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Animated avatars are back
I noticed an old account where the avatar (from their Google account) is now shown as animated pretty much anywhere I've looked (Q&A page, profile, badge page).
For the intended behavior, see ...
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What is the trending tab? How are questions selected?
Today I have noticed for the first time that there is a tab called "trending". It exists for all questions and also for a specific tag.
I had a look at the post "Recent feature changes ...
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The arrows in the image of "reduce ads" privilege help article is confusing
As of April 2025, the image shown on "reduce ads" privilege help article looks like this.
What will my view look like when these ads are disabled?
After achieving this privilege, the two &...
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Combined flair rep keeps changing (± ~15k rep) for months
I've noticed that my profile's combined flair reputation has been fluctuating in jumps of around 15k rep over the past few months, even setting aside the repeated absurd account suspensions. I don't ...
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How do I delete my query on Stack Exchange Data Explorer? [duplicate]
I wrote a Stack Exchange Data Explorer query which does not work as intended and is no longer needed. Is there a way to delete it so it doesn't clutter up my list of edited queries or the public query ...
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How do I get a list of DMCA Takedowns on Stack Overflow?
I wrote a query in Stack Exchange Data Explorer to find Post Notices for DMCA Takedown Requests, which the Schema says is PostNoticeTypeId 9001.
SELECT
PostId,
PostNoticeTypeId,
CreationDate AS [...
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What is the PostNotices.ExpiryDate field used for in Stack Exchange Data Explorer?
The Schema for Stack Exchange Data Explorer says the PostNotices table has fields for DeletionDate and ExpiryDate. I assume the DeletionDate is when a Notice is removed from a post, but I can't figure ...
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Why is my SEDE query for questions with bounties returning historical locks instead?
I wrote a query for Stack Exchange Data Explorer to find questions that have had bounties on Stack Overflow.
SELECT
p.Id,
p.Title,
pnt.ClassId,
pn.PostNoticeTypeId,
pnt.Name AS ...
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Possibility to prevent a chatroom from freezing
A room which has no activity for 14 days gets frozen - but at the same time the system leaves at least one room associated with a specific site open. OTOH typically a site has one room which can be ...
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Why were there interactions after the post was locked? [duplicate]
Consider How can I know whether a compound such as InAlO3 exists? - this is locked for the reason "There are disputes about this question’s content being resolved at this time. It is not ...
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What exactly does the number of watchers mean?
If you hover over a tag, you'll be shown some basic info — number of questions, number of watchers, and the beginning of the tag-excerpt.
What does the number of watchers mean?
Is this the number of ...
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Alignment issue in the Stack Exchange button on Chat sites
There is an alignment issue with the Stack Exchange button on Chat sites - the right hand side of the text is truncated.
The same issue is also present in the Inbox and Achievements dialog boxes.
For ...
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What's tracked across browsers which connected my new account to my old account?
Today I checked my old account from 2018, where I'd made only one comment on a post that had been deleted in 2020. Because I wanted to use a different email, I thought to delete my account and start ...
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Does the "review" phase of the question asking workflow de-duplicate site-specific warnings?
Sites can create warning triggers for various post elements in a question. This includes the title, body, and tags. If a post triggers one of those warnings, a message will be displayed in the right ...
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"Hang on, you can't upvote just yet." -- so is my vote saved or not?
I've been using the forums for years, and I've always been prompted "You can't vote but your vote is saved" or something similar when I've upvoted a question or answer. It was reassuring ...
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