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Posts by Lundin‭

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Q&A Let's improve how we handle duplicates

Question closure can leave people feeling judged (as we learned Somewhere Else) ...counter the impression that duplicates are bad To solve that problem, one needs to address the source. Somew...

posted 2y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Stop inserting space after question titles

This is kind of minor so I haven't bothered reporting it before, but it's been there since day 1: the site is inserting a space character after every question title. Example (from here): Newslette...

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

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Q&A Get a [faq] tag, mods!

I started to write this as a comment in response to @Canina's answer, but realized it's a different proposal on it's own. Bit of brainstorming: A FAQ is not necessarily some help page with everyth...

posted 2y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Reaction system for comments

I don't think many want the site to behave like social media. In particular, we don't need the narcissism of social media - I truly don't care if "Bob likes this" or "Ten people found this funny". ...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Has anyone seen my unicorn?

Has anyone seen my unicorn "Fluffy"? It has green fur and loves apples. It was last seen-... Since a few days back, the user avatar is missing on my profile: And I've seen the same on other u...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Please, don't kill Olin Elthrop‭!

Issues like this should be flagged for mod attention, not "discussed on meta". There is nothing to discuss & the staff doesn't need input from random users about their "opinions" on the matter....

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Duplicate links in help centers

I just noticed that any help center on any site has lots of duplicate links below "About Codidact" and "Legal". The same links are listed 2 times in a row. I get this on every single Codidact comm...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Mithical‭

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Q&A The homework dumps are coming - how about a network-wide policy?

I'm starting to see the first signs of the inevitable "homework dumps" on Software Development as the site is gaining traffic a bit. The criteria for a homework dump is roughly: A raw copy/paste...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Threaded comments are here!

status-completed a different way: thread page now has expanders for the post and, if it's an answer, also the question. This provides the missing context without having to go through the extra has...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Threaded comments are here!

Great feature, I've been looking forward to this! Some thoughts: Expand/collapse with a little + or arrow etc to the left of the comment is probably a more intuitive GUI to most users (?). ...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Should we be able to tag answers?

It sounds like a feature of very limited use. I agree that it would be neat for Code Golf, where different answers are per definition of "different kinds". I don't really see any use for it on any ...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Taking our design to the next level: feedback wanted

I really don't like the change to tags. "...without necessarily being in your face" They need to be in one's face! The way these kind of Q&A sites are designed, tags are super important. They...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Tag wiki too prominent when sorting posts by tag

When sorting posts by tag, the tag usage part pops up as expected, but also the whole tag wiki. So when you actually start writing a proper tag wiki for a tag, anyone who wants to see posts under t...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Improving the "copy link" button

I'd like to have the "copy link" button below questions improved so that it gives something more useful. Currently when clicking on it, you just get a raw URL like: https://unicorns.codidact.com/p...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Add an option to retract a flag before it's handled

I agree, we know from experience that this is useful. "Someplace Else" got this feature and I've used it now and then. Often when you get some "wait a minute..." moment, realizing that you have mis...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Could we have a way to edit without bumping posts?

I agree, this is a problem when the site activity is low. For example I wrote a very long answer at Software Dev the other week, then re-visited it later and corrected some typos etc. Then someone ...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Should we change the score required for the Curate trust level, and if so, to what?

At this early stage I think you'll simply have to give out the privilege manually to users per community, similar as to how we've gotten temporary moderators in place. Given that they are active us...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Giving question feedback in private - a moderating system to reduce conflicts

Some background: A discussion about deleting/preserving comments and giving user feedback popped up on Software Development meta here: How are we supposed to give feedback for poor questions if su...

6 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Currently, where should we ask any OS related question?

We currently have a proposal for a "power user" PC site here: https://meta.codidact.com/posts/278833. It has score 13. And we also have another proposal for a Linux user site here: https:/...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Disallowing quoting question parts in answers, rather, in comments only

Quoting parts of questions in answers is a problem because it prevents the legitimacy of a question's OP to try to improve a bad question in case community members think the question is bad by he...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Codidact marketing for community posts

We currently let users with the Curate ability promote posts across the Codidact network. Should we choose some subset of these for promotion? Well this seems like an extremely hard ability to...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Advertise Codidact.com on your vehicle?

It's not that kind of product - it's not tooth paste or Coca Cola. Random advertising to random people is unlikely to increase site activity. Advertising needs to be directed to those who are inte...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Why not broaden Electrical Engineering to Engineering?

This has been proposed before https://meta.codidact.com/posts/74999. My comment then was: I'm a dipl. computer engineer and if you ask me what an "engineering site" is about, I wouldn't be able...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Add colors for font on all websites?

The reason why this wasn't added on SO is because lots of people already struggle to use correct formatting for emphasis, using code formatting, quote format and weird crap like that. It's kind of ...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Where can I ask about fixing a Fairphone 3?

Your question "how to get a display out of the frame of a consumer product" doesn't have anything to do with electronics. For the same reason as asking how to get a shelf out of your fridge has not...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭

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