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12:45 AM

I'm in the same boat with 30,625 comments (I like to think usually friendly and often helpful) and I sure as hell won't be wasting my time authoring any more until there is a transparent and sane policy around this. — Pekka 웃 2 days ago

Journeyman Geek

1:22 AM

Ehh.

I think they misunderstand flags and comments...

Comments are a horse to water thing. The equine may not deem to be hydrated

Likewise mods may choose to act or not act on a flag depending on circumstances

Somewhat Memorable Name

2:12 AM

I've chosen to not really mind the CoC and will comment as I've been. If I got a warning, then I'd either take care more (if I care about the site), or... just leave the site ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I don't know if the will-be new "unwelcoming" comment flag option will work as expected...

Journeyman Geek

Well we're going to have to figure that out as mods

And tbh it's going to be 'interesting'

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

2:48 AM

All that needs to be done is a change in tone and clearer communication of site policy. We can hold all questions to the same standards as we've been holding, yet still have a welcoming site if we just keep our tone better and if we properly communicate what we expect for questions.

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Unitato

7:27 AM

I did it, I finally managed to get realtime SO feed for my discord bot.

rene

→ 43 messages moved to Chimney

Magisch

@JourneymanGeek I have a feeling sanity will prevail in the end

The mods didn't change in this initiative so there's no reason to believe they'll all simultaneously go off the deep end

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rene

8:55 AM

I rather take @Bart's legal advice ...

rene

9:06 AM

Why isn't there a /docs/types page that would list all types? As you would expect it to exist given /docs/types/user does work.

Journeyman Geek

9:24 AM

@Magisch less worried about mods than users

And in a sense needing to decide what is unwelcoming and working out where the lines are

Somewhat Memorable Name

10:11 AM

FR: add inbox notification in (almost) real-time when your comment got flagged as R/A or unwelcoming. (bonus: play undismissable sound on the mobile app)

πάντα ῥεῖ

Was asked some time ago at MSO. Didn't fly well.

Somewhat Memorable Name

they forgot the "alarm sound on the mobile app" part...

rene

10:41 AM

If there is a batch job that runs to update the networkwide favorites list, something is broken in that job and by the looks of it I suspect it is the delete step.

It did update the count so it fails in a remarkable way.

Somewhat Memorable Name

I'm starting to feel afraid of how often SO/SE broke something since the Welcoming/CoC era.

It's like... "the planet is breaking apart, let's be nice to each other" instead of fixing the planet itself.

(was I quoting something's storyline?)

rene

To give them some leeway, they did announce at least 6 to 8 weeks ago that StackExchange.com would get a make-under (as in removing those functions that are either broken or seldom used) so I'm not surprised SE.com is not considered in their regression tests.

Magisch

@JourneymanGeek It's gonna be the same as now

different people have different "lines" for too chatty, rude, etc.

So if you're a prolific flagger you'll find out soon where the mod's lines are and adjust to that

Journeyman Geek

11:03 AM

@Magisch true and we need to work out those lines - and communicate internally what they are

Magisch

I'm actually not too worried it'll go wrong

Stack moderators by and large aren't unreasonable people or given to idiotic decisions

Journeyman Geek

11:41 AM

@Magisch a lot of users are not - and from experience there's folks who are happy to use stuff like this for drama purposes

Somewhat Memorable Name

12:35 PM

Random topic change: THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I saw my Li-Po battery (well, that Mi-Fi I talked yesterday) bloated due to overcharging. While. I. was. gone. Thankfully the bloating put the battery off from the device and stopped getting charged >_<!

user271002

@SomewhatMemorableName lithium–polonium? You should be more careful with such highly radioactive material. ;-)

Shadow Wizard

12:56 PM

@SomewhatMemorableName next time don't leave the 🔋 alone, find a batterysitter to keep an eye on it. ;)

Martin James

@Loong I would love an RTG powered phone: brick-free for life:)

Journeyman Geek

@Loong lithium polymer :p

Martin James

...also a good handwarmer in winter.

Journeyman Geek

Tho I think there's phosphate chemistry batteries too

user271002

@MartinJames But don't repeat the SNAP-9A accident. ;-)

Journeyman Geek

1:34 PM

@Loong how many bananas worth of radiation was that? ;p

user271002

@JourneymanGeek about 2.1E+10

Somewhat Memorable Name

Calm down please, there is no need to be so hostile to someone asking for help. As you correctly point out, I am taking your advice here. If there is really no way to recover this then the next steps I intend to take are to accept my own answer (the only relevant one) and then delete my account and start over. In my experience a new identity usually prevents further targeting and personal attacks. 3 rep points aren't worth worrying about. — ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー 1 hour ago

🤔

Journeyman Geek

1:49 PM

That's bananas

@MartinJames on a 3310? ;p

@SomewhatMemorableName erf.

funny thing is quite a lot of folks have very recognisable writing styles and quirks

Somewhat Memorable Name

2:18 PM

PPCG.SE is the 1st site to get the new(?) design.

It looks... weird? The site title looks so heavy with narrower header.

Journeyman Geek

@SomewhatMemorableName its a stock theme no? ;p

The somewhat long name probably dosen't help

Magisch

2:53 PM

I just saw a youtube video of someone who rescued a 15 LBs alligator and remodeled a guest bedroom in their house to house it

Thats some dedication

Journeyman Geek

3:18 PM

15 pounds is... not that large

That's kinda close to ash's ideal weight, though he's almost 11kg at the moment

Magisch

3:36 PM

@JourneymanGeek Yeah it's a rescue alligator

it was kept in a small wooden box with no water for 15+ years and they rescued it

So now it's stunted.

But still an alligator

Surprisingly chill in the video though. Really handleable

Journeyman Geek

.... that's wrong :(

Magisch

3:51 PM

@JourneymanGeek I know, they have a video about how they never wanted a alligator but when touring found this stunted sickly looking one that was kept in a box and talked the owner into giving it to them

And then they made a big enclosure for it out of a guest bedroom

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Somewhat Memorable Name

6:05 PM

After publicly stating that he never wanted to run, Asaf nominated himself on Math.SE election. A strong ~~challenger~~ candidate!?

welp, end of today's network-meta stalking...

Journeyman Geek

Lol

Or yesterday's. It's morning?

Somewhat Memorable Name

But I heard from somewhere that the day ends when the party sleeps :(

Journeyman Geek