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Did I really just get auto-booted from chat for an hour for 'fart'?

The primary problem is that other users from other rooms have absolutely zero context for what's happening. So when you log in to chat and you find "fart" and "boob" with four flags each from another …
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How many chat flags are required to remove a message/ban a user?

In this question, Moderation controls for Public Chat Rooms, balpha says that moderation flags can automatically ban a user and remove a message. I'd like to know exactly how many flags are required, …
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Can't edit old post

I've got a question called subset sum problem, which is the proper name of the problem. Now I want to edit the question and I can't edit it, because the system will reject the title for having "proble …
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Help! There are a hundred of me — Puppy Overflow [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Discourage people from using non-unique usernames We're all Rebecca Chernoff \o/ The other Loungers decided to have a bit of fun whilst I was afking, and a truckload o …
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Should Impossible Questions be Closed?

I disagree. Just because the OP wants to do something that is impossible doesn't mean that it can't lead to producing useful information for him, or indeed, solving his problem in another way.
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No answers deserve bounty [duplicate]

I posted a question a few days ago which I assigned a bounty to. One of the answerers didn't seem to have basically any idea what he was talking about and the other misread the question, so neither of …
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Can't log in using Firefox in Stack Overflow

To be more specific, you only have to clear the cookies from SO- nothing else. You will have to clear separately for MSO (and presumably other sites like Programmers) which seem to store theirs separa …
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What powers do chat room owners have?

Most notably, they can move messages from the room into other rooms they have access to. Specifically, in this case, the target room is usually the Bin, effectively removing the message. The only othe …
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Was the Feeds guy sick in bed?

Feeds was on the ball with another answer that got posted to that question- took him only 14 minutes to post it.
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This post does not meet our quality standards, with no reason why [duplicate]

I'm getting the above error, but this makes absolutely no sense to me. Considering my large site experience, I'm pretty sure that I can at least grasp the basics. You could mention what is wrong wit …
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My post does not meet your quality standards. Can you tell me why?

It is the most immensely irritating crap ever. Nobody would use a compiler that just said "Error!" whenever anything went wrong. I certainly lost my inclination to post questions here. An automatic fi …
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What to do when the asker disagrees with your retagging of his question?

I am referring to this question. The OP's problem has absolutely nothing to do with C or C++ whatsoever, and is purely down to the operating system he is using. However, after I explained this, the O …
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