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user315433

12:39 AM

@HansPassant We have two different versions running. One auto-pops the content bubble. It results in 400% more traffic to the new feature. It is also WAY more obvious what you need to do to dismiss it. So, overall it's better UX. Looks like you're seeing the more passive version. — Joe Friend ♦ 7 hours ago

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Joe considers a modal that covers the main content as you scroll as the better option. Was he a PM at Quora previously?

user315433

"We've covered answers by a link to sign-up page and hey, 400% more traffic there".

user315433

12:55 AM

Phil Collins - True Colors (Official Music Video)

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> I see your true colors

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and they're not beautiful like a rainbow

user202362

1:33 AM

Going back from Seattle to LA tomorrow.

user310756

3:05 AM

@ShaWizDowArd it finally made it across the planet and hit me :D

user315433

I like the way Gabe opened his announcement.

user315433

> over the years, I wondered when I would write this post, or how I would do it. I never wondered if I would. It seemed obvious to me that I was not going to retire, in my 60s, in the same job I got at 28.

Facebook

Meta... wassup!!

I can have different profile pic on SU than Politics, correct?

Curious is anyone knew or send me a starting point link

user315433

You can have everything different on different sites. Edit and save the changes only for the current site.

Facebook

I started with my profile pic on politics but after I saved it changed on SU too??

user315433

3:12 AM

So you saved it for all communities. Don't do that.

Facebook

I must have overlooked something or just dummy 101 novice rookie alert

user315433

There are two ways to save, look for one that's less obvious.

Facebook

I'm looking now

user315433

Facebook

I only see Save from that tab

Google Chrome

Does that matter

user315433

3:16 AM

It doesn't. What is next to "save" button at the bottom of that page?

user315433

The screenshot isn't useful.

Facebook

So true... lol

Appreciate your time!

I sign on with my Gmail, could that be why?

user315433

The "save for this site only" option does not become a button until you first use it as a plain link. After that the site gets the idea that this is something you may want to do, and offers both options as buttons.

user315433

Balancing "offer an option" with "don't confuse users".

Facebook

I'm totally confused and I apologize; seems like it should be simple and I could have swore I've seen that option before too.

@Michelle What do you mean by "does not become a button until you first use it as a plain link"?

user315433

3:25 AM

Your screenshot... do you see the link "customize your profile just on this community" there? Click that, if this is what you want to do.

Facebook

Du'oh!!! yA HA YA HA YA HA!!!

Thank ya!! Thank ya very much!!

Testing now to confirm and validate!

user315433

> HATS -- Ben Dumke-v. d. Ehe at 9:28 AM - 22 Sep 2017

user315433

Probably with a calculator to count the hats you earned.

user315433

3:48 AM

Or to predict how many hats you should have, based on the age of your account and the reputation.

Elias

4:55 AM

@Michelle I'd prefer this than the salary calculator...

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Journeyman Geek

7:39 AM

I was going to do that but too obvious ;p

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8:11 AM

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M.A.R.

10:55 AM

@ShaWizDowArd No; the logical conclusion from what I said is that we only celebrate the Jalali new year, so one

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2:19 PM

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user315433

3:33 PM

Emacs is 3 years old today. Top question of last year: Org-mode 9: unable to eval code-blocks

user315433

5:28 PM

Someone had a brilliant idea: since there is no SU in Japanese, let's translate existing answers to Japanese and post them along the original answers. Interesting.

user315433

6:14 PM

Does it make sense for SE favorites to be public? Compare to similar functionality on Wikipedia: "No users, not even administrators, can tell what is in your watchlist, or who is watching any particular page. Publicly available database dumps do not include this information either."

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It may not seem like a problem for programming questions, but in the Workplace territory the fact that someone is interested in X can be revealing.

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People use "favorite" for all kinds of things, Hashim. I've seen folks use it as a jury-rigged "social network" wherein they favorite everything their friends post and expect them to do likewise - since it's public (unlike voting) it's possible to exert social pressure to "enforce" this sort of reciprocation (or even fealty). Are we gonna invest time building out features that make such uses better? Hell no! Nor is it worth dev time to build out a crappy replacement for your browser's bookmark feature, particularly when there are so many critical features left unimplemented. — Shog9 ♦ Sep 19 at 0:00

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Weird. Also wouldn't happen (as much) if favorites were not public.

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The search parameter infavorites:userId relies on this, I but can't imagine it being used for any good when userId is not yours. I tried it once by making Normal Bot favorite thousands of questions to mark "possibly interesting" ones, as a surrogate for custom question filter. Quite pointless.

user315433

6:51 PM