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Codidact Meta is the meta-discussion site for the Codidact community network and the Codidact software. Whether you have bug reports or feature requests, support questions or rule discussions that touch the whole network – this is the site for you.

Posts by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A How can we improve community proposals?

For many such proposals, the first things I wonder are: What specifically is wrong with the SE version of this community? What would compel people to abandon it and come here, besides principle?...

posted 12mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A Indicate stale reactions based on user activity

Reactions are currently used on CD to: Confirm an answer worked (similar to accepting an answer on SO) Show that an answer is dangerous Indicate interest in participating in a proposed CD site...

3 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭

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Q&A A way to prohibit creating certain tags.

I don't see anything wrong with a way to ban tags, other than it would require more coding from CD devs. Nothing wrong with that - you need to break some eggs if you want an omelette. However, may...

posted 10mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A Introduce a spam reaction?

I don't think it should be called spam. Spam, in the strict sense, is large-volume, unwanted commercial advertisement. For example, if I go to every question tagged Python and reply "Click here to ...

posted 2mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A Is it okay to ask a question because you're too lazy/bored to figure it out yourself?

My answers would be that: It's okay to ask here even if the answer is readily available elsewhere There is no minimum level of research, beyond ensuring it's clear what's being asked It is not...

posted 7mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A Where is "user last seen"? [duplicate]

How can I tell when a user last logged in? When I go to their profile's "Activity" tab, it shows me only activity on that site. I don't want to cycle through every site one by one. The global doe...

0 answers  ·  posted 7mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  closed as duplicate 7mo ago by Mithical‭

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Q&A How to grow all of our communities?

Make Codidact a helpful place. The most basic reason why people use a QA site is because they want help. Specifically, they have a question and want it answered quickly and usefully. "Quickly" ca...

posted 7mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A What is the appropriate tone for feedback on questions and answers?

When giving feedback (comments, edits, reactions) what is the appropriate tone? In other words, how should you phrase your feedback? Should you assume knowledge of all site rules? Should you a...

1 answer  ·  posted 7mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 7mo ago by Canina‭

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Q&A What is "clutter" in the context of Codidact?

This is not an answer, but more detail about why it confuses me. I left it out of the question to keep it succinct. You can read this as an answer to the effect of "I have searched for a meaning/de...

posted 7mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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