@JourneymanGeek That doesn't mean that you destroy any account that runs afoul of this. I'm not well versed in internal guidance, but I don't really know of any case where someone with over 500 rep got spam destroyed just like that
usually it's a gradual process with suspensions and warnings and stuff
@user202729 historical decision made by Jeff. Most likely it wouldn't pass these days with the current SE staff/dev team. Probably feature request asking to change this and nuke the "grace period" for answers on closed questions will get high score and has real chance to be done.
@ShadowWizard Really think so? I don't think any FR's have potential right now, dev time is too tied up with teams and after that whatever they'll come up with to placate the twitter ranters
@user5389107 I am sorry, but I am not sure what you mean. I didn't say any secret, since every user who got a private message from moderators know the message doesn't say which moderator sent the message.
@kiamlaluno No I mean for an outside observer this looks like y'all are a cabal of people who reserve the right to destroy people and won't justify themselves
Consider what a new user walking upon this meta post will think
All of this reeks of "Technically I'm right" but ignoring the optics with the situation which right now looks a lot like unfair moderating and refusal to take any accountability or allow any transparency
@user202729 load and MSE has staff only rooms that shouldn't be visited by anyone except staff. Also having them separated allows for testing new versions on a small group of users before going all-in
@user5389107 Do you take that from We don't say which moderator took action over an account? Strange, I understand something different from that sentence.
... Downside of pregnancy... having to wake up in the night to ... do stuff.
Since she's still pregnant, the answer is most likely "yes".
Also, having a wife who was pregnant four times, I can say for sure it's true... technical details can be provided in Den, but long story short, pregnant women have to pee all the time. Day or night, doesn't really matter. :)
...and it's just about time for the high school students to be taking their AP Exams
(I took a total of 12 AP Exams. For most I also took the corresponding AP course in school, but for one I self-studied for the exam myself, without taking the corresponding course)
I read a biology book for adults (some 400 pages book) when I was 10 or so, don't remember why and how I even got the book.... parts of it felt like travelling into the future, as in seeing what is going to happen to my body in the future. Made puberty easier, as I didn't have to ask anyone anything when things... changed. :P
@SonicWizard of course... but usually one gets puzzled when their body is changing and they don't know why, and how exactly. Guess most ask their parents, or even friends, I didn't have to, that's my point. :)
@SonicWizard not at all, he... wasn't really around when it happened. Longer version can be written in Den, some time later, just ask me there if you want. :)
> How to make a baby: The quick + dirty guide to getting pregnant ...
Fact #1: April Wensel kept saying how Stack Overflow is bad and toxic. Fact #2: after years of ignoring this, SE management all of a sudden woke up and started to reply to this. 1 + 2 = April Wensel affects Stack Exchange. That's a fact. I'm not being rude.
All the jokes about it, well.... heck it's still just chat. :)
Just wondering. On the one hand, it could be less if people have decided to be less snarky, the ones that are. One the other hand, it may have resulted in an oversensitive userbase
If the things weren't posted in the first place, then nobody would have any ammunition against SE chat. I'd not advise blaming April Wensel, but reflecting on what she said. Since, you know, she does have a point.
Well, guess I can create twitter account and apologize to her in person... wonder how she will react. But yeah, all those rants are just to let the steam go, guess we can totally stop it.
@user5389107 then you're grossly misguided :P It should not be a question that various minorities do face problems here. What the question should be is what we do and how we talk about it. I more often than not disagree with her approach but the things she talks about are very real
SO is not sexist or racist. Okay, that's controversial. But what we all agree on is learning the ropes of how to ask is a very tough curve and people usually just don't bother climbing.
I have a doubt about Stack Overflow reputation. Why do we need this reputation? Is it worth investing my time as a programmer improving my Stack Overflow reputation?
Unless there's something constructive on twitter (would be the first time) there's no value in linking any of the twitter snide and snarkfests in a discussion about serious policy
What's happening?
There's a plethora of posts on Stack Overflow Meta as a result of the latest blog. They're not hard to find, have a look.
Is Stack Overflow really racist/sexist?
By saying Stack Overflow is racist/sexist he’s saying that I am racist/sexist, which offends me deeply. And he’...
Goddamnit. What's wrong with SO is NOT being racist or sexist, or making minorities feel worse than normal people, or whatever pedantic semantics we try to extract from the words of the blog post. It's that the comment culture resonates too close to rude to not cause trouble, and that's from people who're usually most civil.
I have a doubt about Stack Overflow reputation. Why do we need this reputation? Is it worth investing my time as a programmer improving my Stack Overflow reputation?
What's happening?
There's a plethora of posts on Stack Overflow Meta as a result of the latest blog. They're not hard to find, have a look.
Is Stack Overflow really racist/sexist?
By saying Stack Overflow is racist/sexist he’s saying that I am racist/sexist, which offends me deeply. And he’...
