This s a test related to a recent bug report about moderators converting an answer to a comment and undeleting it.
Mods: Please convert this answer to a comment and undelete it. I want to see what happens when I re-delete the answer myself.
Edit: nevermind. My theory has been confirmed; this ha...
but it is mostly a design issue, not a complicated one (strange banner)
Or you say things people don't want to hear, in a way that they're ok with
(actually, if you think about it, If you pick your battles and critique SO in a constructive way, you'll end up with a lot of rep. Might even be a mod. ;p)
And on nearly every site, answering more than you ask helps
On most sites, I'd say pick something that you have subject matter expertise on and focus on that. I mean, its true on MSE, but finding that thing is hard
I (unconciously) always try to fit a question into 1 page. So... 1) what's the problem you're trying to solve 2) how do you get people to buy into it being a problem? (a call to action 3) what is one possible solution to that problem.
From what I've seen, if you want to make a good reconsideration request, you should explicitly indicate awareness of the older declined request, rebut the reasons for originally declining it, and introduce new arguments for implementing it that weren't in the previous request. By its very nature, it will end up long.
You: "I disagree with this request; don't mean anything bad against the author." System: "This request is so bad, the author should lose reputation for posting it." Huge disparity between the actual use of downvotes and the way the system treats it.
Every single vote there is some person who read your posts, or worse, remembers who you are and reads your posts, and decides which way to vote for some reason.
@JourneymanGeek Those people are main site Q&A users, where there is indeed a match: "This question is of bad quality, the author should lose reputation." You're taking the different reasoning and plopping it in inappropriately.
This topic comes up from time to time, and I think the ultimate conclusion was that there's potentially a better system for meta.SE than a replica of rep on other SEs but it's too much effort to pull off
@GetAnswerWizard From the reputation league page: "how much the community trusts you, your communication skills, andthe quality and relevancy of your questions and answers"
@M.A.R.TheChemicalWizard IIRC the reason for declining those systems (meta rep tied to site rep) would be because it would unfairly bias Stack Overflow users.
Just because a community disagrees with a certain point of view doesn't mean that a user is less trusted, their communication skills are worse, or their posts are of lower quality or relevancy.
And I mostly agree with it, but the effort required to change it and the confusion that would linger on for some time after that don't pay off with what little it attempts to fix
while yes, shared rep would bias SO users, however, IMO that is fair, considering users with decent amounts of rep there have either been around for a long time, or have used the system to earn that rep. It's not like being on SO magically just gives you rep
I could also see a system where there is no rep, but, that very well could have the same problem that meta SO has, where votes are thrown around like candy
You could have two parallel voting systems: the existing one repurposed solely for quality and awards rep as usual, and a separate one for agreement/disagreement, which wouldn't affect rep in any way.
And I mostly agree with it, but the effort required to change it and the confusion that would linger on for some time after that don't pay off with what little it attempts to fix
@M.A.R.TheChemicalWizard I personally feel that every time there's something like the twitter storm - we can either get all cynical and angry, or use it as an opportunity for pushing the folks who run SE the right way when they lost their way.
@JourneymanGeek Wha, there's been another drama recently?
Personally, I'm so tired and sick of this crap. I feel like there are more valuable things in life to be constantly reminded of than a reckless handing of a couple of decisions from people who 1) promised to do better, and 2) have at least taken one step towards doing better.
What is the status of previously-reported bugs and requests? Are they still being considered, or do we need to report them again?
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Anyway, I find that new users' posts tend to get downvoted (for valid reason), but I haven't figured out a good canned comment for downvoted new user questions, which I can leave to deflect "why downvotes" questions explain to new users the meaning of meta downvotes.
i'd rather new users be treated like any other member of the community. If they need some special messaging, the system is already more than capable of determining who is new and can provide the messaging needed. :shrug:
@Sonic I also felt the same thing but I've found out the meta downvote comment thing gets annoying for the regulars really fast so it's a 'don't leave it unless you absolutely have to' thing
@GetAnswerWizard UR FACE
And then a canned comment won't be necessarily anyway
@JourneymanGeek snark, or me being right and you accidentally being right at the same time?
@JourneymanGeek In case you wanted more evidence that the main reason why people post site-specific questions on MSE is because of honest reasons, not disruptive ones
but yeah, I always feel that when learning something new. First, I feel I don't understand anything. Second, I feel like I'm the king of the world. Third, then I realize that I still don't know many things (currently here).
The second phase is the most dangerous/annoying, like pretending to know Japanese when only knowing kawaii and baka from anime...
Math question: what are the numbers N such that the imgur parameter ?s=N works?
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It's not just the powers of 2: s=48 and s=96 resize as well.
user302202
But 144 (which is 48 times 3) does not.
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SEDE Sunday: Interpersonal Questions by month. We all heard about HNQ, but it's notable that the volume continues to decline for months after the HNQ removal - it did not stabilize on some non-HNQ-powered level.
@VoteDukakis iirc, traffic was mostly sustained by Google - with less new material, that would tend to fall over time as well save for a few actually-helpful threads.
Then human are full with bacteria!
This s a test related to a recent bug report about moderators converting an answer to a comment and undeleting it.
Mods: Please convert this answer to a comment and undelete it. I want to see what happens when I re-delete the answer myself.
Edit: nevermind. My theory has been confirmed; this ha...
What is the status of previously-reported bugs and requests? Are they still being considered, or do we need to report them again?
(This question brought to you by missing count for results.)
