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Q: How can I see who is following me?

@Telkitty https://twitter.com/<username>/followers

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How can I see my followers on Stack Exchange websites?

user202362

@Quill this ^

12:37 AM

Thank you for your answer! I remember that someone was following me, but if you say so, I am likely wrong. — Always learning 6 hours ago

lol they literally ignored the answer

user315433

1:05 AM

It’s time to retire the term “rep-whore” by Jaydles on meta.stackexchange.com

user315433

I remember that "whore" on its own makes a comment auto-nukable, but not sure about rep-whore and repwhore variants.

user315433

Tested: "rep-whore(s)" works.

user202362

rep enthusiast

user202362

rofl

in The Nineteenth Byte on The Stack Exchange Network Chat, 1 min ago, by Dennis

The PC term is clearly rep prostitute.

user315433

1:28 AM

"whoring" doesn't qualify, though... oops.

now just bundle up your last three messages and post them as an answer

user202362

I know you are doing this out of good will, but I really think this world should be run by people who have a very realistic & accurate view

yes, and then those people should separated off into ministries

I can already imagine four useful ones that come to mind

user315433

"repwhore" without hyphen also works for auto-nuke.

user202362

Communism is very beautiful in theory, unfortunately it did not work

1:41 AM

I could imagine Telkitty leading us into a beautiful age of communism

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any CMs in here?

i have a question: does SE hire goats?

user315433

> Stack Overflow does not discriminate in employment matters on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected class. We support workplace diversity.

2 days ago, by Jon Ericson

Not sure how a unicorn operates a keyboard, however.

user315433

Are goats a protected class?

1:54 AM

I'd guess the same applies for goats?

@ᴡᴏʀᴅs protected abstract class Goat {}

@ᴡᴏʀᴅs i hope SO also does not discriminate against tpying skil

I feel like that's a great way to fail an interview

typing skill problem is because of hooves so that goes back to if goats are protected class

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user202362

2:07 AM

Jul 25 at 14:58, by Oded

@Telkitty if the seal can pass our interview process, the seal can get a job.

user202362

s/seal/goat/

user202362

also bear in mine, interviewer probably has one of these:

user202362

List of goat dishes

This is a list of goat dishes, which use goat meat as a primary ingredient. Goat meat is the meat of the domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus). It is often called chevon or mutton when the meat comes from adults, and cabrito, capretto, or kid when from young animals. Worldwide, goat meat is less widely consumed than pork, beef, and poultry. == Goat dishes == Birria Cabrito – roast goat kid Chakna Chivito Curry goat Dhansak Goat meat pepper soup Goat roti Hyderabadi biryani Isi ewu – a traditional Igbo dish that is made with a goat's head. Kaldereta Kokoretsi Mannish water Mute (soup...

mmmmmmm Goat soup

Jul 25 at 14:45, by Oded

@Telkitty we would hire a dumb overweight seal if they could do they job. Not because we don't have one.

dumb overweight seal -> dumb overweight goat

;__;

user202362

2:10 AM

would do a good job in the soup

in The Nineteenth Byte on The Stack Exchange Network Chat, Jul 9 at 18:12, by Downgoat

OH MY GOD WAT WHY WOULD YOU MAKE GOATS INTO A MEAL ;_;

2:32 AM

Wanking in drunk ...

Anyone eager for a bit of comedy?

Birria

Birria(Spanish: [ˈbirja]) is a Mexican dish from the state of Jalisco. The dish is a spicy stew, traditionally made from goat meat or mutton, but occasionally from beef or chicken. The dish is often served at celebratory occasions, such as weddings and baptisms, and holidays, such as Christmas and Easter. It is also reputed as a hangover remedy. Preparation techniques vary, but the dish is often served with corn tortillas, onion, and lime. Traditionally, the meat is marinated in adobo spices. == In Mexican culture == Restaurants or street carts that serve birria are known as birrierias and exist...

Now I'm hungry.

Only food works to attract people here? No one interested in intellectual entertainment?

user315433

Also drinks. It's the Tavern.

@tchrist Looks f***in' yummy though ...

@ᴡᴏʀᴅs Well I mentioned I'm drunk, should I share with all of you in 1st place? Let me go to the gas station, I'm gonna organize some more beer for all of us.

user202362

2:44 AM

52 mins ago, by Downgoat

i have a question: does SE hire goats?

user202362

here is your chance to win!

Uh... Yes. Come to my house for an interview. Bring adobo sauce.

user202362

@Downgoat

@Telkitty LOL

@Telkitty Määääh :P ...

user202362

sheep != goat :p

Q: Should we have Meta [Documentation] Topics covered in Documentation?

2:57 AM

Well, I'm going to propose the unwanted:

2

Just as asked in the title. My inspiration comes from that never ending flood of questions tagged documentation coming up here recently. Shouldn't we let docs eat all of their own dog food rather to cover all of these questions at Meta Stack Overflow? (Note I've been posting a related request v...

feature-request documentation meta documentation-topics

@Telkitty Määh

user202362

@πάνταῥεῖ I can totally imagine a wolf dressed up in sheep's attire >_<

user315433

This was already declined.

_"In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself. Albert Einstein
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins165194.html"_

user202362

@Telkitty Awwww cute!

@ᴡᴏʀᴅs Do I care actually??

user315433

3:04 AM

One reason to not do that is that on meta, things get argued over. Docs format can't really support that.

user315433

Not that meta format works well, but...

And of course I'm not a goat at any ways.

@ᴡᴏʀᴅs Wow, you got the point!! Where should I send the beer, gimme your physicall address pls.

^ All Satire! That's why I've asked before posting here.

user315433

satire

Noun: satire ‎(countable and uncountable, plural satires)

(uncountable) A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humour, irony and exaggeration are often used to aid this.
A stinging satire of American politics.‎
(countable) A satirical work.
satire c (singular definite satiren, plural indefinite satirer)
satire

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user315433

Hmm... probably #2

@ᴡᴏʀᴅs To add: Kurt Tucholsky said Can do anything

But well, some people feel entertained, depends a bit upon dumbness degree :P ...

3:12 AM

@Shog9 is your house far? Can't really drive being a goat and all :/

user315433

Meanwhile, Graphic Design are (possibly) Changing how we handle low-effort and tutorial-on-demand questions - removing the WHYT close reason.

@Downgoat Don't drive and goat! Call the p'lice

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@ᴡᴏʀᴅs That's been a long time in coming. IIRC, they had a fairly active user quit over it.

At least I'm not the only one to make that particular mistake. Even if I did provide a template for others to follow in doing so :-/

user315433

3:23 AM

I remember their top user quitting, but that seemed to be for a different reason.

Well, for everyone who's interested: This hits my point very well. Though besides making just fun I have my serious points (undercover, like an exhibitionist waiting for their chance)

Booh!!!

user315433

I dislike lazy questions, but I dislike repetitive, trivial questions even more... and in the environment of mass-closing the former, the latter end up with a fitness advantage.

user202362

@Downgoat where's your ranch located, I am sure he can come to you (and bring adobo sauce) if it's not too far

@ᴡᴏʀᴅs Wasn't really repetitive, but transformed to something else.

@Telkitty Gathering up for some Lamb barbecue? I'll slaughter a goat to contribute. Is that Okey?

user202362

you need a goat/sheep to start with

user202362

3:32 AM

and that goat seems to be running far, far away ...

@Telkitty Well, I'm usually not falling into that category, ya know ;)

Neither slaughtering goats is my daily businees

@Telkitty Cabrito!

I've got some kittens here in a jute bag, some advice what to do now?

Have their batteries run out?

Should I drown them, or feed some whiskers?

3:40 AM

I giggled: meta.stackoverflow.com/a/329919/2357233

@tchrist Natural beings don't run on batteries, but alcohol or such stuff ...

Bacchus gotcher tongue?

@πάνταῥεῖ Do...... do you want the kittens to live?

Please don't kill @bjb568 that's illegal

user202362

@tchrist counterfeit wolf

3:43 AM

@JamesENL I'm currently with Erwin Schrödinger a bit, but may be there's another way out.

user202362

@πάνταῥεῖ I am all suspicious on how you have obtained the bag in the first place ...

I like the Star Trek ping sound here, really amused.

@Telkitty They've being left to me from a goats stampede recently :)

user202362

I would suggest that you feed them so you can use them as heaters in winter

@Telkitty Bringing in kittens smoothes thingz on the interwebz, ya know :P

That reminds me of the cat in the Cat backpack thing. Poor cat

3:48 AM

@tchrist Cats like boxes, that's a thing I know for sure!

@Downgoat And where's teh kitten now actually?

@Downgoat That's a broad face actually :)

@Downgoat Could you try keeping on-topic please? You know what satire means actually? It's mean, but subtle and even worse than plain mean.

user315433

> Lesser men might think you're stuck in a mire of cognitive dissonance, doomed to a future of unhappiness. But not me. I have a solution for you: peach pie w/ vanilla ice cream. Try it. You'll feel better, I promise. meta.stackexchange.com/a/64544

Moral of the story: Kittens are seemingly much more popular than goats.

@ᴡᴏʀᴅs You still think I'm serious??

The Matrix - The Oracle: Have A Cookie

4:04 AM

►

@ᴡᴏʀᴅs But well, ice cream. I'd probably have a try. Should I pt it all in the bag, do kittens like ice-cream? Hop that doesn't nay harm.

@Quill Nope Oracle's cookies always had a bitter after-taste. I don't want to try one again right now.

user315433

@ShadowWizard The one by Travis J, because he's close to 20K.

user202362

4:28 AM

I am depressed (because stupid rules and incompetence of other people)

user202362

I can only try to improve myself

user202362

It's hard to change others

user202362

This life is doomed

→ 8 messages moved to Sandbox

Most incompetence is caused by trying too hard to improve others while neglecting yourself.

And of course, by "improve others" I mean "drink"

4:33 AM

Trying to figure out if those musings are meant to "improve others" or just musings...

@Shog9 Cheers!

@Emrakul I have a hunch that bringing awareness might actually trigger the Streisand effect which could actually increase its usage. It's not like everyone knows what the term is. It's mostly localized to long-time users. But if you try to massively publicize it (like in the title of a post)... well... — Mysticial 2 hours ago

Hmm, this is an interesting dilemma. On one hand, you increase awareness of why a term should be avoided. On the other hand, you increase awareness of the term -- and there's always those folks out there who will begin to use said term.

Former probably outweighs the latter though.

user315433

I sometimes feed a script by SEDE searches for auto-deletable comments...

user315433

It's well fed actually.

wait wait why is the logo no longer clickable to go to the homepage?

user315433

4:38 AM

? It is for me

Ugh, who wants to bet it's a Chrome bug...

user315433

I'm using Chrome. What page?

Hmm, maybe not. Works on SO but not on Meta.

(Meta Stack Exchange)

user202362

@Shog9 Have you ever rent out of a house and tenant is more than 2 weeks in arrear? Have you ever paid nearly $2000 for a certificate, and the people took a month extra time because they have stuffed up their own documents, only admit to their mistakes afterwards. Have you ever dealed with bureaucracy that tells you that if you lodge an application for a new electricity account, you HAVE to take the old one down and use a new meter

user202362

even though the old one is working and if you are not applying for a new account, you can still use the old one?

user315433

4:40 AM

status-no-repro

Weird. It's only mSE for me. I have no clue...

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How do you make the red tags?

[status-*]

user202362

Sometimes it's not me, it's you

4:41 AM

@Telkitty it's not starmie, it's staryu

user202362

I like pointers, it's not me, it's *you

user202362

with 3 ***

4:55 AM

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sd k

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sd 2k

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breaking pattern

@πάνταῥεῖ I realize now that I was veering off topic but there was no need to assume I was oblivious to the fact my goat-ness was being mocked.

6:50 AM

moderator tag featured is removed by community. I want to know what's the criteria (i.e time period etc.) for such removal by community?

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sd k

I'm going into docs chat. inhales and holds breath

sd k

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7:06 AM

@SmokeDetector tpu-

nicael

SPAM stackoverflow.com/questions/38652551/…

ROFL welcoming spammers to Stack Overflow, @Yvette :D

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user310756

7:34 AM

@nicael yeh they are canned responses! You see you can use one for spam, but I have a separate question and answer spam response and this way spammers can never say they were treated rudely!! :D

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sd 3k

@Yvette nuking spammers with a smile :D

user310756

8:05 AM

;)

@Bart have you any idea about chat.meta.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/5138135#5138135?

8:43 AM

@Pandya I think it's a week?

Hmm, can't find a confirmation

Any idea @JNat? Featured tags are automatically removed by Community after ...?

JNat

two weeks, IIRC

Ok

9:11 AM

@JNat can you provide any meta post link?

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JNat

@Pandya Not off the top of my head, no

@JNat I searched but didn't find any related post. Should I ask such question on MSE?

featured-tag

JNat

9:18 AM

@Pandya Sure. If it's already been asked and it's that hard to find, having a duplicate pointing to it won't hurt anyway.

Alternatively, it really isn't out there, so asking is still the way to go

@Quill yes, have you find already exist any one?

I went through all the questions in the tag and it doesn't look like there is one, you should ask it

ProgramFOX

@Pandya 30 days: meta.stackexchange.com/a/187552/229438

> This strikes me as a peculiar request, since the functionality already exists: after 30 days, the featured tag is automatically removed from the question by the system

@ProgramFOX thanks; now should I gat round asking question or is it worth to ask?

ProgramFOX

Hmm.. I would say that it's actually worth asking because there does not immediately appear to be a question that answers it so it's hard to find for someone who needs the answer.

Q: When is the featured tag automatically removed by community user?

9:26 AM

@JNat @Quill @ProgramFOX OK

Done:

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I've found that meta (moderator only) tag featured is removed by Community ♦. So, I want to know when and why is the tag featured removed by community? Is there any mechanism for this removal or simply specified time period after which the featured is automatically removed by community user?

discussion support

Welcome for any improvements (if needed).

9:49 AM

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@Yvette arguing with spammers is pointless. Flag and move on.

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user310756

@Bart true

11:02 AM

So... wondering. About the ongoing meta discussion about the "rep-farmer" calling. We are dropping the offensive name, that's good. But... what we do about the behavior?

11:29 AM

@Derpy nothing. Because you can't stop it. You close what needs to be closed, delete what needs to be deleted, and you move on.

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It only took 5 years to catch a spelling bug... ;-; meta.stackexchange.com/questions/281797/…

Gotta catch em all

@Bart so, we act against the name calling, but do nothing to correct the actions before they happen. Data accepted.

Well, what would you suggest we do? Other than doing the one thing we can do to prevent them from rep-whoring?

11:41 AM

@Derpy before the post -> shake your head and sigh apathetically. after the post -> handle it like normal rude/abusive behaviour dictates

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@Bart maybe trying to educate them? I understand that we don't want to use rude words to point at anybody... but I am wondering if not pointing at all is really the right thing. This "focus on the action, not on the user" thing seems a little too much. What I am asking to myself is if in the end it is actually good to not call the user misbehaving out on his action.

You could always try leaving a polite comment. But I would not make commenting a general recommendation, because that won't end well.

The whole post is about defending users from getting called out with some pretty rude words. But in doing so, it also feels like the initial assumption is biased too into thinking that there is always envy "he is going to have more rep than me" involved.

> Caring about getting lots of rep is a little like caring about getting lots of money - it seems to be a problem that is only diagnosed as afflicting other people.

This specifically bug me off a little.

The whole point in the "rep farm" problem, at least as far as I have seen it until now isn't that an user is giving too much importance to some "fake internet points (that happens to control what you can do on a fake internet site where you spend a lot of your time)", but that often users avoid the interest of the community for their own just for pursuing reps.

OT posts are meant to be closed, not answered.

Dupes are meant to be marked as such, not answered with a copy of the content you took from the original question

I fully agree. I do however not think the question we need to answer is "how do we handle rep-aficionados?" but rather "how do we close more efficiently?". Close stuff, delete stuff, and there won't be anything to answer.

Call me a pessimist, but I don't think we'll ever achieve the former.

11:53 AM

@Bart the problem is that once again the discussion is based on what is the perception of the problem on SO.

I don't follow?

I mean that it is reasonable to think that SO can react fast with its numbers.

It is pretty unreasonable to think that a site like SharePoint should just react, because there are so few active users that it will take days.

Ah, SO-centric view of problems that also exist on other networks you mean.

Exactly. My point was that often people bases their consideration on the numbers SO have, forgetting that many of the minor sites in the network can't hope to do that.

True, but still, in a network that's essentially "I've got some shiny shiny for you if you give me content", it's going to be hard to get enough of them turned around to not be bothered by it any more. So my approach would still be to find easier/faster ways to close content. Even if that means tailored solutions for smaller sites within the network.

I don't know, 3 out of 5 close votes and you need at least X amount of rep to answer.

Or maybe simply 3 votes to close instead of 5

Or if it has 3 duplicate votes, send the answerer to the duplicate as soon as he hits the answer button with a big "Hey, we saw you tried to answer this, but your answer may already exist here and if not, add it here".

Plenty of problems with all those suggestions, but that would be my approach.

Then again, I don't really participate outside of SO, and even on SO I don't participate much atm, so none of it may make any sense.

yes, I am procrastinating atm

12:02 PM

@Bart I agree on this point. What I don't get is why there is this focus on "call actions, not users" every time we get to an user behavior problem.

I can see this is very convenient from a moderation point of view: the less you call out names, the less flame wars you will have....

Because by and large we're twats. And telling any large userbase anything remotely approaching "if you see a problem with a user, call him out on it" is never going to end well.

Take accept rate for example (you we're around at that time?). It was an instant mark to many of "this user is doing something wrong, let me make sure he knows how wrong he is".

I... guess this must be what I wanted to hear.

Any many of the bad examples weren't even cases of users being intentionally rude. Most of them had the best intentions for everyone. But get even the nicest of formulations slightly wrong, and you have left a mark on the user and a stain on the site.

@Bart I saw that. And I also see that we still are there with the "please accept the answers" comments and people ignoring those.

Nothing is ever perfect. Nothing ever will be. But a focus on content over users tends to (in my limited experience) prevent sh*tstorms from happening.

12:11 PM

The office cat.

Portal

That's you.

:D

@Bart If a tree falls in the forest and no one acknowledge it, will someone talk about the noise?

A: It’s time to retire the term “rep-whore”

1

It's time... ...it's time to keep the promise made three months ago: we'll start looking at increasing the number of close votes based on rep You seem to be blaming users of unnecessary rudeness and trying to cut their ways to express it. That may be true and right, but if you think of...

Portal

Star-whore...

12:24 PM

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Portal

sd ignore-

(there's disclosure)

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@Portal guilty as charged

12:41 PM

@Bart ?

@Derpy Just noticed the new answer suggesting essentially what I was saying

And now I notice my comment got deleted?

@Bart Maybe you mentioned the Illuminati? Or the fight club?

None of that. I mentioned I agreed with the answer, but that smaller sites might also need their own approach/settings.

... I wonder if I mentioned the word in the title of the post and it got auto-nuked after a flag?

@Bart and I noticed too that the linked question from that answer has a reply with 300+ votes that contains this...

> A mandatory voting dropdown menu should be required for ALL DOWNVOTING. This should not affect overall rep points, but if people simply cannot be bothered to say why a question/answer is bad, offenders will NEVER get better. The menu should be simple; again, it would just be helpful to know "too long", "already asked", "too general", "too short", "not clear", "bad grammar", "other" …anything is better than nothing.

Say @bluefeet ... sorry to ping you, but could you tell me if/why my comment below this answer was removed? Did I do something stupid?

12:54 PM

I just noticed it. I'm reposting.

@Bart You're a bad person and you should feel bad. Who cares what that comment said, it's all about those glasses.

That whole thread is retarded, and I'm using that word intentionally.

^ flag the cat. FLAG HIM!

... well, y'know... I can kick now. Just sayin'.

(that's a hint: please don't go down the not-constructive road @bjb568)

@Bart when comments become heated it is common to see them all nuked at once. I assume there were more comments there, not just yours?

12:57 PM

I think I was the only one who commented ... but maybe.

the real question is: what thread is the cat meowing about?

What did you say in the comment? @Bart?

Probably threads in his favourite ball of yarn @Derpy

The idea that erasing a word from the community's allowed vocabulary would make discussions somehow more productive and "nicer" is completely absurd. Using labels to identify and categorize users who we can't treat cordially, who have demonstrated they are on the site for the wrong reason, and form the antithesis of a content-, rather than people-based repository of knowledge allows us to effectively talk about these problem users and find solutions to the problems related to their existence. Marking problems as problems isn't offensive, it's honest and it's above all productive. — bjb568 23 mins ago

@ShadowWizard I reposted it.

12:58 PM

That whole comment boils down to "someone is rude, I can be rude too". Yeah... no.

@bjb568 you reposted @Bart's comment?

@hichris123 Curt isn't rude. Curt is constructive, rude isn't.