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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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Make recent activity and responses show new comments on questions/answers I have commented on (even if I don't own them)

I'd like the recent activity and responses pages to show new comments on questions/answers I have commented on (even if I don't own them). If I leave a comment somewhere, I am implicitly engaging in ...
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A[n] [In]complete Character-Limiting Guide to Stack Exchange

The Stack Exchange network user interface has a lot of forms, and subsequently, inputs with various character limits in place. Some of them are notorious (such as custom moderator flag character limit ...
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Allow for Comment Reply to Usernames With Less Than Three Characters in First Word

I know this is somewhat of a rare request/edge case, but this is becoming really annoying. In the faq, which I've linked to below, you state that for the comment reply system to work, There must ...
Yi Jiang's user avatar
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Why was a period added to my short display name?

I originally had "yx" as display name (when Stack Overflow still allowed 2 character display names). I did not change it, but I now see my display name contains a dot. Why was this change made? Even ...
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Too many people (even long time members) not using the "@"

I keep seeing the following scenario: John Doe posts a question. The question is either not clear enough or missing some code. People post comments asking to clarify and/or post his code. The OP post ...
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Can my less than 3 character username be grandfathered in when I edit my profile?

When trying to edit my SO profile, it will not let me save any changes to my profile, since my username (yc) is below the 3 character limit: Now, when I created my username, it was of legal length. ...
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Three character minimum display name on Stackapps?

I just created my account on stackapps. When I tried to copy my profile from my associated accounts, it blew up ("something bad happened"). So I tried to fill in the information manually, and I ...
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Could punctuation be ignored in comment notification?

The comment notification system is quite intelligent – it ignores special characters (see Comment notification special characters). However, in my name, I have a period after my first initial. ...
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Disallow usernames that cannot be @replied to

Take e.g. the username t... Maybe they do it on purpose, but the @reply-system is there for a good reason.
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1 answer
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Bug when linking accounts with other sites

I got a bug when logging in for the first time on appstack and trying to associate my account with my other accounts on the trilogy site. I am using Google Open ID; then I say 'OK' on the Google page ...
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