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Could we please be a bit nicer to new users?

There is a distinct decline in the level of civility on all the sites here. Some of this is due to new users coming in and posting spam and other nonsense, but the off-topic and downvote buttons are …
528 votes
29 answers
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The NEW new "Be Nice" Policy ("Code of Conduct") — Updated with your feedback [duplicate]

We incorporated a lot of your suggestions, and this is going live (as https://meta.stackexchange.com/help/be-nice). … Final version: Be Nice. Whether you've come to ask questions, or to generously share what you know, remember that we’re all here to learn, together. …
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2576 votes
45 answers
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Firing mods and forced relicensing: is Stack Exchange still interested in cooperating with t...

It would be nice if those just were examples of ill judgement, but the disturbing alternative is that SE has given up on cooperating with the community. …
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860 votes
21 answers
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Can we have the ability to retract a close vote before it closes?

It would be nice if you could. …
cletus's user avatar
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888 votes
21 answers
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Allow an edit to notify downvoters: "I think I've fixed the issue now - please check"

It would be nice to have some way of indicating in an edit that you (the editor/answerer) believe the reason for the downvote has now been resolved, so that the downvoters could come and undo their downvotes …
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191 votes
27 answers
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A "friends list" on Stack Overflow would be nice

I think it would be nice to have a "friends list" on Stack Overflow. This would allow us to be able to follow the questions and answers that are posted by users that we want to watch/monitor. …
Chris Pietschmann's user avatar
366 votes
37 answers
15k views

Proposed new code of conduct for all Stack Exchange sites

It focused on what will happen if you violate the rules, but without being exceptionally clear on what "be nice" actually means. … The finalized guidance lives on its own help page, available on every site for easy linking (at /help/be-nice). …
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71 votes
15 answers
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Why are Stack Overflow people nice? [closed]

People on Stack Overflow are always ready to help someone solve their problem, and I think I owe many thanks to all of those nice people. …
116 votes
16 answers
7k views

Why is SE giving so much attention to the "be nice"-policy?

Not forgetting the "be nice" -policy, I ask them to stop, politely. He just laughs at me. A passer-by comments on how nice the sprayed on piece of art looks. They high-five. … He then reminds me of the strict "be nice to other patrons" -policy the museum has. …
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63 votes
5 answers
3k views

Does the Be Nice policy require SE users to "be nice" to people who are not SE users (e.g. p...

I've seen users remark that it is not a violation of the Be Nice policy to insult people who are not SE users -- i.e. that users are only required to "be nice" to other SE users. … Does the Be Nice policy apply only when referring to other SE users? …
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53 votes
8 answers
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Are Stack Overflow people *still* nice?

The title is a reference to Why are Stack Overflow people nice?. … Nothing flag-worthy here, but not a "nice" as things once were. …
dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten's user avatar
394 votes
11 answers
18k views

If you're gonna talk Politics, you must respect those who disagree

This is sort of a follow-up to two past discussions: Toward a philosophy of Chat Does the Be Nice policy require SE users to "be nice" to people who are not SE users (e.g. public figures)? … Being nice to everyone, especially the folks you don't know Ultimately, this all boils down to something that's come up repeatedly in past discussions of chat: respect. …
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775 votes
41 answers
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New Feature: Table Support

same amount of cells, and you can't have spaces between separators (- characters) (that's the |---|---| line) The amount of space and - characters in a cell don't have to line up (but it sure looks nice
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49 votes
1 answer
639 views

So nice, we said it twice: "User is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Co...

Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct. Sadly, the limit is two, no matter how many further comments you leave. Refreshing the page removes the second notice until you add another comment. …
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208 votes
6 answers
6k views

Show Total Votes (or Up/Down Votes)

When viewing any question, it would be nice to see the total number of votes as a little tagline underneath the total vote score. … It would be nice to see the difference between: +0 (0 votes) <-- of little interest (0 up, 0 down) versus +0 (214 votes) <-- controversy (107 up, 107 down) You could show the individual …
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