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| Comment | Post #286052 |
Another point is that while you might not want to be tracked and profiled, that is not in the community's interest. We <i>do</i> want to know who we're talking to in regards to what else they have posted. Put another way, it is useful for members here to be able to mentally profile other users they... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #285954 |
At least that's something, so I undid the -1. I still don't get what this has to do with busses, though. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #285954 |
Please put that in your question. We shouldn't have to follow links to get pertinent information to the question. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #285954 |
What's a "bus factor"? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #285846 |
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| Comment | Post #285846 |
@#36363 Anyone that takes 2 years (or even a month) to become a positive user isn't worth having around. Most people are quite capable of posting decent questions. Those that aren't are better discarded immediately than wasting volunteer resources on. (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285842 |
You complain that you can't bang out a question immediately when it pops into your head, even if you're in the middle of doing something else with lots of distractions around. That's a <b>good thing</b>.
We want questions that are well thought out, to the point, and well written. Doing that righ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #285845 |
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| Edit | Post #285846 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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A: Allow posting without logging in at least in some communities Bad idea for lots of reasons: Anonymity breeds vandalism. Enforcement becomes impossible. How would you ban or suspend an offender? Allowing unregistered users to post is an obvious gaping hole for suspended users. Someone who knows there won't be any consequences is more likely to do ba... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #285845 |
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| Edit | Post #285845 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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TT tag works in preview, not in final post. The html tag <tt> works correctly in the preview window that is shown while editing a post. Text enclosed in such tags is shown in mono-spaced font. However, the TT tag seems to be ignored when the post is shown normally. The TT tags don't get lost. Editing a post again shows the tags, an... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285783 |
@#8046 OK, I signed up on the discord server (was trying to avoid that). Apparently I need to do something special to get on the moderator's channel. I didn't see it after creating the account. Can you get me in or send me a link or something? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #285776 |
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| Edit | Post #285783 |
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| Edit | Post #285783 |
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| Edit | Post #285783 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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A: Hobbling of users who consistently post low-quality content The problem has gotten even worse in the four months since this question was asked. I had forgotten about this question, and posted a new one "Need to throttle users with consistently bad posts". Please consider that an "answer" here. In summary, I looked around on all the sites and found it sur... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #285776 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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Need to throttle users with consistently bad posts. Now that Codidact has some experience to look back on, we can see the same thing happening here as in other on-line places and in real life. We are all here for our own personal selfish reasons. However, most of us understand what these sites are trying to achieve, and feel it would be wrong to... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285694 |
Your link only goes to a page talking about how the feature will be removed, but nothing that defines the feature itself. A link to a help page describing this "developer story" thing, and a link to an example would be useful. (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285553 |
When you give yourself the permission to delete what you don't like, then it squashes the free exchange of ideas. It also too easily devolves into using censorship to delete dissenting opinions because you find them inconvenient.
It's best to only delete or disallow speech or writing when it reac... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #285550 |
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— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285553 |
The problem with a rule that content should not be "offensive" is that there is a wide range of what people consider offensive. The easier path is to have a thick skin and realize that what people say in their profile reflects on them, not the site. Saying something insulting about a public figure ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #285549 |
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| Edit | Post #285550 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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A: Codidact's policy regarding posts, user names and profiles with political content User names are less personal space than your profile description, and more in-your-face to other users. User names should therefore be more restricted than your personal profile description. User names have a purpose, which is to be a short handle to identify you across Codidact. They are not th... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #285549 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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A: Codidact's policy regarding posts, user names and profiles with political content Users should be able to say what they want in their profile. I think of that as personal space. About the only thing that should not be allowed is a direct insult to another member. As with anything else you write publicly, you are still on the hook for libel if you misstate facts in a way to be... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285501 |
I don't really care about this "problem". To some extent, I actually like how it is. But, if it were to change I would forget about it soon enough, and certainly not try to get it changed back. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #285501 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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A: Should the active category name not be shown twice on the categories header? Should the active category name not be shown twice on the categories header? Eh, maybe, but it also doesn't seem like a problem to solve. One advantage of showing the selected category on the bottom line is that it can be bigger and bolder. It's easier to see at a quick glance what category yo... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #285473 |
@#53922: OK, done. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #285483 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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A: How many automatically created users that were never active are there still and what to do about them? Importing content was a mistake It may have sounded good at the time, but hindsight has now clearly shown that importing content from Elsewhere was a mistake. These dummy users are part of that. We should delete all imported content, which includes users that never showed up here in person. That... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285473 |
If we delete all content from these phantom users, then we don't need attribution links. We've got to stop clinging to this stuff. It has little value here, and search engines are going to favor the real thing over our copy. There is 0 upside. It's time to realize this was a mistake, delete it, a... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285473 |
It may have sounded good at the time, but hindsight has now clearly shown that importing content from Elsewhere was a mistake. These dummy users are part of that. Personally, I think we should delete <b>all</b> imported content, which includes users that never showed up here in person. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #285441 |
@Monica: That sounds good. (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285441 |
@Monica: That makes sense about the boxes. I mentioned comments because you seemed to cover the rest. Basically I'm looking for something that tells me on a single line whether there has been any activity on that site since I last checked, and particularly if there has been any associated with me. ... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285441 |
What you have looks great. It basically shows in one line what you want to know about all of "your" communities. I'm unclear what the boxes at left do, though. They look like they are meant to have an X in them or not. If they are just targets for re-ordering, then something smaller and solid wou... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285415 |
I can see how some people might want different "about" text on different sites. However, let's not optimize for the rare case. Most people probably want to write their <i>about</i> text once, and have that propagate to all sites. It would be quite confusing if you think you fixed a typo in your te... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #285416 |
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| Edit | Post #285416 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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A: What information should be displayed on a network profile? I would like to see a place that links to the sites I care about, and therefore want to check in on regularly. I currently have to bring up the main page, then click on the sites I want to visit while skipping over the stuff I don't care about. That wasn't much of a problem when there were only a... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285257 |
If it's just about not having to remember another password, you can use the same password on your Google and Codidact accounts. That's no less secure than having them be the same account. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285257 |
<i>"What's the point?"</i> was also my first thought. You, or any one user, just wanting a feature isn't a justification for spending volunteer time implementing it. You're the one that wants the feature, so you need to provide some arguments as to why this feature would be beneficial to Codidact a... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285249 |
@Trilarion: And it's still off by 10, so that's probably just a coincidence anyway. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #285249 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |