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Journeyman Geek

00:41

cv-plz meta.stackexchange.com/questions/311666/…

also meta.stackexchange.com/questions/311665/…

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

01:29

chaos-emerald-pls both targets in my comment: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/311668/… (@Shadow @rene)

bjb568

I'm gonna claim credit for influencing the SO ask page improvements with my DD implementation on every interview from now on.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

dd command? Disk drive?

bjb568

DevDoodle.

Journeyman Geek

01:54

disk destroyer!

Somewhat Memorable Name

02:14

DeeDee

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

0

Q: What should we do with the Organizer badge?

The Organizer badge, awarded for editing the tags of a question, was originally introduced in response to an old, now-removed privilege that allowed 500+ rep users to "retag" questions. This was during a time without suggested edits, and later on when suggested edits were introduced, such users c...

discussion badges edit-badges

Somewhat Memorable Name

@πάνταῥεῖ if I'm not mistaken.... happy birthday :)

(belated?)

user393523

hi

user393523

first time in chat

user393523

anyone here?

user393523

02:26

hi rob

user393523

@Rob

Rob

Hi

user393523

are you new?

user393523

finally got 25 rep. able to chat now

user393523

oh you arent.

user393523

02:32

i see your profile

user393523

well im with @SonictheInclusiveHedgehog on this post:
https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/311669/change-description-of-organizer-badge-to-be-more-descriptive
https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/311672/what-should-we-do-with-the-organizer-badge

user393523

i influenced the question and am a constant commentor and upvoter!

Journeyman Geek

wait

ah I was scrolled up

and people were not talking about mangos

which would have been odd

user393523

mangos?

Somewhat Memorable Name

and I thought advocaat was avocado...

user393523

02:40

wow

Journeyman Geek

hardly

user393523

bye bye for now.

user393523

just rember

Journeyman Geek

@SomewhatMemorableName not really

user393523

well im with @SonictheInclusiveHedgehog on these posts:
https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/311669/change-description-of-organizer-badge-to-be-more-descriptive
https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/311672/what-should-we-do-with-the-organizer-badge
i influenced the question and am a constant commentor and upvoter!

user393523

02:42

and bye bye

Journeyman Geek

@itstoobadilostmymainaccount you said that already

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@JourneymanGeek It seems their browser showed the messages as not sent, when in fact they were.

Somewhat Memorable Name

03:23

weird, afaik, we need more downvoters, not constant upvoters

Journeyman Geek

03:35

bleh

We need people voting appropriately

and commenting appropriately

Catija

{for some unknown definition of "appropriately"}

Journeyman Geek

Quality >>>>>> Quantity

@Catija true

But its better than "we need to DV/UV more"

Feeds

04:03

With just one extra line, he could have anticipated the 2003 film The Core, but some things are too audacious for even the greatest visionaries.

Cilan

04:20

@ShadowWizard if you have to say it's not boring it's boring

Journeyman Geek

04:48

meta.stackexchange.com/users/394235/user394235 Both this user's questions need one final delvote

SmokeDetector

05:33

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Pattern-matching website in answer: streaming parts of an mkv container with mkvextract by Angel Waugh on superuser.com

SmokeDetector

05:48

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body: Are you Ready to Join Autumn Season with 6% off Deadman Autumn Seasonal gold? by mary sila on gaming.SE

Shadow Wizard

06:40

@Cilan well, you're easily bored! ;)

Somewhat Memorable Name

I'm board

Gaurang Tandon

Hey! Anyone knows what local.mso.com was? I found it in an old (2012) userscript written by balpha

Somewhat Memorable Name

@GaurangTandon perhaps equivalent to meta.dev.stackoverflow.com

Gaurang Tandon

@SomewhatMemorableName oh cool, didn't know that existed. Thanks!

Shadow Wizard

@SonictheInclusiveHedgehog @Glor already did, but the second is not related, OP knows how to retag, just wondered if it will give a badge on own posts.

@GaurangTandon yeah it's a well kept secret! :D

@SomewhatMemorableName better than boared! ;)

Journeyman Geek

06:56

he looks more surprised....

Shadow Wizard

sure he is, boar didn't expect someone to get boared..... :D

Journeyman Geek

boared is gored man.

Somewhat Memorable Name

GBoared

> An Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State in the Numan and Guyuk LGAs, and in Kaduna State northeast of Kaduna town.

wut???

Shadow Wizard

sounds reasonable.

1 hour later…

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

08:07

delv-pls 2k+ meta.stackexchange.com/review/low-quality-posts/58386

Journeyman Geek

well technically its a possible answer

Shadow Wizard

08:57

@SonictheInclusiveHedgehog no, it's valid answer.

Ideally the original answer can be edited with new links, but it's not a must.

Shadow Wizard

09:16

@JNat cross site spammer.... thanks!

JNat

@ShadowWizard all gone ;)

Shadow Wizard

@JNat cheers!

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

09:44

@ShadowWizard It was the case when I initially voted, but the author edited it out.

rene

delv-pls 20K ubuntu meta.stackexchange.com/questions/311639/…

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported question: How much joyful to choose a best place for your vacation? by kaividart on mathoverflow.net

Shadow Wizard

10:07

@SonictheInclusiveHedgehog oh, missed that.

@rene pizza!

@Arrrstin imagine you want to buy a pizza in a foreign country. You arrive to a shop that does not sell pizza, but something else. People in that shop tells you that you are in the wrong place. Those are the downvoters here. No harm is meant. 15 is extreme, but result of the question not being deleted for many hours, e.g. like you'll stay in that wrong shop for long time, so more and more people will tell you it's the wrong place. — Shadow Wizard 1 min ago

Hopefully it will send somewhat clear message...

Somewhat Memorable Name

huh? tea.mathoverflow.net

Shadow Wizard

huh

0

Q: Ignore this question

This question is a hacky way to create some tags for you to use. Move along.

ag.algebraic-geometry at.algebraic-topology ca.classical-analysis-and-odes ct.category-theory co.combinatorics

lol

boo coffee.mathoverflow.net is dead. :(

Suraj Rao

looks like the parent company url lussumo.com redirects to safechoicesecurity.com .

Shadow Wizard

@SomewhatMemorableName think it's the meta site before migration into SE

6

A: Should "Theoretical CS" and "Algorithms & Data Structures" proposals be merged?

You might be interested in reading the thread on meta.mathoverflow.net about inviting in the TCS community. http://tea.mathoverflow.net/discussion/498/bringing-theorycs-over-to-mathoverflow/

Gaurang Tandon

10:24

Hey! I regularly check suspected SE answers for plagiarism, however, I used to do it the lame way (paste into google, put double quotes, rinse repeat for different sentences). Today I googled "plagiarism checker online" and there's dozens of such software all willing to do this for free! I wish to ask which software's the best (in terms of effectiveness). Which SE site do I ask this on? Or is there an existing userscript that pro users use to achieve this functionality?

or, I should say it in other words, how do pro-users of existing SE sites currently check answers for plagiarism of content (from other online websites)?

Somewhat Memorable Name

Err... Software Recommendations?

I do it manually with Google though

Gaurang Tandon

Huh, I thought it was Open Source Recs

rene

@ShadowWizard not very welcoming ...

Somewhat Memorable Name

@SomewhatMemorableName not very welcoming ...

SmokeDetector

10:44

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer: How do I protect a canvas photo print after the fact? by Harry_james on photo.SE

Somewhat Memorable Name

@NormalHuman that was posted before the spam link was inserted :) — Glorfindel 2 mins ago

curious ping!

Shadow Wizard

@rene it explains the downvotes, and since users are offended by your "Welcome to meta!" comments anyway, think it doesn't really matter what we write, they will always be offended and feel unwelcome.

and that's a special case since it survived whole day on MSE...

SmokeDetector

11:07

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad NS for domain in body: Off topic ask about Photoshop portable by ALexMatt on askubuntu.com

Gaurang Tandon

If any of the pro users has any idea, please drop by:

0

Q: Which online software to use to check answers on StackExchange for plagiarism?

Whenever I have some free time on my hands, I check StackExchange answers for plagiarism. I am not referring to cross-SE plagiarism, I am looking to check answers posted on SE that have their content plagiarized from other Internet sites. I initially used to do this the lame way (paste into goog...

cloud-service plagiarism-detection

thank you!

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@ShadowWizard Regarding your recent edit, can you also please update the FAQ answer?

Shadow Wizard

11:27

Done.

rene

@ShadowWizard lol! I'll start my auto comment with Unwelcome to Meta! from now on .., ;)

Shadow Wizard

hehe

Maybe from the shock they'll forget their anger..... :D

Suraj Rao

@GaurangTandon you might want to talk to SObotics. There is a project Guttenberg which checks onsite plagiarism.

Gaurang Tandon

11:58

@SurajRao ah, that's cool. thanks for posting the link there :D

Shadow Wizard

12:11

!!/report meta.stackexchange.com/questions/311684/…

!!/test spam removed

SmokeDetector

> Would not be caught as a post, title or username.

:7054362 > Would not be caught as a post, title or username.

Somewhat Memorable Name

12:48

"Welcome to Meta! It seems you're lost and posted this question here. Unfortunately, this question is off-topic here since blablabla. Consider taking a quick [tour] to understand how Stack Exchange sites work. Oh, did you know that ~~90%~~ ~~95%~~ 100% of this message's recipients weren't really welcomed?"

Shadow Wizard

13:05

lol

John Dvorak

13:34

Worth answering? stackoverflow.com/questions/51024775/…

Shadow Wizard

plz-delete huge wall of code meta.stackexchange.com/questions/311689/… @Bart @rene @JourneymanGeek @Glorfindel

Journeyman Geek

@ShadowWizard maaaaan

I really wish people wouldn't do that

Shadow Wizard

@JohnDvorak too late, it's trivial so already got several same answers.

heh, funny it's exactly what you talked about the other day, @John.

John Dvorak

darn, missed my chance to classify myself as not-so-overzealous-to-only-close.

Shadow Wizard

so I guess you were sarcastic. lol

John Dvorak

13:38

that's fine, I would have missed out the double negation anyways, and earned me some downvotes. Unexplained ones, presumably, because it's less unwelcoming to me that way.

Shadow Wizard

Hmm... when did Kasra leave SE? He has no diamond anymore, but his profile still says he works for SE.

Found it.

Announcement: sad goodbye to my Stack Overflow family but very excited to be starting a new job as Head of Technology at http://Inscape.life, a meditation and wellness startup.

Tweeted by jc4p on June 18, 2018 at 4:55 PM

He needs to update his profiles...

Journeyman Geek

aw

kinda makes sense though, I mean, they brought him in as an android dev right?

And that does look like a promotion

Shadow Wizard

Anyway, even though he's not really around...

Farewell @Kasra and thanks for everything you've done in Stack Exchange! :)

10

@JourneymanGeek yup, sure is.

@JourneymanGeek yeah then he got re-assigned to DAG

Journeyman Geek

Well ya

Shadow Wizard

Guess this is the last nail in the android app coffin. :/

Now there's even no theoretical chance it will ever be revived.

Somewhat Memorable Name

13:49

Reminded by his story on MSO, I surely wish all the best for Kasra's future

Journeyman Geek

@ShadowWizard well tbh

If they do responsive apps and web notifications....

MSE works really well on my phone

We wouldn't really need the SE mobile apps any more

Somewhat Memorable Name

Jun 21 at 4:58, by Shog9

status-hopeless

@JourneymanGeek well... did you know that.... SO mobile app has... err... multiple drafts feature? :/

Shadow Wizard

@JourneymanGeek yeah, looks like they're going this way

Journeyman Geek

Nope?

Shadow Wizard

@SomewhatMemorableName you mean iOS app

Journeyman Geek

13:53

And personally I think that forking off the SO mobile app was an odd/unpopular decision

Shadow Wizard

Brian is awesome

Somewhat Memorable Name

@ShadowWizard SO Android app also has since its inception. SE Android app doesn't though

Mgetz

@SomewhatMemorableName I'm waiting for status-drunk to be a thing

Journeyman Geek

@Mgetz heh, yanno? I used to work in a place where that was a thing ;p

and lets hope not

that means SE is doomed

Mgetz

@JourneymanGeek it'll be an alias of gdpr-questions

Journeyman Geek

13:57

I used to work in a VFX studio...

they closed down the office, by basically shifting out our non local staff... and folks were sad and drunk at work...

and then people started getting let go, despite them saying they wouldn't ...

so nuuu

I'd rather status "I wish I was drunk"

Mgetz

@JourneymanGeek They always say this, and then they do sneak layoffs to to avoid actually admit they are doing layoffs

Journeyman Geek

yup

Mgetz

I'm pretty sure it's going to happen in a few months where I work

Somewhat Memorable Name

Meanwhile, it's been a while for another DMCA meta post, this time on MSO

don't know how many posts were affected since SO is too big...

surely not as dramatic as this one on Anime.SE :)

Shadow Wizard

@SomewhatMemorableName hehe, might be thousands, anyone can pretend to be anyone else and demand to delete anything. Paradise for trolls.

and what is "Lidl"???

Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (German pronunciation: [ˈliːdl̩]; UK: LID-əl), formerly Schwarz Unternehmenstreuhand KG, is a German global discount supermarket chain, based in Neckarsulm, Germany, that operates over 10,000 stores across Europe and the United States. It belongs to Dieter Schwarz, who also owns the store chains Handelshof and hypermarket Kaufland. Lidl is the chief competitor of the similar German discount chain Aldi in several markets, including the United States. There are Lidl stores in every member state of the European Union, except Latvia and Estonia. == History == In 1930, Josef...

This? ^

Somewhat Memorable Name

14:06

> UK branch of Lidl, a European supermarket chain

looks like it

Shadow Wizard

So a random troll sent delete requests on their behalf to harm SO. Nice.

Stijn

@rene I'd love to delete but I'm a casual with less than 20k rep :p

Mgetz

@ShadowWizard it's going to get worse, not better

rene

@ShadowWizard delv-pls 20K MSO gets useless edits meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/370077/…

@Stijn sorry, I forgot the exact rules ...

Shadow Wizard

@Mgetz of course, surprised the SO-haters out there didn't use this method more. This can bring SO/SE down pretty easily.

Just request to delete all the good questions, and SO is done for.

Mgetz

14:17

@ShadowWizard if the EU copyright directive passes... expect it to become a tidal wave

then all they have to do is file false positives in the database

rene

@ShadowWizard it contained screenshots of their folder structure and stuff like that in the question. It looked legit for them to have that taken down.

Shadow Wizard

14:32

@rene what? Who?

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Pattern-matching website in answer: Setting up the bitcoind to run at startup Ubuntu 17.04 by Nazari on bitcoin.SE

Gaurang Tandon

Hey! Is there a statistic on the ratio of edited posts to non-edited posts on SE? (edited includes both self-edited and others-2k+edited) I'd expect it to be > 1, but I just wanted to cross-check.

rene

@GaurangTandon Posthistory on SEDE has that, for postid's with posthistorytypeid 4,5,6 are edited

Gaurang Tandon

@rene ah, thanks for the heads up, I'll try it out

SmokeDetector

15:31

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Username similar to website in answer: How many tubes can you balance in a centrifuge? by Matt Baker on math.SE

Catija

16:05

Someone make Shog some coffee...

Shog9

wake up; groggy as can be.
decide to work on carburetor before opening inbox, to try & gain some alertness.
realize belatedly that gasoline fumes probably aren't a good substitute for coffee.

Catija

I was confused by the "inverter AC" thing, too, initially.

Martin James

@Shog9 Carburetor? Is your lawn mower broken?

Shog9

Bought a used wood chipper yesterday

Martin James

@Shog9 Ah..

Shog9

16:18

Of course, all the seals are dried ouy

And it's like 30 years old, so bottom is half rusted out

Martin James

@Shog9 Yeah. $10 wood chipper, $200 repairs:)

Shog9

Spent yesterday scrubbing off the rust, polishing the wheel, sharpening the blade

Remarkably good shape otherwise

But, I need to get the float bowl sealed

Martin James

@Shog9 Usually need a grinding jig for such work:( I would just get a new blade.

Owait.. ' 30 years old'

Shog9

eh, it wasn't too bad - the blade was much newer than the rest, probably replaced fairly recently; just a few minor chips

I used a whetstone

Martin James

@Shog9 :)

Shog9

16:24

had most of the seals I needed too, but the float bowl... I donno, trying some gray permatex now, will let it cure today & see what happens.

either it'll work just fine, or I'll be ordering a replacement & cussing while scraping off the gray goo

Martin James

I have a similar issue myself - our strimmer will not start. I've had the plug out and there is a spark. 'Finger over plug hole' test shows some compression. So...fuel/carburetor:( I just can't be bothered with it ATM.

Shog9

yeah, those little engines are such fun. I end up having to adjust the tune on mine every time I use it.

who builds a gas engine & uses fuel lines and seals that dissolve in gasoline? Cheap string trimmer makers!

OTOH, I got it for almost nothing, since the previous owner couldn't get it to start. Not surprising, seeing as how the gas lines had deteriorated into a sort of gel on the bottom of the tank

Catija

They've changed the gas since then, though or something... Andy's motorcycle is from '81 and the rubber seals harden within a few months... it's awful. I don't remember if he's found a solution to it or not

Martin James

@Shog9 lol, that will do it, for sure:)

@Shog9 Maybe the gas line was replaced with some useless crap, diesel line maybe, or some bit of plastic left over from the fish tank pump:)

Shog9

possible, but I doubt it. Nice guy, but didn't seem like a DIYer

His solution to the problem was to buy an electric trimmer ;-)

...which means I got a full gas can with the trimmer. I think I paid $20; $10 gas can + $5 worth of gas...

I can live with a bit of drama from a $5 trimmer.

Martin James

16:34

@Shog9 OK - so can't lose:)

Shog9

oh wait, he also threw in a full roll of replacement string. Trimmer was probably free.

Martin James

lol

Shog9

I love craigslist. Amazing what you can get if you're willing to spend a bit of time cleaning.

Martin James

@Shog9 'bit of time cleaning' so, it might be working next summer, then:)

Shog9

eh, the chipper will run. I have a spare engine if all else fails.

...actually... I should check the size of the float bowl on that...

...see, this is why coffee should be the first thing in the morning, without fail

Martin James

16:38

@Shog9 Transplant surgery?

Shog9

sure, why not

what's the point of being a packrat if you can't borrow what you need from something you don't...

1 hour later…

Catija

17:54

Ah, he said that the ethanol in the gas causes the rubber to harden up, so if he could reliably find gas without it, he'd be fine.

1 hour later…

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

18:56

@Shog9 I guess my most recent question was asked in regards to an incorrect comment on my other question. Can you please answer it? Also, can you please handle my most recent feature request (since it stands as valid due to your comment)?

Shog9

what

@Catija yeah, there are stations here & there that sell it, but it's common for folks to use ethanol-containing gas without realizing what'll happen when it sits.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@Shog9 My discussion is pretty much irrelevant if the Organizer badge is awarded on non-tag-only edits. It was asked because another employee stated incorrectly that it's only awarded on tag-only edits.

(I understand, people make mistakes, and it may have been the case that it used to only be awarded on tag-only edits, but can you please clarify that in an answer?)

Shog9

@SonictheInclusiveHedgehog you can verify this yourself by checking the list of posts for which it has been recently awarded.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@Catija Our rental car in Alaska can accept all the way up to E85, and our car at home can accept E10, so I guess their car must be older.

Shog9

The bigger issue right now is that you edited the FAQ to be incorrect

Catija

19:03

@SonictheInclusiveHedgehog As far as I'm aware, no modern cars have carburetors.

Or, at least, they don't generally...

I suppose someone may still make them.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@Shog9 I trust your comment, I just want two things: my feature request status-completed, and the next course of action for my discussion question.

Shog9

Starting in the early '00s they built cars with different material used for seals, tubing... Most cars tend to use aluminum blocks as well, so less of a problem with corrosion.

You can retrofit older cars, but cast-iron blocks may still be an issue.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@Catija They do sell "ethanol treatments" that you can put into the fuel, but I'm not sure if they work

Catija

And since I'm talking about a motorcycle, it's even less likely that it would work.

πάντα ῥεῖ

I'd be more concerned about the lead missing in the modern fuel.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

19:06

When I was in Hawaii, I saw banners advertising "ethanol-free gasoline" everywhere

Shog9

Yeah, there are a couple of local stations; get into Iowa / Minnesota / Wisconsin and pretty much every pump as an ethanol-free option.

Catija

Unleaded gas came out in the 70s... I think the bike was designed for unleaded fuel.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@Catija They even made the nozzles smaller so if someone attempts to fill at a leaded pump, the nozzle won't fit

πάντα ῥεῖ

Hmm well, Shog's device isn't that old

Shog9

We still had leaded gasoline on the farm growing up, for a collection of ancient tractors.

Also used it as a solvent for cleaning paintbrushes and greasy hands. Which... was probably not great.

Catija

19:08

I have a piece of art made out of sheet lead... we try not to touch it.

Shog9

the metal is fairly benign, unless you're cooking in it or something

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@Shog9 Also please answer meta.stackexchange.com/questions/311630/…

Shog9

it's the more volatile forms that get problematic.

@SonictheInclusiveHedgehog I don't understand the problem there

You make an assertion in your opening without explaining why you think that way

πάντα ῥεῖ

@Shog9 Too many options for the poor guy :P

rene

I guess @AdamLear is planning a long holiday starting July, 26th?

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

19:12

If you look at the user's comments on just one site, it may look like a one- or two-time occurrence, but those one- or two-time occurrences are repeated on multiple sites and the user has a pattern of leaving those comments, those should be all investigated together.

Shog9

why?

you're essentially describing a scenario that only employees can handle, and yet somehow /contact isn't an obvious choice... So there's gotta be more to this.

(aside: if your support request hits -10, it's a pretty good bet the folks reading it either think you're being disingenuous or are otherwise up to something... So best be making some clarifications ASAP)

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@Shog9 I think I stated that I'm hesitant to use the contact form for a non-dropdown purpose unless it's officially sanctioned by an employee

Shog9

@SonictheInclusiveHedgehog why?

πάντα ῥεῖ

I believe I already left a comment "no brainer"

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

Go ahead and answer it and say that it's OK

Shog9

19:15

@SonictheInclusiveHedgehog I have no ability to answer this since I have no idea what you're talking about

Again... You're describing a scenario with restrictions such that only employees can handle it

canon

@Shog9 with respect to this post... how are the review queues looking now?

Shog9

...while also implying that employees might feel it abusive if you used the normal channels to bring it to their attention...

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

The specific user? I was asking generally, but the user who prompted me to ask it also commented. They left the last comment.

Shog9

...that's, uh... sketchy as all hell

I mean, you're not new here. You know how the system works. You know of the normal channels for this stuff. There's gotta be something special about this scenario or you wouldn't bother asking the question.

But, you don't say what's special about it

You don't say why just flagging won't work

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@Shog9 Um...no? I thought it was clear in my post that I just wanted an official answer stating that it's OK to comment

Shog9

19:18

You don't say why employees might not be happy about being contacted

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@Shog9 Yes I did

Shog9

No, you don't. You just assert that it's not going to work

So... The imagination races. Are you talking about comments left by an employee?

Are you talking about comments left by me?

Perhaps Tim or Joel or Joe?

πάντα ῥεῖ

@Sonic Mod flags come with a description of the problem you see. What's missing?

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@Shog9 No, there isn't. My inclination is to contact, but I didn't want to unless there's an official statement from an employee stating that it's OK to contact for this purpose.

Shog9

@SonictheInclusiveHedgehog what purpose?

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

19:19

@Shog9 No, I'm talking about the last user to comment on my question

Shog9

I guarantee you, if you contact us about a handful of abusive comments we're gonna tell you "just flag next time"

Catija

@πάνταῥεῖ Apparently the name of the person flagging.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@Shog9 No, read carefully

Adam Lear

@rene July 16, actually :)

Kevin B

what ever happened to flag and let the mods deal with it

Shog9

19:20

@SonictheInclusiveHedgehog no. Write carefully.

We don't have an official "list of all problems that /contact can be used for, and none other will be accepted"

There's a list, and then there's "something else"

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@AnneDaunted If I flag the comments for moderator attention on a single site, moderators can only investigate the situation on that site. If the comments they've left are only a small proportion of the overall comments they've left, no action will be taken. On sites where they've left a lot of bad comments, they may get suspended on those sites, but continue leaving bad comments on other sites. — Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog yesterday

Shog9

@SonictheInclusiveHedgehog and?

how is this not true for everyone, everywhere, all the time?

Are you gonna send us an email every time you find a rude comment? Instead of flagging?

you CAN, of course

but... it's definitely less expedient than flagging

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@Shog9 If there are a lot of rude comments spread out over multiple sites, yes

Shog9

@SonictheInclusiveHedgehog so what's the scenario here?

Someone spent 30 minutes this morning posting dozens of rude comments all over the network?

or...

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

9 mins ago, by Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

The specific user? I was asking generally, but the user who prompted me to ask it also commented. They left the last comment.

Shog9

19:26

someone posted rude comments on various sites, a few at a time, going back months, and no one ever flagged them?

@SonictheInclusiveHedgehog why do you think I'm saying "NAME THE USER" when I ask for a scenario?

I'm asking what the BEHAVIOR is

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

Their comments were once complained about here.

canon

lol...

Shog9

ok... Imma go for a walk, y'all can play 20 questions while I'm gone, and when I get back either the support request has been edited to describe a SPECIFIC BEHAVIOR along with a SPECIFIC RATIONALE for why it should be treated specially... Or I will just delete it.

Kevin B

(note, you can see all of that users comments, for all networks, in one convenient location)

rene

@AdamLear so that you can pull the Open ID plug while you're still full of energy? Or is it all going to happen while you are on leave? Which would also be nicely planned ;)

Adam Lear

19:28

@rene The latter. :) I'll be out for a month, coming back mid-August

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@Shog9 Fine, I deleted it. I want my rings back.

rene

@AdamLear Wow! That is awesome! Are you going abroad?

canon

Adam's not coming back. He's going to join the tech team of some meditation and wellness startup.

Adam Lear

@rene I wish, but no. I'm just gonna hang at home, catch up on some chores and video games, avoid crazy NYC summer heat

rene

Well, that sounds like how I do my holidays. And I like that a lot.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

19:35

Why did Kasra Rahjerdi lose his moderator diamond on MSE?

rene

waffles ™

Catija

6 hours ago, by Shadow Wizard

Farewell @Kasra and thanks for everything you've done in Stack Exchange! :)

Adam Lear

@SonictheInclusiveHedgehog he left to join the tech team of some meditation and wellness startup

Catija

I hope he enjoys it. :) I also noticed Ana's departure on Friday... :( It's sad to see the people you interact with depart.

Mgetz

@rene 🥞™

there is apparently no waffle emoji.. at least on windows 10

rene

19:39

I'm emojiless

Catija

> Waffle is a candidate for inclusion in Unicode 12.0 scheduled for release in 2019 and was added to draft Emoji 12.0 in 2018.

Mgetz

@Catija you do realize we're coming back around to chinese from the long way round right?

It's just optimized for brush strokes which isn't an issue here

Catija

Egyptian.

Mgetz

or that

πάντα ῥεῖ

Foreigner - Cold As Ice

Catija

19:41

Because English isn't unclear enough as it is, let's make it even less so by using emoji for words...

Kevin B

🚽

Mgetz

Santana - Put Your Lights On ft. Everlast

Catija

Apparently, no one uses the bagel emoji to mean bagel.

Mgetz

hopefully thats visible in your country

πάντα ῥεῖ

Yup, it is.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

19:43

YouTube allows VPNs

πάντα ῥεῖ

@Mgetz Sometimes I feel like a lighthouse :3

Mgetz

@πάνταῥεῖ Gotta keep your lights on (a metaphore for having a halo and being good)

πάντα ῥεῖ

I understood the metaphor well

Shog9

The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian

Ah... the '80s...

canon

follow that up with some Self Control - Laura Branigan

Shog9

19:58

Jun 2 '15 at 3:28, by Shog9

The 80s were just a bad dream that lasted almost a decade.

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