Questions tagged [new-users]
New users are those users who may be new to the Stack Exchange Q&A format, and generally have a low reputation score, which starts from 1 at the time of registration.
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How do we get new users to accept answers
I know this has been asked over 10 years ago, and nothing has changed. How do we get users to tick answers? I bash my head for days and try to help only for me to get thank you, and they disappear. It ...
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Dramatic increase in New User accounts - why?
I've noticed a big uptick in "new user" account creation on Bicycles:
Zooming in, we can see a cliff between 5 and 12 June 2024.
Before that, new users were steady at 6-15 a day. After ...
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Add an option for new users to indicate "I too have this problem"
Over on askubuntu, new people without enough rep to write comments sometimes add an answer which effectively says 'I too wish there was a solution'. If multiple people could simply check something ...
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Is something in the Stack Exchange UI inadvertently wrongly leading people to MSE?
I've noticed recently that among the various posts here on meta.stackexchange.com that appear clearly intended for one or another main network site (and there seem to be a handful per day) that:
The ...
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What is the expected way for a NEW user to identify the correct SE for a question?
Are the different SE sites intended to operate as a whole? Or is there no expectation that any one site should care about getting questions answered unless they are on topic for that site?
Use case: ...
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Can new users not be bait-and-switched?
As a new user on SE, I shared the common new-user experience of questions downvoted, and closed, and the feeling of being kicked around by (well-meaning) moderators, and perhaps worse, the suspicion ...
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Flag link for new user own post does nothing
A new user (tested only on an unregistered one) has three links below their own question: share, edit, and flag.
The last one (flag) actually doesn't do anything. No popup is appearing. Is there ...
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Add context "refers to site" for "About" used on welcome block for new users
If you are a new user to the site, you will see the welcome block on the right side of the main page:
That block has three links in the bottom part:
About
Help
Meta
Sometime ago, we decided that ...
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Feedback about joining a new Stack Exchange site (with suggestions)
I'm not questioning the moderator decision; this is about the experience.
I'm an experienced Stack Overflow user, but I just joined this Web Applications Stack Exchange site today to ask a related ...
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Request for new user limitation: minimum character count to ask a question
Over at Worldbuilding we periodically receive new users who (not surprisingly) don't believe they need to take the tour or read the Help Center pages before they use the site. Call it being human... ...
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What can I do if an answer in the "First Answers" Review Queue is objectively wrong?
All the options presented to me through the UI do not seem to address the situation correctly. Here is a screenshot of the options available to me.
And here are the Share Feedback options.
The only ...
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Could or should the "search first, ask question later" principle be made more prominently visible?
I'm relatively new (roughly a month), so please excuse any great misunderstandings.
Presumptions / Impressions:
(A) It may vary a bit per case or community, but in general, the approach seems to be ...
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Add on-topic notice to the top part (logo row) for 1 rep users
Whenever I see the blatantly off-topic questions on the site, I'm curious why the asker did this. This is probably due to a hidden from the asker's eyes on-topic notice.
What if we make the on-topic ...
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Reputation graph suggests you've been a member for longer than you are
I joined a new site two days ago. When I look at the reputation graph on my profile, it looks like I've been a member for a couple of weeks already:
Wouldn't it be better to limit the graph from the ...
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Effectiveness of site name / descriptions of sites for "power users"
This is a follow-up of How can a community know who outsiders think a community is for?.
While it could be argued that people posting "bad" don't read the directions of the Ask Question form ...
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Guidance for "me too"ers (answerers / commenters and upvoters)
On Web Applications SE we have a lot of short questions that get lots of views and "a lot" of "me too" or alike answers, comments and upvotes.
Regarding me too upvotes, from ...
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Why can new users only answer every 30 minutes? [duplicate]
Since a new user to Stack Overflow like me can only post an answer to a question every 30 minutes, this makes it extremely irrelevant for new users and will in short; drive users away from Stack ...
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New feature to encourage improvement and discourage hasty closing of almost-good questions from new contributors [duplicate]
A new contributor asks a question that, on face value, is poor. Maybe the wording is off topic, or is phrased to solicit opinion, or is a little cloudy or asks too many questions.
If:
the situation ...
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A Modest Proposal for Making a More Civil Community
Stack Exchange constantly encourages people to be more civil to the new users. People sign up to a new account on Stack Overflow, ask for someone to solve their homework questions, and get upset if ...
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Let post authors under 15 rep flag comments on their posts as "no longer needed"
Proposal
Allow new users to flag comments on their posts as "no longer needed" (NLN), even without 15 rep.
See my later suggestion (at the bottom) on how to cut down on possible abuse-cases.
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Is it possible to make the tour more prominent to new users again?
The tour (redirects to the Chemistry SE tour), is something that gives users a brief idea on how the specific site works. However, this feature has become so hidden away that new users do not even ...
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Add new / low rep users to chat rooms created "continue discussion in chat" by gold tag badge holders (or alike privilege based)
According to Moderator moves comments to chat - can low-rep user participate?, low rep users are allowed to chat when a discussion is moved to a chat room by a moderator, but not when the chat room is ...
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Is a "timeout" period for new users considered or even possible at some SE sites?
Over at Ask Ubuntu meta, I posted a question regarding new users.
My experience is that there are many new users coming in that don't understand the difference between SE sites and a forum.
There are ...
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Remove an account promoting escort services [duplicate]
I just rejected a spam edit on MSO from a new user promoting an escort service.
Looking at the user's profile here on MSE, it seems to have no purpose other than (spammingly?) promoting an escort ...
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Extending the "Your first question has been published, now what?" system
Currently when new users publish their first question, a little box pops up that says
Your first question has been published, now what?
I'm proposing to extend this system. When the user posts their ...
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What is the threshold for the review-needed indicator (the red circle) in the First Questions and First Answers?
In the dropdown for review, we sometimes have an indicator (red circle) showing that there are many reviews - and that this particular review queue needs attention.
The thresholds are mentioned in ...
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Label questions for beginners to answer
I have read Should easy questions be left for beginners? That is, beginners like answering questions too?.
TL;DR I want to propose a system similar to the linked post, but one that does not prevent ...
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Is downvoting en masse an on-topic question "friendly"?
On Meta we often see off-topic questions that have no rhyme or reason: too many if truth be told. These questions are downvoted by the community, closed swiftly, removed from the main page and deleted ...
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Is there a "top banner" also for new users or low-rep users?
When I view some site without being logged in (or in incognito mode), I see a banner near the top of the site with some basic information about the site. For example, on Meta Stack Exchange I get this ...
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"comments must be at least 15 characters in length" when I am trying to post a question [duplicate]
I have been trying to post a question on Stack Overflow for the first time. My title and body meet the minimum character requirements, but when I try to post it, I get "Comments must be at least ...
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Can't post question on Stack Overflow - 'this looks like spam.' [duplicate]
I just signed up to Stack Overflow, trying to post my first question. What's wrong with it?
I've already removed redundant text in the post, but still Stack Overflow says This looks like spam.
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Add link to help center in the canned First question comments
When reviewing a user's first question, we can opt to leave a comment, and there is the option of picking 2 canned comments:
Please clarify your specific problem or provide additional details to ...
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Remove empty badges block in profile page
There's no need to show empty block named "Badges" for new users, like this one:
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Change the auto-generated VTC as Duplicate comment to help new users feel more welcome and understand how to better use SE
Sometimes questions get marked as a possible duplicate and they get closed before the OP has a chance to explain how their question is different from others that seem to be similar. Currently when the ...
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Bad UX for new user when told to move post to other SE 'site' but can only post 1 per 40 min [duplicate]
I'd like to recommend a code change in Stack Exchange to prevent a bad user experience that happened to me, a new user.
I posted a question on the Unix site, and was told it would be better in ...
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Why did this answer get three First Answer review queue items?
As can be seen in its timeline, a recent answer on Science Fiction & Fantasy ended up twice in the First Answers review queue: [1] and [2]. This normally only happens in case of review audits; as ...
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First question workflow - Does Stack Exchange need a 'question needs more detail' canned response?
When I look at the First Questions queue I often encounter questions that make perfect sense, so the 'question is unclear' response isn't really appropriate. What the question needs isn't clarity but ...
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First answer queue showed me an answer by a long-time user [duplicate]
My first answer queue today showed my this answer: How to use structured bindings to set array's values?
The answer history shows no edits. The answering user has been around since at least 2018 ...
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Do posts in the first answers and first questions queues age out?
Do review items in the First questions and First answers queues age out of the queues?
I tried finding this info in What are the guidelines for reviewing? but it doesn't say. Neither could I find the ...
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First-Review Queue: Always Show Question
I have started looking at the "first answers" review queue, and I find that I almost always need to see the question (and, often, other answers) in order to gain context. Other than link-...
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Notify new users of close votes, explain what that means, and recommend next steps
tl;dr:
New users aren't notified of close votes, and probably wouldn't know how to check for them
When a question is closed:
New users don't know what this means (it's valuable feedback!)
Limited ...
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Choosing the appropriate tags and the influence of this [closed]
Choosing the right tags is good from many point of views, but users (especially new) could be confused somehow.
A question can be debated, straight answered or both. For simplicity, it can be under ...
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What does "your feedback has been recorded" mean when casting a vote was declined because of low rep? [duplicate]
As I was trying to cast a vote with an SE account with <15 rep, I read:
Thanks for the feedback! You need at least 15 reputation to cast a vote, but your feedback has been recorded.
What does &...
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How do I add education and company logo to my profile? [closed]
I am a very new user (< 1 hour).
As I was filling out information on this site, I believe that I saw a section in profile about education and a place to insert a 60x60 pixel company logo in the ...
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Guidance for new users who are responding to comments [duplicate]
There is a pattern that I frequently see with new users: the user posts a question, someone leaves a comment requesting clarification, and the user posts the clarification in a comment. I anticipate ...
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When does the community user review first posts? [duplicate]
I was going through some posts in Ask Ubuntu and found a post which was reviewed by the community user.
https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/1121292
Does the community user review first posts once ...
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New Users and New Coders [duplicate]
Is there a specific area for new users that are new to coding where they can go and ask questions without being blocked for asking a question they may not have the answer to or isn't sure how to ...
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Could we have guidance on the closure question update notifications?
I recently had a question closed, then reopened and I was pleasantly surprised that I was given a notification of its closure and reopening.
As an experienced user, particularly on meta, I probably ...
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Introducing new user onboarding project
Following the Public Platform Q2 2021 roadmap, the team is kicking off the new user onboarding project and announcing our plans for the product-discovery phase.
New user onboarding – Purpose
We see ...
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What are the ways I can report questions that cover topics that potentially violate the CoC?
There was a recent question by a new user asking about various posts that they found offensive, or may be in contravention.
In the topics some of our sites discuss, there may be material that some may ...
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