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Is it possible for the Community BOT question analysis to occur at the time a user tries to post their question?
Over at Worldbuilding we regularly see questions with, eventually, an attached comment from the automated Community BOT that more-or-less says, "your post doesn't meet our basic expectations for ...
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Prompt users when writing an answer that should be a comment before they submit
I am a moderator on https://solana.stackexchange.com/. Most of my moderation tasks are handling answers that should be converted to comments.
I would like a to request that the user UI of Stack ...
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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 ...
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How can any users know if a mod is working in their interests in a system that by design hides moderator actions?
In the light of the moderator agreement, moderators get to know many userbase-breaking changes to the network BEFORE they are disclosed to the general public. Even in recent post about changes to the ...
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As a new user, why can't I 'favorite', 'upvote', or 'like' any helpful posts?
I literally just joined the Stack Exchange community about an hour ago.
Why am I unable to upvote, like, or favorite any posts?
I personally feel extremely excluded from the entire community. I ...
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Evolving comments: An experiment to encourage engagement and follow-up questions
Update May 6th, 2025
After reviewing the feedback on the comment changes, specifically regarding the plan to disable the "No longer needed" (NLN) flag during this experiment, we discussed ...
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Does "anywhere" mean "anywhere" If I'm applying to work at Stack Exchange?
Historically, where Stack Exchange is willing to hire has varied. I'm particularly interested in an upcoming (at some point) role for a community manager (no surprise there). We've historically and ...
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Updates to advertising guidelines
We’ve shared in the past how revenue sources such as advertising and site sponsorships are important because they allow us to reinvest back into the community. Historically, we’ve had strict ...
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Should we have the Formatting Sandbox be on the Top Questions list?
A couple days ago, I was looking for some questions to answer. The Formatting Sandbox was on the Top Questions list. Could we not have it there on all sites that have one? It takes up space and doesn'...
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Where can I seriously discuss my personal theory in physics? [duplicate]
I have a certain (very concrete) non-mainstream idea on dark matter, relativity theory and curvature of spacetime, with equations and hypotheses that may be verifiable/falsifiable.
If I ask a related ...
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Icons rendering issue with browser zoom
I happened upon this post from a long while ago, and thought, "That still happens for me." I went to the achievements window and went to 90% zoom, and this happened.
I am using up-to-date ...
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Legendary Badge has become a site badge rather than a user badge
Let's face it, some Stack Exchange sites are bigger than others by a large margin. As a result, if you go to the smaller sites, even ones that have been around over a decade, on their badges page you ...
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Where should I post questions related to the reliability and accuracy of certain Internet sites?
I want to upload a question related to the reliability and accuracy of sites or social media on the internet, but I don't know which site on Stack Exchange to upload it to.
Where should I post ...
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Why are there so many rules, and how can we figure them out? [duplicate]
I would think one would talk online, as they do in real life. That is apparently not allowed on here. Every question I ask is banned for violating some unreasonable rule. Every comment I make is ...
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After asking a question, when I select the best answer, should I leave a comment stating why? [duplicate]
After asking a question, when I select the best answer, should I leave a comment stating why?
It seems to me that I should. It's similar to leaving a comment with ways to improve a question or answer ...
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