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Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

12:00 AM

The fighter pilot who's also capable of flying himself by spinning his tails (not a typo)?

M.A.R.

That's like the most stupid idea of the century. What cartoonist came up with that?

Shog9

Well... Happy hour is over. Time for tacos and dos equis

M.A.R.

Wait, is it in Sonic?

Catija

Wait... you're eating and drinking after happy hour?

Shog9

Feels like that was in a Chuck Jones comic too

M.A.R.

12:01 AM

@Shog9 and yelling at CMs

Shog9

@Catija have to. It's lunch time

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

Well, my job here is done for now, going to shower and sleep... have a great weekend @Adam, @Jon, @Shog, and keep up the good job! (And see @Adam, I didn't forget about the comma! Your answer is always in my mind. ;))

Catija

@Shog9 Last week this was breakfast time...

I'm glad to see your schedule is normalizing.

Shog9

PROGRESS!

Adam Lear

12:02 AM

@ShadowtheHedgehogWizard I'm glad to hear I made an impression. :) Have a good weekend!

M.A.R.

SE obviously doesn't care. If they did, they would have fixed my obscure bug report from 2012.

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

throwing bug report on @M.A.R. before going

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@M.A.R. Link please?

Catija

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog Pretty sure that's a joke.

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog lol he's trolling, he wasn't even around in 2012

M.A.R.

12:03 AM

@ShadowtheHedgehogWizard dodging

What can I say. I am very sophisticated

Catija

Yeah... he joined the network in 2014

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@Catija But you just said it's difficult for you to get jokes!

M.A.R.

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog she's been exposed to MAR for a couple of years now

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

I have an obscure bug report from 2013, which escaped the Roomba due to a special exemption

M.A.R.

Radioactive type

Catija

12:05 AM

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog It is... but I also know that MAR is young and it's unlikely he would have been here that long ago... it's more of a logical guess that it's a lie rather than actually knowing it's a joke.

M.A.R.

I do have obscure bug reports though

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@Catija Under a different account, like me?

Catija

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog @M.A.R. how old are you now?

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

Also I have a (real) obscure bug report from 2013. So it seemed real to me.

M.A.R.

@Catija 19.07

Adam Lear

12:06 AM

Eh. I fixed a bug a couple days back that existed since 2014 but was reported (AFAIK) only recently. Time is an illusion.

M.A.R.

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog there are a lot of obscure unsolved bug reports from 2012 for sure

Adam Lear

On that note, I'm also heading out. Have a great weekend, y'all.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

Like the fact that custom-flagging "not an answer" can be used to bypass the system prohibition against multiple NAA flags? That still exists.

@AdamLear Wait! ^^

Catija

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog I doubt it. :) I'm just glad he's back to being MAR and not being a rotating molecule.

@AdamLear Have a great one!

M.A.R.

"When I click on the downvote button while backflipping above a chair that's been wet for being two days under the rain, the tooltip isn't shown"

3

Catija

12:09 AM

I'm pretty sure that half of that isn't relevant to the bug report... also, can it be reproduced?

user202362

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

Whatever happened to Andrew T. and @Norm a.k.a. Crazy Ivan? Haven't seen them here.

Remember them from the Anonymous Editor days

user202362

M.A.R.

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog both shapesh . . . I mean nameshift so often I stopped keeping track of who's who

user202362

A lot of sea mammals look kind of similar

Catija

12:11 AM

Well... when you find something that works...

M.A.R.

@TelautonomousKitty yeah, I didn't get why that walrus is raising his hands at a yawning man in your first pic

@Catija we're not cavemen anymore like back in 2012 so the chairs don't get left under the rain

user202362

maybe because the walrus is complaining to the man how his/her front teeth are missing ...

user202362

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog they are still here, but under different names

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

Also Pseudohuman isn't here anymore (cc @JennaSloan)

John Dvorak

@TelautonomousKitty It's missing porgs :-(

user202362

12:45 AM

@JohnDvorak and jabba ... probably :x

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

[del-pls] meta.stackexchange.com/questions/99338/…

Recommend flagging it as spam or rude/abusive, since the mods are out

cv-pls meta.stackexchange.com/questions/305939/…

M.A.R.

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog what the heck is that answer trying to convey?

A script kiddie trying to attack SE servers?

Catija

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog That's really not how it works. There are additional penalties for those that shouldn't be conferred on someone who simply wrote a non-answer.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@M.A.R. It has all the hallmarks of possible spam. Plus, it's definitely abusive.

M.A.R.

@Catija looks spam to me

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

12:56 AM

@Catija It definitely looks like an abusive answer (if not spam)

M.A.R.

The only sense I can make out of it is "I'm responsible for the current attack on your servers. Contact me cause I'm awesome. "

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@M.A.R. Hence, "definitely abusive".

Jenna Sloan

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog internet connectivity problems

Journeyman Geek

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Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@JennaSloan A couple days ago it just got pushed further in the user avatar list; how did that happen?

@JourneymanGeek Ah, the folks from 100 miles north.

Please note that the question must meet quality guidelines in order to be accepted there. In particular, you must explain the specific problem and your attempts to solve it on your own. @Edric please mention the guidelines whenever directing an off-topic question here to SO. — Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog 3 mins ago

Jon Ericson

1:05 AM

@JourneymanGeek My favorite touch is that city seal has been improperly resized so that it's slightly squished.

Journeyman Geek

@JonEricson Well, SE clearly appreciates quality graphical design. Especially in crayon ;p

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog don't forget CR

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@JourneymanGeek I directed them to /sites, and since they want review it's likely they'll find it

Asking your question here is not the right process to follow. Please post it on the right site. — Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog 9 mins ago

What would you think of this idea: provide a survey link in the comments on every off-topic question on MSE, asking why they posted it. If people fill it in, we can better analyze why this occurs and use it to provide better guidance.

(cc @JourneymanGeek @ShadowtheHedgehog @M.A.R.)

Journeyman Geek

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog No one would answer them

M.A.R.

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog we do know why this occurs more or less

So many buttons to push, you don't even notice site design is different

Add the confusion caused by a new environment and language barrier

Voila! OT salad

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

What do you guys say I try it out for some questions, and if it ends up working, we all link to it? Then once we have a sizeable amount of data I can update my answer

M.A.R.

1:18 AM

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog leaving a comment under blatantly OT questions has been like talking to a cement wall to me. Even the wall looks boring

1 outta like, 50 cases responds

So I doubt they read comments

however, knock yourself out

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@M.A.R. Some people do respond, as I recently edited into my answer and what happened in the most recent example

Journeyman Geek

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog tbh, I'd rather spend the effort on stuff that's useful, and folks who post in the wrong place arn't useful

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@JourneymanGeek Aside from the one example and Tim Post's (possibly speculative) statement, my answer is purely speculative.

What do you guys think of this?

goo.gl/forms/XY3Iiwp6dToFHYa02

@JourneymanGeek @M.A.R. ^^

@JonEricson How about you?

Jon Ericson

1:39 AM

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog We've been tossing around an idea to poll users after they experience certain things on the sites. It would be incredible useful to work out what people think they are doing and not just guess from what they do.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

23 mins ago, by Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

What do you guys say I try it out for some questions, and if it ends up working, we all link to it? Then once we have a sizeable amount of data I can update my answer

How about the form itself? How's that?

Apt comment:

Possible duplicate of Privacy policy — Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog 36 secs ago

Jon Ericson

I'm the slowest. :-(

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@JonEricson You only look slow because of my speed :)

Shog9

1:55 AM

I went with hot wings instead of tacos. Something something not just red bull

Jon Ericson

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog I like where you are going, but I wonder if we could make a pretty good guess based on referrers. Not sure what we'd do with that information, however. I know meta can be confusing, but it's hard to know how to fix it.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@JonEricson Can't exactly do that with HTTPS and all

Shog9

HTTPS still passes referers. Just not to everyone

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

Better to know why it's happening than to not know anything at all

bjb568

I’m pretty sure you can whitelist referrer recipients.

Shog9

1:56 AM

I'm pretty sure ignorance is still bliss

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@Shog9 A survey link in a comment is better and can be done by the community, without requiring any software changes.

@Shog9 "Nothing starts until you take action." --Sonic the Hedgehog

Best to hear it from the users themselves, than to guess wrong

Journeyman Geek

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog I'm a fan of just nuking them till they know, then shoot them in the delvotes...

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@JourneymanGeek Can't users see their own deleted questions, and thus see the comment?

Journeyman Geek

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog they can if they bother to look

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@rene Since you've made this comment so many times, what do you think?

51 mins ago, by Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

What would you think of this idea: provide a survey link in the comments on every off-topic question on MSE, asking why they posted it. If people fill it in, we can better analyze why this occurs and use it to provide better guidance.

M.A.R.

2:03 AM

@JourneymanGeek it's not just about bothering

I know what it feels to be on a site you dont even know the meaning of

They probably didn't even recognize that as a comment from someone else

The screen looks so bizarre they can't find the comment even though it's in front of their eyes

Journeyman Geek

@M.A.R. some of these people already have accounts elsewhere they use

or try it to get around qbans

M.A.R.

I'm talking about the normal 1 rep C in Java not working guy

Journeyman Geek

tbh, that's the sort I hate the most ;p

M.A.R.

In meta.SE

Journeyman Geek

I mean, they have SO! Its the Jewel in the SE crown!

so much so they named the company after it (again)

M.A.R.

2:07 AM

You don't have the slightest idea of their helplessness

Well, people other than the ignorant type

Journeyman Geek

Well they find a site, they don't look around, they post...

I see some fundamental issues there not related to the SE model

M.A.R.

Not much different from an alien trying out a computer for the first time

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@JourneymanGeek Not much different from Quora

M.A.R.

@JourneymanGeek they do look around, their brains doesn't process what they see

Journeyman Geek

@M.A.R. how does a survey help their brains process?

M.A.R.

2:10 AM

@JourneymanGeek is really neither their fault, nor SE's

@JourneymanGeek I doubt they'd read the comment, let alone click the link and heck mmm doing the survey

I have no idea how autocorrect turned a comma into "mmm"

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@M.A.R. 'm' lies next to ',' on the keyboard

Shog9

,,,-bop

M.A.R.

Communicating in a language you're not fluent in sucks. :/

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog but thrice?

@Shog9 از کیبورد اندروید متنفرم

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@M.A.R. Probably twice, but autocorrect added the extra one

34 mins ago, by Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

How about the form itself? How's that?

Shog9

I kinda feel like I collected data on this already and posted it somewhere on meta

Catija

2:17 AM

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog That is a lot of downvotes... :/

Shog9

@Catija NOT ENOUGH

-9 or bust

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@Shog9 Tim Post did, I quoted his post in one of my answers

Catija

@Shog9 :/

John Dvorak

@Shog9 as you wish, my lord

Catija

It only needs -8 to go off the front page.

Journeyman Geek

2:19 AM

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog actually there's some specific things not there ;p

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@JourneymanGeek The quote, or Post's post?

Journeyman Geek

the question?

John Dvorak

Any volunteers to peek into Charcoal?

M.A.R.

I only have 13 flags in Web apps? I must be nooobz

Catija

@JohnDvorak Peek meaning what?

John Dvorak

2:22 AM

As in, look there and stay for a while.

Journeyman Geek

→ 5 messages moved to Chimney

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@Shog9 Please suspend that spammer network-wide

John Dvorak

Although, it seems this wave is over and only needs mopping up. It'll trickle here soon.

M.A.R.

Not me, my battery is low

Catija

@JohnDvorak Got most of them.

John Dvorak

2:23 AM

Last one's from stackapps, so chimney should be vented after that

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

Ugh ... it costs so much rep to post a question here ... — D.Hutchinson 18 secs ago

Shog9

...

Catija

Technically, it doesn't cost anything... MSE is free to post for everyone... usually... rep isn't necessary.

M.A.R.

Shog's connection is slow.

Nog Shine

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog That's the first impression many users get. They also get it if they return again.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

2:29 AM

"Look - as one who has just rejoined the SE community after (anonymously editing, but otherwise) lurking for many years, my perspectives are going to be different in several ways." (chat.meta.stackexchange.com/transcript/89?m=6620827#6620827)

Shog9

no, it's friday night and I'm cutting strips of extruded aluminum on which to mount LED strips

Journeyman Geek

fun

Shog9

...as one does on a Friday night

John Dvorak

330 here

Shog9

that must be Kelvin

John Dvorak

2:30 AM

nope, that would be 60c

3:30 AM

Shog9

that sounds less intense

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@Shog9 140F

Shog9

I figured you were in a really awesome hot tub

John Dvorak

I might like to visit one eventually, but not with a cellphone in hands

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@JohnDvorak Just buy a pouch

Nog Shine

2:32 AM

Your phone isn't waterproof?

M.A.R.

@NogShine IKR

he's a dinosaur

owl dinosaur

John Dvorak

I like my 3.5 jack, thank you

and replaceable batteries

M.A.R.

@JohnDvorak (╯ ͝° ͜ʖ͡°)╯︵ ┻━┻

Owliasaurus

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

I like my keyboard

And my antenna

M.A.R.

@JohnDvorak hey, no nude selfies in this chat

John Dvorak

2:36 AM

fiiine :P

2

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

3:49 AM

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Q: Questions migrated from other sites, closed as duplicate, and then locked show the wrong notice

This question was migrated from a different site, then closed as a duplicate. Later on, it was locked for historical significance. The revision history shows it correctly, and the vote arrows and flag option is gone (as expected). However, the lock notice for historical significance doesn't show ...

Journeyman Geek

@Catija dropped waaaay back in the MSE rep standings due to the 2 week vacation buuut, apparently I'm #74 all time ;p

Catija

@JourneymanGeek YAY!

It's been a tough couple of weeks.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@SmokeDetector Huh. I thought they added me to the privileged list.

Catija

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog There's a different one for each room... did they add you to the one for the Tavern?

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

4:05 AM

@Catija I think only to the one for Charcoal HQ.

Catija

Angus is in there right now... I think he can give you privileges in here.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@Shog9 Now the migration notice is missing.

@Shog9 Please answer in addition to simply adding in status-completed

Catija

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog PATIENCE... FFS.

He usually changes the status and then posts an answer.

Shog9

Two pings while I'm trying to type is just rude.

Nog Shine

@Catija lol

Thanks for the clarification @Shog

Shog9

4:11 AM

np

Nog Shine

I was confused because that banner on the post on Veg.SE looked same as the one asked in the question and it was locked.

The migration was first accepted and then edited, voted and then closed as too broad by users. Then it was locked. Or am I wrong?

Shog9

@NogShine all rejected migrations are locked (unless a moderator unlocks them manually)

Catija

Migrations can't really be "accepted".

Nog Shine

Ohhh!

They land directly?

Shouldn't it go first to the moderators of the target site?

Catija

Should... probably... do... no.

There are a lot of different ideas on how to improve migrations... including banning them completely.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

4:19 AM

Haha, the first time anyone has argued their own question should be changed from status-completed to status-declined.

Nog Shine

One thing I observed is the users who have accounts on both the sites can vote twice on the question. This alters the actual question score. So, it is gaming the system.

Catija

@NogShine People have floated a double review process for them... users on Site A vote to migrate to Site B and sufficiently high rep users on Site be review the question and "accept" it... or mods doing the same thing, though there's nothing about migration review like this that really would require a moderator's intervention... sites are usually pretty good at judging the topicality of their own scope...

the problem is users who aren't on Site B who think "this sounds like it could fit on Site B" without even bothering to look at that site's scope.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@NogShine That's a design flaw, not a bug.

Nog Shine

@Catija Yeah. They are either closed as off-topic or POB

Catija

@NogShine Depends. If the post has a negative score before migration, the votes are cancelled... if a post is getting upvotes on the originating site... it makes me wonder why it's being migrated.

Nog Shine

4:24 AM

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog It should be corrected either way.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@Shog9 What made you think of Texas here?

Feb 23 '17 at 5:22, by Shog9

Speaking of Texas, some anonymous benefactor has been beefing up the migration FAQ

Nog Shine

Feb 23 '17 at 5:06, by zaq

The color reminds me of Texas A&M, those were good times. And of an album I like...

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

But why bring up migrations in that case?

Catija

@NogShine Depends on the site. I see it the most with the ELU to ELL migrations... A lot of ELU users seem to think that ELL will take just about anything in the way of questions about English... but they still do have standards for research and detail... so a good number of migrated questions are closed/rejected (there's no way to close without rejecting) that would (if fixed) be find on ELL...

Shog9

I hear Texas is big on migrations

Catija

4:27 AM

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog Because Texas has major numbers of people migrating through it?

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

For a moment I thought he was checking the IP address behind the edit, which incidentally was from Texas

@Shog9 That was a coincidence, right?

Nog Shine

@Catija I can give you an example of an upvoted question migrated to here from Hinduism meta. The reason given by mod was it does good on MSE and gets a good answer here. I was surprised by the reason and the user whose question got migrated thinks that a good upvoted FR on per site meta will be migrated here.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@Shog9 Sorry about that and the lateness for this.

Catija

@NogShine That's different... and I'd say a rare case... most migrations should be because something is off topic on a site.

Nog Shine

Yeah. It is a rare one. That's why I was surprised.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

4:35 AM

@Shog9 Need a Chaos Emerald here: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/305945/…

Catija

Is there a reason that we can't just let users vote to close without asking people to hammer it closed?

These sorts of things aren't urgent. There's no reason to ping a staff member to do it. There are plenty of regular users who can do the same thing.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@Catija I usually do that with @Shadow when he's around, but I thought I'd ping Shog since he's around and Shadow's not. That said, I believe that blatant closures should be expedited (in general on all sites), as the delay may allow for an answer to be posted. Which contributes to the impression of some people that they should try their luck in getting the question answered before it gets closed.

John Dvorak

Ah non, the staff loves smashing these things

Catija

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog It's a duplicate of a bug in the app. The only people who're going to answer that with any expertise is Kasra or Brian. I think it's safe to leave it open while it collects close votes on its own.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@Catija Okay, not so blatant, then.

@Catija It's the mobile site, not the app

Nog Shine

4:45 AM

The tags are wrong on that question.

Catija

Eh... whatever... the point stands...

Nog Shine

The thing is the OP of the new question added , to the revision. Not a new tag. So, is it still a dupe?

Catija

The dupe is the error message on a failed edit saying "your answer could not be submitted" instead of "your edit could not be submitted"... so... yes... it's probably essentially the same. The reason for the failure is likely immaterial.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

This also happens for edits that don't go through for any reason, not just for creating tags without rep. — Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog 1 min ago

Catija

... yes.

Sensible Alexander

5:21 AM

I... uh, what?

We have to phaseshift the meta, then phaselock it.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

5:36 AM

@Shog9 You're Amy Rose. Even after I posted a new question, you've still answered every single one of my questions.

Sensible Alexander

6:37 AM

Some posts on this meta seem unnecessary, too. — if.... 16 mins ago

and some questions & their answers, and of course some comments, too

Nog Shine

7:32 AM

How is this a discussion? The question will have a definite answer. Doesn't it?

Sensible Alexander

7:47 AM

@NogShine dunno... nothing to be discussed....

Nog Shine

Yup. There's nothing to discuss.

May be bug or support would be fit but not discussion.

rene

9:17 AM

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog well, I think I get 1% response on my comments so I wouldn't expect much but I'm not against the idea. We can run this our self.

→ 22 messages moved to Chimney

@ShadowtheHedgehogWizard yeah, got it and agree. I did assume prettify was used as a single plugin, much like MathJax. Didn't know it could be tuned per-site.

rene

10:15 AM

delv-pls math meta.stackexchange.com/q/305946/158100 /cc @Bart @JourneymanGeek @ShadowtheHedgehogWizard @Glorfindel

delv-pls broker meta.stackexchange.com/q/305953/158100 /cc @Bart @JourneymanGeek @ShadowtheHedgehogWizard @Glorfindel

delv-pls verified meta.stackexchange.com/questions/305951/… /cc @Bart @JourneymanGeek @ShadowtheHedgehogWizard @Glorfindel

delv-pls python meta.stackexchange.com/questions/305939/… /cc @Bart @JourneymanGeek @ShadowtheHedgehogWizard @Glorfindel

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

Lol crap attack :D

Journeyman Geek

done the needful

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

Kaboom

@rene yeah SE is smart. ;)

Journeyman Geek

2:30 PM

meta.stackexchange.com/questions/305967/… cv-plz

Zoe the Wolf

That was asked on SO a short while ago

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Q: restrict all apps except one app on mobile data

I want to restrict my all app and background applications except whatsapp. What should I do?. I used 3G watchdog but not working. I tried to restrict networked apps through setting but didn't work. P.S my mobile is not rooted.

android

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

2:43 PM

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog true, I have no problem to be pinged, but please don't ping others without their explicit approval first, especially not SE staff... they really have better things to do. Think @rene also won't care to be pinged for hammer usage, but you'll have to ask @rene. @rene what you say? :)

@ZoetheWolf great, they moved to MSE now...

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Q: Restrict all apps except one app

I want to restrict my all app and background applications except whatsapp. What should I do?. I used 3G watchdog but not working. I have Huawei p8 lite. I tried to restrict networked apps through setting but didn't work. P.S my mobile is not rooted.

discussion android-app

Zoe the Wolf

watch the rest of the accounts as well

rene

@ShadowtheHedgehogWizard I'm ok to be pinged for closures or deletes on MSE.

Zoe the Wolf

in case it's reposted again

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

@rene good! Tell that to @Sonic though. ;)

rene

U just did, right?

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

2:49 PM

@rene yup, @Sonic now know

Sensible Alexander

3:01 PM

@ShadowtheHedgehogWizard deleted (self?), goes to monitor Android Enthusiasts now...

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Q: Restrict all apps except one app

I want to restrict my all app and background applications except whatsapp. What should I do?. I used 3G watchdog but not working. I have Huawei p8 lite 6.0 Marshmallow. I tried to restrict networked apps through setting but didn't work. P.S my mobile is not rooted.

applications settings

at least it's on the right site now

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

@SensibleAlexander yeah, I posted a comment directing the OP there

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@rene Okay, thanks. In the meantime, Chaos Emerald (gold badge) please: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/305965/…

@ShadowtheHedgehogWizard Since you're present in this room, see above

Sensible Alexander

3:23 PM

@SmokeDetector f

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@rene You mean you're OK with posting my survey link?

Catija

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog If it's your survey and not "official", I would recommend making it clear that it's unofficial.

rene

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog yes and that ^

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

"Note: This is run by a fellow member of the community, not by the Stack Exchange team."

This OK?

Catija

Sure... I mean... it's at least transparent. I don't know if the staff are OK with it...

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

3:28 PM

@Catija We're not requiring any system intervention; we're just doing so in comments. Plus, Jon Ericson agreed.

Here's the link: goo.gl/forms/YzBwF9rZ0OyQWYhI2

@rene @Catija @Shadow

The answers are in random order

Catija

Him agreeing that it was a good idea is not the same thing as him giving permission for you to collect the data... particularly depending on what data you collect... if it records user info like email addresses, that would likely be a privacy issue.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@Catija It doesn't record user info. The only things it records are the time and the answer to that question.

@rene If you want, I can give you the canned comment I use for this

Sensible Alexander

Personally, I don't see anything dangerous with that survey.... though without any identificaction, fraud answer will be expected...

but with identification, more fraud answer will be possible...

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@SensibleAlexander Google Forms does trigger a captcha if it thinks a spambot is filling the form

Sensible Alexander

well, I could answer the survey with random answer manually...

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

3:43 PM

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog of what? On mobile now so can't easily see.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@ShadowtheHedgehogWizard I've already cast a recommend closure flag, so it should be in the list of proposed duplicates

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog I'd expect fingerprint identification in future forms. ;)

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@ShadowtheHedgehogWizard Too much personal data

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog not in mobile

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@ShadowtheHedgehogWizard It's a dupe of this: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/76251/…

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

3:45 PM

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog not really

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@ShadowtheHedgehogWizard There's a section called "I disagree with the reasons why my edit was rejected; what should I do?"

It's an faq, in case you didn't notice

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

Hmm... Guess it should be edited then. Suggesting again (one more time) can be valid sometimes.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@ShadowtheHedgehogWizard What should be edited? Also, it's not in the FAQ because most of the time the edits are truly wrong.

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A: Why are blatantly off-topic questions often showing up on Meta?

Update: In an attempt to figure out how and why users post off-topic questions here on MSE, I've created a survey, which simply asks why the user chose to post the question here on MSE. Hopefully, the response rate on this simple form will be higher than the response rate to our comments. I'm us...

@rene @Catija @Shadow Canned comment there ^^

Catija

4:00 PM

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog no... "we're conducting a survey" sounds like SE is... you aren't staff, it's not official. That's deceptive.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@Catija Changed to "We, the Meta Stack Exchange community, are conducting a survey"

Anyone here respond? I got a series of quick responses in succession that had the same choice. @SensibleAlexander was that you?

Sensible Alexander

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog not at all. I only opened that survey link once, read the options, and close it.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

Well, since the timestamps very clearly indicate they're the same person, I've deleted all but one of the responses.

rene

6:52 PM

→ 14 messages moved to Chimney

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

7:43 PM

@Shadow chaos-emerald-pls meta.stackexchange.com/questions/305974/…

Zoe the Wolf

chaos-emerald-pls? That's a new one

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@ZoetheWolf I need his Chaos Emerald (his gold badge) to instantly close the question as a dupe.

Zoe the Wolf

oh

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

Chaos Emeralds are the most powerful objects. There are seven of them; Shadow has one.

With all seven, I can become Super Sonic

Zoe the Wolf

What about the elements of harmony?

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

7:55 PM

I believe this needs just one more vote to close: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/305965/…

SmokeDetector

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Zoe the Wolf

You didn't answer though :D

SmokeDetector

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Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@ZoetheWolf Answer what?

Zoe the Wolf

12 mins ago, by Zoe the Wolf

What about the elements of harmony?

SmokeDetector

8:05 PM

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Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@ZoetheWolf The Chaos Emeralds are the equivalents in the Sonic franchise.

Zoe the Wolf

Crossover episode? :>