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There's an "other" section on Metasmoke's autoflag categories. @JourneymanGeek, are these mod flags on conflicting feedback on posts in which flags were cast by Charcoal members?

More bluntly: Have you seen these before?

Journeyman Geek

12:36 AM

@Spevacus Yes

Spevacus

Nice, I was wondering if something like that happened when I stumbled into this category.

Nordine Lotfi

So, anyone using Vim/Emacs here? :>

Spevacus

@NordineLotfi These sites are totally for you.

Nordine Lotfi

@Spevacus oh yeah, I asked a decent amount of stuff there already :D

Spevacus

Ah, shoulda checked (read: stalked) your profile before posting them I guess, eh? Hahaha.

Nordine Lotfi

12:41 AM

it's just my favorite first phrase to say when i want to start a convo (kinda cliché i know)

Journeyman Geek

@NordineLotfi nano on terminals, sublime everywhere else :D

Nordine Lotfi

@JourneymanGeek Nice, i still use nano myself when i break Vim/Emacs/or just out of habit :)

I still can't figure out Joe for some reason, but it's better for huge files imo

Journeyman Geek

I mostly need it to edit config files ;D

Nordine Lotfi

@JourneymanGeek I see. Wish someone could implement the way it can open huge files to other editor, as this is the only one i know that can do that (with next to nothing as memory used)

the guy who made Joe post a lots on youtube usually too, though i forgot his youtube channel id hmm

Journeyman Geek

3:06 AM

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Rob

WOTD: Ecdysiast

Journeyman Geek

@SonictheMaskedWerehog cause you'll ask - the bug tag is intentional. I consider it a very big bug that we don't have enough CMs. And that there's no roles is covered under "What I haven't seen are community roles. I'm a little baffled (and mildly impatient) over the lack of movement over what should be essential ground level hires."

I'll remove the bug tag myself in a day or two

For those reasons though, I'm rolling it back to what it was

Rob

3:21 AM

When I read the Tag Info for bug it leads me to believe that your question won't be directed to the correct people. If you read the Tag Info for feature-request and support you might agree.

Sonic the Masked Werehog

@JourneymanGeek Thanks for letting me know. I had removed bug because its usage wasn't in line with the guidelines in the tag wiki and FAQ on how MSE works, but if you say so, I'll leave it in. I have, however, re-added the link to the job listings page, as I feel it's important to the post (in a different spot), and reinstated the spelling/grammar correction edits.

Journeyman Geek

I left that out also cause it won't age well - at some point the jobs page will change

and I was trying to bring attention to an immediateish issue

Rob

Can you immediately add a bounty?

Sonic the Masked Werehog

@JourneymanGeek Would an Archive link solve that issue, or would you prefer it be removed?

@Rob No, mods can't bypass the 2-day rule.

Journeyman Geek

@SonictheMaskedWerehog not too sure

@Rob No, and it feels like a waste

Sonic the Masked Werehog

3:25 AM

SE staff themselves stated they don't really respond to bounties

Journeyman Geek

I pretty much want something that folks can point and and go "Hey, so... parts of the community is wondering where we are on this?"

Rob

I've wasted 50 here or there, on high rep (even CM's) posts - depends how strongly you feel, and how high a roller you are - but if you can't, you can't.

Journeyman Geek

yup

the mechanics won't let me

and uh, it dosen't particularly feel useful.

and I don't think I need a bounty to get community attention for it. Even if I didn't expect the flik in the comments :D

Rob

File a feature request for that, and link to the other question - twice the exposure.

Journeyman Geek

eh, not how I play the game :D

Rob

3:29 AM

Well I think it might not be well received at the top if you Featured your personal peeve.

Journeyman Geek

lol

While I occationally use featured posts to make a point.... :D

Mostly its when we want to commemorate former members of staff. NEVER for my own posts

Sonic the Masked Werehog

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A: Why are mods declining flags to add [featured] to pertinent questions?

On any other site, featuring a question on meta features it on that site (only). Moderators can and do use the "featured" tag locally to highlight things that are important to their communities. Here on Meta, featuring a question features that question on every site on the network. We don't ha...

TL;DR the general policy is to leave the decision of which MSE posts to feature to SE staff, since featuring here is network-wide rather than just per-site. There are some extremely rare exceptions, but this is the general rule.

Journeyman Geek

@Rob also uh

If you haven't noticed. Being popular with the people who run the network always takes second place to what I think is the good of the community :D

Rob

Ah, regular uh

Rob

3:54 AM

One way to look at it is (amongst many alternative examples) is: A (somewhat) luxury cruise ship that has quite a few features (golf, skeet shooting, go-kart racing, laser tag, aqua park, FlowRider, Zip Line, Ultimate Abyss Slide, etc. One problem is that there are few crew members and frequently you must fend for yourself. The owners offer the service for free, paying for not only the equipment but the electricity and moorage fees too. Get on/off anytime.

Journeyman Geek

4:17 AM

On the other hand, I uh... feel like having a happy healthy community > keeping the absentee landlords happy

Feeds

4:43 AM

stackoverflow.blog/2020/09/15/…

Rob

5:23 AM

That cruise (plus expenses) costs U$1000 per week, they even have weird restaurants that serves weird food, and you eat what they decide to bring you. People seem quite happy to pay for that.