matthewsnyder‭

We are a late starter QA site, so we are disadvantaged vs. competitors like Stack Overflow. Namely, a lot of basic questions are already asked and answered there, and people are less likely to orga...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Karl Knechtel‭

It is probably not controversial to say that if you're creating a tag, you should add a description for it. Otherwise, how will anyone else know what you intended the tag to be used for? Unfortuna...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

Seems like the main option for real time chat related to Codidact is Discord. Were there any other alternatives considered? Why was Discord chosen? There are older, more established options for r...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Mithical‭

I'd look to use my own tools for browsing Codidact. Examples include: Summarize activity for a proposal I'm interested in, similar to what's described in https://meta.codidact.com/posts/289288/2...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by ArtOfCode‭

It is generally considered good practice to try and do your own research to find the answer to a question before you post it. There are some questions where the asker is just not capable of findin...

5 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Karl Knechtel‭

I have noticed a user that I suspect may be posting AI generated content. What should I do in such a situation? I don't want to go into exactly why I think it's an AI. Suffice to say, I work on LL...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Mithical‭

Can we add a global search page to Codidact? This would simply apply the search query site-wide. This feature is useful when you're not sure which section has the question you want. Yes, you can ...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭

I noticed that sometimes when I click notifications, they keep reappearing after I refresh. If I refresh several times, and click several times, eventually it "sticks" and they become read. I don't...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by trichoplax‭

Suppose you feel another user is stalking or harassing you in comments. These are of course subjective feelings, and need to be judged as per the objective facts of the matter. In this hypothetical...

1 answer  ·  posted 11mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

On StackOverflow, you could bookmark a question, and you would get notified for answers as if you posted it yourself. This was useful when you see an unanswered question and think "yeah, I'd also l...

0 answers  ·  posted 9mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  closed as duplicate 9mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

It appears that Codidact has notification streams for new questions and interesting questions, but currently these are over email. Can you add a search filter, global page, RSS feed or some other ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

It's common to hear comments about QA sites being "cluttered", "clogged", "spammed" etc. with types of questions that the commenter doesn't want. What does this actually mean? Is there a definitio...

4 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Karl Knechtel‭

Can you please add a flag reason for "AI/LLM content"? I occasionally see people try to make some posts where they clearly just plug the question into ChatGPT and copy/pasted the response into the...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

When I read through https://codidact.org/ I get the impression that the focus is on helping people get their questions answered. There are obviously other benefits, like providing a platform for pe...

4 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

I think the basic question is: Would future readers of the question want to see it? The main way to use a Q&A site is not to ask or answer questions, but to view existing posts. A post ma...

posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭