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1:19 AM

@JourneymanGeek in Catija's Meta post about Glorfindel becoming a mod, she said there's a "dearth of work to do" for the mods. So why would a 4th mod be added, is it because you're becoming a CM? Meaning it will become 3 again?

Journeyman Geek

@user1271772 no

@user1271772 I think SE's pretty much wanting someone in the US/Europe timezone for the immediate future

user1271772

I saw something on Meta about you becoming a CM

I see

Journeyman Geek

They turned me down about 4 times. :D

so the ball's entirely in their court at this point

user1271772

But the last time was strictly due to time zone reasons right?

Journeyman Geek

That's one thing that can't be changed

user1271772

1:22 AM

Also I guess if you were to become a CM and we needed a replacement 3rd MSE mod, then having two in the Netherlands would not be so helpful from a time-zone standpoint, compared to getting someone else from Singapore vicinity.

So I suppose my theory that you were becoming a CM and they were getting another mod as a replacement, didn't make so much sense from a time zone perspective.

Journeyman Geek

I'm waiting to see if they actually hire someone from the community TBH

@user1271772 well - there's the hypothesis. Firstly, we're building in redundancy, in case we have extra workload, before we need it

this is possible, either in good or bad ways, and this is kinda why we have/need an extra mod

forest distrusts StackExchange

@JourneymanGeek You don't need to wait to realize that the answer is no.

Journeyman Geek

any member of the community

ANyway, if there's a crisis, we're in better shape to handle it

which is important

@user1271772 I don't think timezone was a particular critieria in being a MSE mod

besides everyone knows I keep strange hours

forest distrusts StackExchange

1:40 AM

@JourneymanGeek Why do you say that?

Journeyman Geek

@forestdistrustsStackExchange experience mostly lol

During periods like this you'd find that the flag queue is small and most of what we do is gentle redirection.

forest distrusts StackExchange

ah

Journeyman Geek

Its also the worst time to get new mods :D

user1271772

@JourneymanGeek Why the worst time?

Journeyman Geek

Who would be dumb enough to want to be a mod when everything is on fire? :D

+ there's a per site learning curve

user1271772

1:59 AM

@JourneymanGeek Everything is on fire?

Journeyman Geek

Yes, that's one definition of a crisis :D

user1271772

Yea but I didn't realize SE was in a crisis right now? I know there was one in 2019.

Journeyman Geek

lol we're not

that's why its a good time to top up mods :D

user1271772

2:15 AM

I see, I thought you said "It's also the worst time to get new mods" but that I suppose was not referring to now, it was referring to times when we're on fire.

But Catija's post made it seem like adding the extra mod was the CMs idea rather than yours, is it a correct interpretation?

Journeyman Geek

2:31 AM

@user1271772 well we could have turned it down

user1271772

But you liked the idea, I understand

forest distrusts StackExchange

3:16 AM

How do I embed a YouTube video in a question/answer?

Ryan M

@ShadowTheVaccinatedWizard FYI, both of those posts have now been deleted by a moderator, with rude/abusive flags (as well as my custom flags explaining them) marked helpful. I'm always happy to explain my reports if you have doubts about them, especially ones where I'm indicating it's a troll and thus might not put as much information in the report. Those two in particular were sockpuppets of a long-standing network troll who tends to frequent a few particular sites, Law among them.

forest distrusts StackExchange

Thing is, I can create a GIF and embed it, but I have to really cut down the color quality:

Ryan M

@forestdistrustsStackExchange it's enabled on some sites and impossible on others

forest distrusts StackExchange

(Not that GBA had particularly rich colors, but those trees are supposed to be green, not black)

@RyanM How do I tell?

Ryan M

also normal imgur has higher upload limits than stack.imgur, if that helps

forest distrusts StackExchange

3:28 AM

Oh, neato. Fitting that into 2 MiB was a pain.

Ryan M

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A: Which sites have YouTube embedding on?

I've put together an incomplete list of sites based on manual testing and site-specific research. (Essentially, searching posts from every site and running tests when necessary) The majority of the hyperlinks below point to relevant meta discussions about whether YouTube embedding should or shoul...

forest distrusts StackExchange

Thanks.

Hm, @RyanM that list doesn't include Retrocomputing.

But I guess embedding is off, since the bare URL doesn't expand into an embedded video.

(testing if it works in chat)

It does work in chat. Why don't all sites enable it? It's not like it's using SE's bandwidth.

Ryan M

It was also briefly enabled in the Meta Stack Overflow revision history

Probably because most sites wouldn't appreciate it. It'd be a vector for spam and NAAs.

forest distrusts StackExchange

ah

Ryan M

For instance, I'd be opposed to it being enabled on Stack Overflow. Very rarely do YouTube videos add to answers.

forest distrusts StackExchange

3:33 AM

On Retrocomputing, I think that it'd be fairly useful: retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/search?q=url%3Ayoutube.com

Ryan M

It could be useful for questions, but strictly speaking it's still an offsite link that might become deleted.

forest distrusts StackExchange

Yeah that's true.

Journeyman Geek

3:58 AM

@forestdistrustsStackExchange Its 'optional' but up to the specific sites to request enabling. We already have answers that are "watch this video" on SU so... ehhh

Make a great case for it on RC's meta :D