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12:04 AM

A review ban might be in order: meta.stackexchange.com/review/low-quality-posts/63278

Considering that (1.) a single Looks OK review can dismiss the review entirely, and (2.) the SE team has stated that short review bans can be used as warnings

In this case, the review ban system is also the warning system. It's not uncommon for a user to get a 1- or 2-day review ban just to get their attention on a bad review. Moderators generally don't use the mod message system for reviews. — animuson ♦ Oct 27 '18 at 16:45

Journeyman Geek

12:19 AM

Meh.

For a single bad review?

I'll just let him know

Don't forget. Moderation is not all about the big stick

user302202

1:21 AM

@Galastel: I haven't forgotten. Removing the beta label is possible, but I'm far less inclined to make an exception if it appears we made it due to a series of pings from users. It's not a healthy precedent, as you might imagine. — Jon Ericson ♦ 35 mins ago

user302202

There's a precedent of getting a hat for that.

user302202

1:32 AM

The Stack Overflow Culture Wars ... a blog post with a table of contents... nested... with three levels.

user302202

1:44 AM

Guess it's potentially useful as a summary, with all those links to major meta posts. Nothing really new for those following metaSO.

Journeyman Geek

2:04 AM

Hmm. It might be worth to have someone take look at and edit the mobile apps post on mse meta.stackexchange.com/questions/154797/…

Most of the Android options are dead.

(also posting cause I might do that bit later)

user302202

I'd guess the edit would be "there aren't any", possibly with a link to xkcd.com/1174

user302202

Thought it'd be interesting to compare month-to-month post volume (all kinds of posts, including deleted) on various sites. February 2018 vs February 2019.

user302202

+------------------+----------+----------+--------+
|       Site       | Feb 2018 | Feb 2019 | Change |
+------------------+----------+----------+--------+
| ai               |      270 |      591 | 119%   |
| softwarerecs     |      489 |      943 | 93%    |
| workplace        |     1484 |     2723 | 83%    |
| lifehacks        |      120 |      216 | 80%    |
| martialarts      |       45 |       75 | 67%    |
| bricks           |       67 |      107 | 60%    |
| opensource       |       86 |      136 | 58%    |

Journeyman Geek

Plausible - both Android ones listed are dead

user302202

Notice a pattern in the bottom part... stellar, monero, ethereum, augur, iota.

user302202

2:07 AM

Granted, for some of the sites Feb 2018 was close to their private beta heyday. But still.

Journeyman Geek

Maybe they should move their Q&A to the blockchain .....

Bookends

So, it's already morning...

user302202

The change for the network as a whole is -5%, same as for SO (naturally).

user302202

I guess TWP picked up because it has greater presence in HNQ now, not being outcompeted by IPS.

user302202

So many TLAs.

Shog9

2:19 AM

@JourneymanGeek ? The Stack Exchange app still works; I use it to get push notifications.

SO app is dead though

But, that's indicated

Bookends

2:30 AM

@JourneymanGeek I removed the dead links to user-created SE apps for now

user302202

2:53 AM

> I was reading some dark psychological thrillers. Then I realised it was just making me unhappy. I'm now reading a sci-fi romp that wouldn't challenge my youngest, and it is glorious. Sometimes you just need to have fun. -- Marc Gravell at 11:50 AM - 3 Mar 2019

user302202

Sounds good, but Marc offered no specific recommendations there. :(

user302202

I guess I'll try Ready Player One.

user302202

Acting one's age gets old.

Journeyman Geek

@Shog9 the post had a few dead alternatives. Also on my phone at work soooo

@Bookends thanks

Shog9

I recommend acting 30. Seems like a reasonable age to act... at any age.

Journeyman Geek

2:55 AM

And yes I am aware the SE app shambles on

Shog9

glides. Glides on, like a graceful... albatross...

@JourneymanGeek I do most of my work from my phone these days. Sometimes even sober.

what can I say?

Phones have gotten really good

Journeyman Geek

@Shog9 I do when I must.

Shog9

except for Apple. Poor bastards.

can't even run userscripts on 'em

Journeyman Geek

I still prefer my dual 4k monitors

Shog9

I'd be jealous, but... I'd need to build a new desk to house a second monitor

that sounds like work

Journeyman Geek

2:58 AM

(also helps I run something comparable to SE's dev rigs with a few small compromises)

I have an old dining table. In the midst if swapping from a core i7 3770 to a core i9 9900k

Shog9

apropos of nothing

...I just wanted to use that phrase

apropos of nothing... I'm perversely delighted that "Swati" is an actual name. That shows up disproportionately in moderator requests for vote invalidation.

BRB, swatting some swaties

Journeyman Geek

Lol

Fairly common Indian name.

The T is a bit softer than swat tho

Shog9

Just invalidated votes between 780 pairs of users. Good grief...

Journeyman Geek

.... Ow

Shog9

granted, that's only like 40 users

still.

that's 40 users

Bookends

3:05 AM

Massive voting reversed!!!1!1!

user302202

3:16 AM

That's not mass reversal on the scope of AU, is it.

Journeyman Geek

@Shog9 massive ring or lotsa accounts?

Shog9

it's one ring

one mod contacting us about a user

kinda depressing really

I only track this stuff out to two degrees of separation, and... Most of that was at most 1 degree removed

like...

...I don't even know 40 people

I mean, I couldn't even build a network like this if I wanted to

where did I go so wrong?

Journeyman Geek

Lol

user302202

Living in the middle of nowhere?

Shog9

well... Ok, yeah, that's plausible

Journeyman Geek

3:19 AM

Honestly? Wouldn't even occur to most people to do that

Shog9

I need more vagrants who are also SO users

user302202

Aphids can keep you company.

Journeyman Geek

I don't think I know 40 meatspace SE users

Bookends

Yeah... I only know 1, and is sitting beside me...

Shog9

TIL: I kill most of my potential friends via desiccation

user302202

3:22 AM

> My mom always told me a turkey vulture is just a friend you haven't met yet, usually because you don't smell enough like decaying meat. xkcd.com/1746

user302202

Mar 20 '18 at 21:33, by K.Dᴀᴠɪs

When you going to run your little AU experiment on SO, @Shog9?

user302202

Did this already happen? Don't remember a meta explosion

Shog9

Too much to do, to little...

Journeyman Geek

@Shog9 that's dry.

Shog9

Something

Polite euphemism for giving a rats ass