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Questions that may not necessarily have a clear-cut right or wrong answer and are often subjective. If your question isn't a bug report, feature request, or request for support, it's probably a discussion.

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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 that cliff, …
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Update wording in subject of automated "100k reputation" email

I recently received an automated email from @juan.garza of the Community Management Team. Subject: Bicycles Stack Exchange — You're killing it. Now my immediate thought was "what have I done wrong?" …
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25 votes

Dramatic increase in New User accounts - why?

UPDATE: Not the answer This answer was written under the assumption that accounts were being created automatically when logged in with a Google account. The actual issue, as described in the linked bu …
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Is there anything wrong that a user prefers upvoting over accepting replies?

A suspension is a significant event, and comes after engagement to try and resolve whatever the underlying problems are. A mod would not suspend a user just for "not accepting the answers made by the …
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8 votes

Account suspension for excessive editing: What's an acceptable number of edits within a give...

Sometimes I write a question, and leave it in "draft" mode for days while I re-read it and tweak it. There have been times when I wrote a huge chunk of text that ends up being irrelevant or distractin …
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Suggestions for Winter Bash 2023

How about a hat for chat? SE Chat is very much under the radar and the only ways to get there are one link in the hamburger menu, or if someone says [chat] in a comment only, not a post. Some sit …
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Magic wand time - what does your community need?

I'd like to have the inverse of the existing Convert Answer to Comment function. Users post answers in comments for several reasons - they can't be voted down, or the answer is not fleshed out enough. …
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Accepted answer is low scoring - Would SE benefit from a "contentious" banner-alert?

With respect to Is it safe to cut off from the inside of my helmet? This question is a good example of SE working suboptimally. The accepted answer presently has a score of -1 with 4 up and 5 downv …
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Are moderators allowed to delete questions and answers without (giving) reasons?

Your other option for discussion is to try the IPS Chat site at https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/61165/the-awkward-silence Chat is a lot more free-form and less structured, so good for exploring …
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Time for some more swag!

I give you https://www.strava.com/clubs/181338/recent_activity which is the Bicycles.SE tracker for rides on Strava - shows right now that user: Kirill k102 Yesterday at 17:39 "Herrshaft - Les 12 v …
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