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Mithical

11:23

Why are people VTCing [status-completed] posts as no longer reproducible

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Mithical

14:26

The bug report was completed. It did not become obsolete.

Mithical

13:59

@Starship No, it's not. The bug was fixed, which solved the issue. It wasn't rendered obsolete by the system moving on. We don't close all bugs that have been fixed as not reproducible. Once it has a status tag, then closing as "no longer reproducible" is not an appropriate action; the close reason is for bugs and FRs that have become obsolete without being fixed or otherwise addressed. Bugs and FRs with status tags are not considered "pending" anymore, and so closing them does nothing useful.

PM 2Ring

yst 21:30

@EmmaBee Well, I agree that we need some way to stop trolls & spammers from invading. But it's very frustrating when you spot a new member who seems genuine who could benefit from a chat conversation, but who doesn't have enough rep to chat.

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EmmaBee

Wed 22:33

Oh hey, just the conversation I enjoy stumbling into :)

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Journeyman Geek

Mon 00:28

Good morning you sorry band of miscreants and malcontents. No wait, that's the other room. Good morning anyway :D

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Journeyman Geek

Wed 00:32

Moving it to SU was the kindest option, downvotes don't count and OP could get an answer

Mithical

Tue 18:57

@StarshipRemembersShadow It's been established for many years at this point that posting questions that theoretically are about the entire network are on-topic on child metas. Users are not required to venture beyond the boundaries of their site to discuss issues that affect their usage of the site.

PM 2Ring

Apr 30 21:35

Gee, Smokey. All the spam I've been flagging for you lately, and that's the gratitude I get...

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balpha

Apr 23 18:25

fine

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balpha

Apr 30 15:40

I think you're taking me too seriously. You should never do that.

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Tinkeringbell

May 2 07:31

@JourneymanGeek It's called 'Tavern on the Meta'

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starball

Sun 21:27

@Twineee-MissesShadow-Wizard some disambiguation would be appreciated so I don't get pings presumably meant for someone else. thanks

Starship Remembers Shadow

May 1 10:36

@Twineee-MissesShadow-Wizard Let’s move to a different chat room we’ve been asked by multiple users multiple times at this point

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Journeyman Geek

May 1 01:28

Right, if you're going to test the bot, there's the sandbox. Any suggestion or actual testing of smokey here will get my full and absolute ire

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Feeds

Apr 25 15:34

Rümeysa Öztürk was grabbed off the street in my town one month ago.

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Mithical

Apr 6 08:16

To make something clear: When it comes to suspended or deleted users, chat is not the place for speculation on what happened or opining on whether it was deserved or not. That is between the affected user and the CM team, and discussing it here accomplishes nothing except fearmongering. Please do not continue to bring such discussions up here.

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Meta Announcements

Apr 29 15:40

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Q: Concluding the Answer Assistant experiment

On Tuesday, April 29, 2025, we ended the Answer Assistant experiment on the Stack Exchange sites where it was running - Raspberry Pi, Arts & Crafts, and User Experience. We greatly appreciate the willingness of those sites (and Web Applications that began the journey with us) to experiment with w...

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starball

May 2 06:59

there's too many dens

Spevacus

Apr 4 20:01

I will say: The situation sucks. I'm sad about the whole thing. I'd appreciate if we recognized that, while we can speculate wildly, we refrain from doing so partially out of respect for Shadow and partially because there's really not much to base speculation off of. Remember Shadow fondly. I'm sure we all thank him for what he's done here as one of our longstanding members.

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Kevin B

May 1 18:22

you have to take a screenshot of it, which you can't do while reporting the ad so you have to cancel the report, take a screenshot, save it somewhere, modify it so it's small enough to be accepted iwth the report, then open the report process again

rene

Apr 19 06:36

Impressive dashboard for Maths.se: stackapps.com/questions/10788/…

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Meta Announcements

Apr 21 16:04

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Q: Results of the March 2025 Community Asks Sprint

The March Community Asks Sprint has concluded! As this was the third Community Asks Sprint, we’re starting to hit our stride. We were able to put forth critical design work for a variety of issues and fully address many more during this two-week sprint. Some of those issues were picked up from th...

discussion featured stack-exchange announcements community-asks-sprint

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Wollzy

Apr 30 21:32

Yea balpha is free of chat blame now. I've assumed that responsibility

Kevin B

Apr 30 20:15

🤔

Petəíŕd the Wizard

Apr 30 05:32

@Twineee-MissesShadow-Wizard Yes

balpha

Apr 23 18:04

foo

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Spevacus

Apr 9 16:08

Context for the room: I was invited to speak at Stack Exchange's internal virtual meetup today and do a big Q&A. It was a great time.

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Journeyman Geek

Apr 29 08:21

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Q: A Gamified Coding Challenge Feature for Stack Overflow? We Want Your Feedback!

I’m Tom, Senior Talent Acquisition Manager at Stack Overflow. I first joined in 2015 when Joel was running the show, spent a few years here, and then boomeranged back in 2021. I primarily support hiring for the Product, Engineering, Design, and Community teams, but lately, I've had the opportun...

discussion product-discovery

Chicken

Apr 22 15:53

🐰

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EmmaBee

Apr 9 16:08

For example: "That was literally the most valuable hour I think I've had since starting here. Would love to see this be a permanent meetup feature. " ;)

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Kevin B

Apr 2 15:13

good thing we can check the status page for updates

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Kevin B

Apr 25 16:09

even the tooltip

Mithical

Apr 23 18:34

lesson learned: balpha will always follow through on the bit

Meta Announcements

Apr 23 18:04

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Q: Upcoming initiatives on Stack Overflow and across the Stack Exchange network - April 2025

Today, I shared an update on progress from last quarter and what we’re up to this quarter on the blog. Community Products development teams are focused on delivering against outcomes, which are organized around strategic initiatives. With this approach, teams may test many different solutions, wi...

discussion featured announcements

Spevacus

Mar 5 21:14

Yeah I would like to say broadly, all Stackers should feel welcome to drop by the Tavern and say hi if they want. It helps make the company feel more alive and connected.

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balpha

Mar 21 18:45

Look at Shadow being all diplomatic, things are certainly changing around here 😛

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rene

Mar 14 08:58

@Starship Okay, here is the deal. The onus is on you to make the advertisement of your app clear and worth keeping. Voters need to be convinced that your app with its AI (which might put off voters in the first place, given the sentiment) solve an actual problem, specially if you plan on letting it lose on its own in the future. That scares the shit out of people and I don't blame them.

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balpha

Apr 1 14:00

test

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Slate

Apr 10 14:02

Answers are not inherently trackable within our internal systems the way questions are (i.e. by the status-review process).

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Jeff Atwood

Feb 6 04:08

worthless internet points are underrated

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Slate

Mar 11 17:27

How did you develop your understanding of the Stack Exchange network?

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Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

Feb 11 21:01

Two new CMs

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Wollzy

Mar 24 18:49

If you were experiencing issues with the survey banner reappearing it seems to be fixed now (at least on my machine/phone...famous last words). You may need to dismiss it one more time for it to stick. This is still cookie based so it is domain and device specific

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Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

Mar 24 05:48

Two weeks ago marks the completion of 12 years on the Stack Exchange network for me

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starball

Apr 3 19:53

@EmmaBee personally, it was kind of offputting to see new people drop into SO's meta room and suddenly try to spawn a discussion about some tech topic or ask what country I'm in, but that's because I'm used to just seeing the same faces in the room all the time, and I avoid putting personal info in chat.

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EmmaBee

Apr 3 18:04

Hey all! As I think most know, the Chat experiment has been going and I am wondering if anyone had any feedback or observations on things that have happened. Any surprising or positive experiences by new comers joining? Anything less than ideal? Free to share anything you have noticed.

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balpha

Apr 2 16:58

@EmmaBee You can always go with "Dearest Denizens of the Lands of Meta!" -- I'm pretty sure the greeting remover isn't smart enough to catch that

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Spevacus

Mar 21 03:59

I really, really want to empower the voices of Meta. They matter. Obviously I think that. Our feedback is important. Why else would I continue to post here and try to make a difference? But I know that the company's felt pretty scathingly hurt by some of the stuff Meta has said and done. Ironically, it's a lot like the unfriendliness problem on Stack Overflow.

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Journeyman Geek

Apr 15 15:46

please don't drag in off site arguements here