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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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Revisiting the "Hot Network Questions" feature, what are our shared goals for having it?
Thanks for your input here and elsewhere on Meta.
Please see the results of this discussion on the update post:
Updating the Hot Network Questions List - now with a bit more network and a little less &...
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An apology to our community, and next steps
I’m David Fullerton, Stack Overflow’s CTO, responsible for the product, engineering, and community teams.
I joined Stack Overflow in 2010 because I believed in the vision and mission of Stack ...
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