STOP

Shog9

Feb 18, 2014 02:29

@jmac Moderation is more work for less gain on a very small site. Full stop.

The Wobbuffet

HAMMERTIME!

jmac

@Shog9 Correct. And community moderators volunteer their time in the hopes that the site will grow, that burden will decrease, and the quality of the content will increase with scale.

We're like home owners putting in sweat equity to increase the value of our homes. We know it sucks, but we care enough about the result to be willing to do it.

Shog9

@jmac right. The worst thing for a site is to stay "medium sized" for a long period of time. That's when folks start burning out.

jmac

And I think the added burden of the hot questions causing peaks adds to the risk of burnout.

Since it doesn't actually bring in added contributors over the long haul.

The Wobbuffet

Someone hacked my account!

I never sent that! I'm a Vanilla Ice fan, TO THE DEATH!

Shog9

Feb 18, 2014 02:32

@jmac how do you know?

The Wobbuffet

WTF, who's doing this?

Stop!

HAMMERTIME!

Stop it! Seriously

Shog9

stop

The Wobbuffet

HAMMERTIME!

I swear I'm not doing that

Shog9

this could be fun for a while.

But it'll get annoying fast if you don't stop.

The Wobbuffet

HAMMERTIME!

Shog9

Feb 18, 2014 02:33

still fun

jmac

@Shog9 How do I know which? That it doesn't add contributors?

See the bottom of this answer.

Doorknob

yeah, this is strange. btw, did you know that the opposite of "go" is stop

The Wobbuffet

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Dukeling

Random question - I got 3 separate instances of "User was removed" on my profile today, is that weird?

jmac

I mean, that's all I can see, but it certainly doesn't seem to contribute much on TWP from the major peaks I looked at.

The Wobbuffet

Feb 18, 2014 02:34

0

Q: What is going on here in the chat?

My account keeps doing random stuff on the chat... what is going on?

Shog9

@jmac long question & i'm peeling apples can you summarize it?

jmac

@Dukeling I got two yesterday. Maybe they just ran a script?

Doorknob

@TheWobbuffet hopefully soon it will stop

The Wobbuffet

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jmac

users by rep and activity whose first post was on those hot questions.

Dukeling

Feb 18, 2014 02:35

@jmac Oh, yesterday, right, me too

jmac

Conclusion: not many people who came via those questions really did much else.

Shog9

@jmac how many?

The Wobbuffet

Whoever is doing that, I'll punch you so hard you'll land 120 miles away

Doorknob

okay @TheWobbuffet, that's really funny. Now you can stop.

The Wobbuffet

HAMMERTIME!

jmac

Feb 18, 2014 02:36

Out of the 24 that came, only 2 have topped 500 rep and are active.

The Wobbuffet

@Doorknob I'm not doing it!

Shog9

@jmac so, over 8%

random

It's raining

Shog9

that's not as bad as it sounds

Doorknob

@random Hmm, I guess soon the rain will stop

The Wobbuffet

Feb 18, 2014 02:36

HAMMERTIME!

jmac

@Shog9 But it pales in comparison to the additional 12 members we'd need to handle the additional volume from the flood of traffic.

random

Are we going to say a script someone forgot they installed?

Shog9

No. We're just going to say stop.

The Wobbuffet

HAMMERTIME!

STOP!

Doorknob

@random No, of course not... but I think soon it will stop

The Wobbuffet

Feb 18, 2014 02:38

HAMMERTIME!

Shog9

still not old.

The Wobbuffet

I'm changing my password.

Yelling won't help anything

jmac

So basically, if we had a 50% conversion rate, it'd be good growth. We'd be making a net gain on the hot questions without increasing the burden or risk of burnout.

Doorknob

Don't bother; soon the hacker will get bored and stop

The Wobbuffet

HAMMERTIME!

jmac

Feb 18, 2014 02:38

At 8% we are dramatically underperforming in comparison to the added burden.

Furthermore, the 500 cutoff is great for a beta site, but is not very meaningful in comparison to the 3,000 required for when we get out of beta.

The Wobbuffet

Password changed.

Doorknob

okay, now it's bound to stop

The Wobbuffet

HAMMERTIME!

jmac

HAMMERTIME!

I called it.

hichris123

What just happened????

Shog9

Feb 18, 2014 02:40

@jmac so... what then? Hide the site until you graduate?

hit Server Fault levels of traffic?

Doorknob

@hichris123 TheWobbuffet is saying weird things and he won't stop

The Wobbuffet

HAMMERTIME!

jmac

@Shog9 Nope! Make the hot questions list conducive to attracting contributors, not eyes.

random

No love for Diana Ross

Shog9

@jmac You think you can beat 8%?

Dukeling

Feb 18, 2014 02:40

@TheWobbuffet Try logging out (it logs out all instances anywhere)

random

Try asking the script to stop

The Wobbuffet

HAMMERTIME!

jmac

@Shog9 Yes. I do.

The Wobbuffet

Why is my question getting downvotes?

Shog9

@jmac without effectively just hiding the site?

random

Feb 18, 2014 02:41

You just need to ask the downvoters to stop

Shog9

(Presumably 8% of nothing is pretty easy to beat)

Dukeling

@TheWobbuffet Because some people think you're probably just messing around

Doorknob

@TheWobbuffet don't worry; I'm sure soon they'll stop

jmac

@Shog9 As I said in my answer to that question, I would like the hot questions list to be customizable by the communities it is showing. So rather than showing questions that appeal to the lowest common denominator, we can show tough questions we would like answers to, or questions that we think will bring well thought-out answers instead.

hichris123

@TheWobbuffet Why doesn't it stop

random

Feb 18, 2014 02:42

HEIMLICH TIME!

The Wobbuffet

Okay I logged out

It shouldn't happen anymore

Is it happening to @random now?

Shog9

@jmac pick one from the front page of TWP right now

jmac

@Shog9 Rather than appealing to people looking for a few minutes of entertainment, or to use TWP as a place to share their opinion on something, we could create something that allows us to appeal to the type of users we think would be positive contributors in the future

Doorknob

did it stop?

hichris123

So it should stop

The Wobbuffet

Feb 18, 2014 02:43

HAMMERTIME!

Shog9

yesss

Doorknob

@TheWobbuffet you really need to make it stop

somehow

The Wobbuffet

It's stopped

I logged out and changed pass

Doorknob

yay so it did stop

The Wobbuffet

HAMMERTIME!

hichris123

Feb 18, 2014 02:44

But it didn't stop

Doorknob

nvm

The Wobbuffet

Damn...

How is this happening?

random

What is what happening?

Doorknob

@random Someone hacked his account and won't stop

The Wobbuffet

HAMMERTIME!

random

Feb 18, 2014 02:45

What is there to stop?

Doorknob

saying "HAMMERTIME"

The Wobbuffet

HAMMERTIME!

jmac

@Shog9 Yeah. Okay. I see your point at the moment. The front page is filled with...less than spectacular questions at the moment...

random

This never happens in Netscape

jmac

@Shog9 I would pick this question:

4

Q: How to motivate team when everyone is paranoid about lay offs?

More than half of my team has been made redundant already, as have several other teams throughout the company. This is not due to financial reasons (we are very successful!) but there are some rumours that the company might be sold or something like that. I am a junior manager and yet never hear...

management human-resources motivation layoff

Doorknob

Feb 18, 2014 02:46

the hacker should be bored by now; I have no idea why he didn't stop

hichris123

Can it please stop?

The Wobbuffet

HAMMERTIME!

I swear, everyone's saying it's an AI doing it. Is an AI smart enough to edit comments and make them make sense?

random

This only happens when you don't stop

The Wobbuffet

HAMMERTIME!

Shog9

How to motivate a team when everyone is paranoid about layoffs?

4

hichris123

Feb 18, 2014 02:48

That is annoying.

Doorknob

wow; this AI technology keeps going! it won't stop!

The Wobbuffet

HAMMERTIME!

random

It's not making any edits

Seth

@TheWobbuffet i.imgur.com/utsNxpF.png

The Wobbuffet

I swear to god, no keylogger and no userscript!

user102937

Feb 18, 2014 02:48

I guess nobody's figured out that using the word st*p triggers the thing.

jmac

@Shog9 Now you're pulling a gnat!

Seth

@RobertHarvey STOP

The Wobbuffet

HAMMERTIME!

jmac

@TheWobbuffet stop it.

Seth

giving secrets away.

The Wobbuffet

Feb 18, 2014 02:48

Interesting

user102937

See?

Doorknob

@RobertHarvey What? No, that's not what happens. It's just that the hacker won't stop

The Wobbuffet

HAMMERTIME!

Seth

well, okay, it isn't a secret.

Doorknob

soon the hacker will get bored and stop

and it will be over

user202362

Feb 18, 2014 02:49

Stackoverflow - a site on which everyone acts younger (sometimes much younger) than their real age

user102937

Can I be the first to say .... booooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggg

hichris123

@RobertHarvey What do you expect? Hidden keyloggers?

Doorknob

ya, or some kind of hacker that doesn't stop

The Wobbuffet

HAMMERTIME!

jmac

This is like the cookie monster virus. Only more amusing. Sort of.

user102937

Feb 18, 2014 02:50

infantile, childish... I can think of a few more choice adjectives.

The Wobbuffet

Stop triggers it

random

So you're saying it's triggered by stop

The Wobbuffet

HAMMERTIME!

Shog9

I, for one, think things should stop when you say stop.

Seth

@TheWobbuffet Show us a screenshot like this: i.imgur.com/1VlvbW4.png from the tavern page

Did it stop?

Doorknob

Feb 18, 2014 02:50

yes, then all this would have stopped. a long time ago, it would stop.

The Wobbuffet

I need to figure out how to stop this quick, because I have to go to bed soon

HAMMERTIME!

random

If you're not logged in, there's nothing to stop

3

The Wobbuffet

HAMMERTIME!

jmac

STOP

See, why doesn't it work for me?

hichris123

@jmac It doesn't stop for you

The Wobbuffet

Feb 18, 2014 02:52

HAMMERTIME!

Doorknob

@jmac for you, the hacker will just stop

random

The telegram service would be raking in the extra coin

Seth

!!/help

The Wobbuffet

@Seth Information on interacting with me can be found at this page

Seth

Aha!

!!/hangman

The Wobbuffet

Feb 18, 2014 02:52

Refreshed page, Zirak's bot was running

Seth

See.

The Wobbuffet

See if it still happens

hichris123

!!/help

jmac

stop?

Doorknob

no, that should have made it stop

The Wobbuffet

Feb 18, 2014 02:53

Oh, good

random

HIMMLERTIME!

The Wobbuffet

Deleting question

Seth

So.. how was this userscript running?

Doorknob

did it stop

oh, ok it did

hichris123

@Seth Auto-running I think.

jmac

Feb 18, 2014 02:53

That was an awesomely classy little interlude.

The Wobbuffet

Why would Zirak make his bot do that?

Seth

Yeah xD

The Wobbuffet

Is he mad?

user202362

Doorknob

HAHAHAHAHA I was supressing my laughter the whole time... :D :D :D

well that was fun

hichris123

Feb 18, 2014 02:54

@Shog9 Are you saying SE is going to lay off people? :P

The Wobbuffet

Seriously, Zirak is mad!

Doorknob

I am bookmarking this for posterity :P

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