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Thank you, Shog9
No... Thank you.
My head's still spinning; nothing lasts forever, but... Sometimes we fool ourselves thinking it might. But one thing I know: I'm deeply, sincerely touched by this thread.
I've always …
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What is the XY problem?
What is it?
The XY problem is asking about your attempted solution rather than your actual problem.
That is, you are trying to solve problem X, and you think solution Y would work, but instead of aski …
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An apology to our community, and next steps
Before "apologizing", you need to come clean: did you lie?
(Edit: Post has been deleted. See web archive link here.)
Earlier, you (Stack Exchange) wrote:
We removed a moderator for repeatedly violati …
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Update: an agreement with Monica Cellio
Maybe a harsh critique but I believe a fair and honest one.
Your post sounds as though your lawyers drafted this for you. The humanity has been sucked out of it, canned lawyer speak is what remains. …
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Feedback post: Moderator review and reinstatement processes
I know that my answer will overlap others, but enough people are waiting for me to comment on this process with an eye toward my case in particular that I'm going to post anyway.
The new removal proc …
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An apology to our community, and next steps
I was optimistic when you made this post; this was a much more positive message than the "apology and update" that preceded it. The test of your will to address these problems would have come in the …
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Why is Stack Overflow trying to start audio?
The ad is attempting to use the Audio API as one of literally hundreds of pieces of data it is collecting about your browser in an attempt to "fingerprint" it, to uniquely identify you across sites de …
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Six simple tips to get Stack Overflow reputation fast
I don't know about you but here's my strategy.
Post high quality answers. This should be numbered 1 2 and 3. But a good answer will more often than not trump a fast answer. Though there are cases wh …
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How does accepting an answer work?
What does it mean to accept an answer?
The system allows you to mark an answer as "accepted", in order to indicate which answer solved your problem or most thoroughly answered your question in the end …
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Should 'Hi', 'thanks', taglines, and salutations be removed from posts?
I've always been against the greetings and salutations (along with other extraneous clutter) in questions for a number of reasons:
It will leave even less room in the question preview so that we hav …