Public Q&A retweets bad-faith, misrepresentative tweet
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What is needed for users to trust the Stack Exchange company?
As one of the "curators" on strike I follow as much of the conversations and progress as I can. I again and again encounter the trust issue, which is a festering wound that seems to be ...
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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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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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Is it time for Stack Exchange, Inc and the community to legally separate amicably?
There's no need to rehash the issues that have led to a lack of trust between the employees of Stack Exchange, Inc and the members of the community. Suffice it to say that astoundingly they continue ...
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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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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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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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How to disentangle the CoC discussion from the Monica issue?
The last question in the unofficial and awesome Pronominal Proposal is
Q30. I heard that someone was removed as a moderator for
pronoun-related behaviour that seems, according to the above, as if
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Why haven't the statements to the Register been retracted?
Why haven't the statements made by the Stack Exchange director of community:
In response to an email from The Register, Stack Exchange director of
community Sara Chipps said, "On Friday, we ...
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Meta: Can we influence and change policy or is our role reduced to exegesis of company commandments and acclamation?
There is this obscure document that says
What is "meta"? How does it work?
Meta Stack Exchange is the part of the site where users discuss the workings and policies of Stack Overflow the ...
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Has there been any discussion regarding the original stated reasons for the question up votes being set at +5 from +10 earlier?
Jeff Atwood's Mar. 19, 2010 SE post Should the weight of question upvotes be reduced? asked about reducing the question upvote reputation changes from +10 to +5, with some discussions there both for &...
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SE seems pretty set in their path to change the sites as we know them and the testimony of former employees are proof of that
A Tweet from Tim Post that always stood out to me was the following:
We never manage through sharp sticks, ultimatums or threats. I honestly believe this is why we have the most professional ...
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Why are there a lot of users with Reinstate Monica in the username? [duplicate]
Across all Stack Exchange network sites I have seen a lot of users with "Reinstate Monica" in the username, and I am not sure what this means.
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Does the management or the Welcome Wagon care to know about activity that makes users want to leave their platform?
Does the management or the Welcome Wagon care to know about activity that makes existing users want to leave their platform or is the goal only to welcome new users?
I would like to post some simple ...
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FAQ/Handbook: communication channels used by Stack Overflow/Stack Exchange
stackoverflow.com and stackexchange.com are websites where online communities ask and answer questions.
Communication is important for communities. This should also include communication with the ...