Comment by Appleguysnake on How can we stop failing the users who we actually...
There are a variety of technical answers to those questions. For example, right now if you find an old unanswered question and answer it, you can often find it immediately get closed. Just...
View ArticleComment by Appleguysnake on How can we stop failing the users who we actually...
@Scratte Hey it's you! You're right I see that I was on the wrong page for the unsung hero badge (I removed that line) and it's good to see lots of people have it! But the other badge criteria I was...
View ArticleComment by Appleguysnake on Are canonical dupes a waste of everyone's time?
"Here's a suggestion ... have one for the simplest and most common cases, then perhaps have another layer of questions for different categories." When I was trying to get more involved in SO, I tried...
View ArticleComment by Appleguysnake on Are canonical duplicates useful anymore?
"Here's a suggestion ... have one for the simplest and most common cases, then perhaps have another layer of questions for different categories." When I was trying to get more involved in SO, I tried...
View ArticleComment by Appleguysnake on How can I make sure the question I'm going to...
"posting a duplicate question is not a bad thing. It can be a good thing if the terms you're searching for offer a different perspective of the subject" It would be nice if this was the attitude that...
View ArticleComment by Appleguysnake on Outdated Answers: results from use-case survey
"we have the tools to fix the situation but refuse to use them" This summarizes most problems I've seen on this site
View ArticleComment by Appleguysnake on Goodbye reputation based privileges, hello...
@zcoop98 I did, my post was downvoted three seconds after posting it and my comment acknowledging it was deleted. The SO community loves to say the site admins don't listen to them when rolling out new...
View ArticleComment by Salvatore Ambulando on Introducing the Staging Ground, an attempt...
@BDL Just something worth noting, having minor typos like this edited on my post and then receiving no answers or even comments was one of my major friction points as a new asker that made me not want...
View ArticleComment by Salvatore Ambulando on Introducing the Staging Ground, an attempt...
@CodyGray Downvoting feels bad because you aren't posting an opinion on Reddit, you're asking for help. Getting a downvote with no comment - along with a little notification that you've lost rep to...
View ArticleComment by Salvatore Ambulando on Introducing the Staging Ground, an attempt...
Honestly, even as a relatively new user who complains about downvotes and unfriendly culture, I would prefer if all the new onboarding stuff was replaced with just this message in big bold text. It...
View ArticleComment by Salvatore Ambulando on Introducing the Staging Ground, an attempt...
@szmate1618 I want you know that your answer is appreciated because it does a great job summarizing the very obvious problems with the site, and is a perfect honey trap for comments demonstrating...
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