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Machavity

Jan 22 20:07

@SPArcheon Wait, you don't format your website using friendship? gasp

Machavity

Oct 16, 2023 19:16

@AndreasismovingtoCodidact I'd be careful going too far down that road, given recent events

Machavity

Oct 16, 2023 18:12

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Q: Practical effects of the October 2023 layoff

I hope that by now you’ve all had a chance to read and digest the announcement and the blog post about today’s layoff. This was not an easy decision to make, nor is this an easy conversation to have. At the end, if you squint, I hope you’ll see the faint glimmer of a silver lining. But we have wo...

Machavity

Oct 16, 2023 16:55

@Catija You could always tell us what the internal thinking in firing Monica was. They can't fire you for that anymore.

Machavity

Oct 16, 2023 15:44

@Catija You're not alone there

Machavity

Oct 16, 2023 15:20

@ShadowTheGPTWizard I don't think this will lead to a strike. I think lots of folks are going to resign

Machavity

Oct 16, 2023 15:12

@ShadowTheGPTWizard There will be one, come hell or high water. I'm just trying to give other employees an opportunity first

Machavity

Oct 16, 2023 15:08

@Catija SOCVR is one place you can get to. And we added you to the former SO mod room

Machavity

Dec 13, 2022 15:08

@ShadowTheKidWizard FWIW they have one non-spam deleted Q on SO. 5 years old too.

Machavity

Dec 13, 2022 14:54

@ShadowTheKidWizard Bleh. Someone edited the spam out. Might want to revert next time

Machavity

Feb 18, 2021 20:42

@JasonC And she's still the head CM (waves at Sara)

Machavity

Oct 28, 2020 16:44

@Spevacus I suggested Professional Geek. Geek10 was too cliche :P

Machavity

Oct 19, 2020 20:55

I think people are conflating this with chat having issues earlier

Machavity

Oct 19, 2020 14:05

@ShadowWizardWearingMask Really need to turn off spacebar overheating

Machavity

Oct 19, 2020 13:43

@Luuklag So they're really not beating up blue guys?

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 16:26

@ShadowWizardWearingMask Yes. If you breathe it in you won't live long enough to die from Covid

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 15:45

@Rob Dang Covid mandates...

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 14:47

Clear socks don't need escalation

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 14:47

@mag Per the CMs, they don't think they can handle 60 a week yet. I would suggest 1-2 per day to start, prioritizing socks

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 14:18

Get Fiber internet

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 13:59

Serial voting reversal happens as an event in your voting. Vote invalidations do not show like that. The votes just go away and your reputation graph goes up/down

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 13:55

@mag Most are not that sophisticated. I found one where the sock asked a question and the other socks (and master) answered and upvoted

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 13:54

@Ollie Yeah

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 13:34

Consider waiting on any major actions until the CM burn is done. I've had 5k serial voting rep reversed this morning alone. You might find some of them have just been waiting on invalidation

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 13:26

Not surprising

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 13:25

60 per week isn't bad IMO. If the tools verify they're socks, they go fast and Martjin does a lot of them every week, probably via the internal list

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 13:20

@mag Let me see what the other mods would be comfortable with as a rate. 100 per day would fill the custom queue up really fast

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 13:18

@gnat I've seen it floating around but I haven't had time to look into it. As I said, it's a time intensive process

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 13:09

Largest voting ring was around 10k sockpuppets (was a long time ago). That's not an exaggeration either. I suspect a lot of mod and CM tooling got written to help catch that much earlier

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 13:03

When I nuked the old sock, all that rep went away, despite the age of the votes

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 13:03

I found a guy earlier this week who had a 2-year old sock and had done about a dozen upvotes and not got caught. So last month he rolled up 3 more and that caught our attention

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 13:01

There's a recalculation process that kicks off when any kind of reversal happens

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 13:00

I had voting ring escalations from yesterday handled today. That's never happened since I got modded

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Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 12:59

Heh. I wouldn't drop 100 a day in. Voting stuff is a feast or famine thing. Sometimes the tools make it clear they are socks or voting rings. But voting rings are also one of the most time intensive mod things out there

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 12:54

He's been playing with a bot he wrote

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 12:54

He's a SOCVR regular

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 12:53

These are just notices to people that their voting schemes have been foiled by some meddlesome kids and their dog

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 12:44

I've been slinging targeted voting notices myself this morning

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 12:43

And if you're not already aware, CMs are focusing the backlog this week

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 12:40

Well, to clarify, if you dump 400 in at once that might not the greatest. Maybe pace yourself too

Machavity

Sep 11, 2020 12:28

@mag I don't see any problem with it. If you're not familiar with Dharman, he's been trying to do the same thing. Could be worth coordinating efforts

Machavity

Jun 18, 2020 22:51

@SonictheStay-HomeHedgehog Good stuff. Thanks for the change

Machavity

Jun 18, 2020 22:22

@SonictheStay-HomeHedgehog I consolidated the two and made the wording more concise in one bullet

Machavity

May 22, 2020 19:45

Unfortunately, the .Net mobile push library we use hasn't been actively maintained since mid-2016, a little before Apple announced the feature. So far, it's been more effective to have someone spend a couple hours a year renewing the certificate than spend the time to invest in a new library. — Brian Nickel ♦ 12 mins ago

Machavity

Mar 10, 2020 19:39

Hmm

Machavity

Mar 10, 2020 19:38

A bit. Maybe 15 mins.

Machavity

Mar 10, 2020 19:36

In that same vein, I just got a captcha in trying to answer on a site where I have well beyond Trusted User rep. Is that a one-off thing?

Machavity

Mar 9, 2020 19:10

@πάνταῥεῖ Yep

Machavity

Mar 9, 2020 18:49

@ShadowWizardisEarForYou It was only 25 days ago. Come on! Pay attention! :P

Machavity

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