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After 16 years, we’re renewing the Brand
By Philippe Beaudette, SVP, Community and
Eric Martin, SVP, Marketing
Over the past year, staff here have tried to communicate openly and frequently about the future we’re building at a business, ...
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Update https://stackexchange.com/about
Several statistics on https://stackexchange.com/about are over a decade old. It would be worthwhile to update all the data presented on that page.
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Should we be closing completed bug reports/feature requests about deprecated software as "No longer reproducible"?
We've recently had some folks going through some of our older questions that are tagged with now-deprecated software tags (e.g. ios-app/android-app) and voting to close them as "No longer ...
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How to perform link checking against Stack Exchange?
We maintain an open-source Kubernetes distribution. Our public documentation points to Stack Exchange websites, for example:
https://stackoverflow.com/
https://serverfault.com/
https://security....
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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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“Comment not found” error when jumping to a comment
An error message “Comment not found” is displayed if one jumps to a comment by:
clicking on a comment in the responses tab,
clicking on a comment in the activity tab,
clicking on a comment in the ...
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How did I, having never been a moderator, single-handedly delete someone else's question?
According to the post history of this question, I single-handedly deleted it 2 months ago.
Except...I'm not a mod, so it should take at least 3 votes (for this question it would actually be 4) to ...
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Avoiding half-baked experiments: Setting clear standards for experiments and rollouts, beyond “Minimum”
N.B. Please note that while this post talks about MVPs (which we may or may not agree about their scope and definition), it is mostly concerned with experimental features (whether a graduated product ...
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C# Code highlighting doesn't support number separators [duplicate]
As I was looking at My asynchronous method does not work asynchronously, I noticed that in C#, if a number is written with a number separator (supported since C#7.0) were not supported:
This is an ...
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The number of questions has decreased 10-fold: where did users go and what can be done to prevent that?
The number of questions has decreased 10-fold over the entire Stack Exchange network:
For example, around 1 million questions were posted across the entire Stack Exchange network in 2010.
This makes ...
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Cloudflare blocking Wayback Machine from archiving Stack Exchange questions
Recently, whenever I try to archive a question using the Wayback Machine, Cloudflare's been blocking the attempt:
Given that any negative impact on the Wayback Machine's ability to archive SE pages ...
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Chat icon colour in left navigation bar keeps being off
It's possible that I've missed something, but I can't help thinking the purple icon for chat in the left-navigation bar shouldn't be purple at all, but gray, just like the others as displayed in the ...
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Log copy events permanently
Would it be possible to log copy events (= copying content from Stack Exchange to the computer's clipboard) permanently?
This would help monitor the health of Stack Exchange sites, when plotted across ...
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Update the close flagging experience to better align with close voting
Note: This post is the result of a TL discussion on how to address a minor bug in the flag dialog for users who can't vote to close, which led to a discussion about what the desired behavior should be....
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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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Do unusually large slews of flags get notified with enough prominence to site moderators and community managers?
Motive
There is a SE site that has a Question, currently in HNQ, whose edit history contains extremely personal information about the post author.
I'm sure that plenty of users – thanks to the HNQ ...
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Quote contains new lines when viewed on Chrome on Android
The quote on How does the taste of a burrata made of buffalo milk differ from the taste of a burrata made of cow milk? contains new lines when viewed on Chrome on Android.
Chrome on Android:
Chrome ...
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Question with the same post notice multiple times
I randomly stumbled upon Harmful temptations in programming (archive), which has two historical locks:
I suppose this is a bug? Another post conveniently shows that there exists an error message to ...
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Are auto-generated profile pictures unique per email used?
Recently on another Stack there was a user who for the most part was posting normally, but then began deleting their account/recreating a new one sometimes with the same name and continued posting ...
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What causes the difference between score and (upvotes-downvotes) in SEDE?
As far as I can tell, there are some posts in SEDE where you get different number from Posts.Score and different number if you count upvotes and downvotes from the Votes table.
However, as you can see ...
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Error message about duplicate post notice shown as preformatted text
When I tried to add a post notice earlier today, something went wrong (maybe a server error, maybe a connection problem). The post notice was created but the UI wasn't updated. When I tried to add the ...
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How might Chat evolve? Help us identify problems and opportunities
Greetings from the Stack Exchange UX Research team!
As you may have heard from the recent AMA and blog posts, Stack Exchange is exploring early ideas for expanding beyond the “single lane” Q&A ...
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Chat allows Room Owners to delete any message
Chat is now allowing Room Owners to delete any message sent by any user in a room they own, regardless of age. An RO cannot do this from the transcript view, though.
Is this behavior intentional, and ...
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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 ...
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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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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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Join us for our first community-wide AMA (Ask Me Anything) with Stack Overflow’s CEO (and a few others) on February 26, 2025
Stack Overflow Live Q&A YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/6-3J7G_XX0s
On February 26, 2025, from 3:00 to 4:30 PM EST (20:00 to 21:30 UTC), Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar will ...
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Chat link has now been added to left navigation bar
You may have noticed that over the last several weeks, we ran an experiment that added a link to chat on Stack Overflow and some Stack Exchange sites in an attempt to make it more visible to site ...
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Community Asks Sprint Announcement - March 2025
Update - April 21, 2025
The results of the March 2025 Community Asks Sprint have been posted here!
Update - April 3, 2025
Last week, we completed our Community Asks Sprint! There are still some ...
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Which SE sites allow you to ask questions about what the name of an object is?
I saw a mannequin at a clothing store in a department store, but I don't know what type of mannequin it is or the name of the mannequin type.
Which SE sites allow you to ask questions about what 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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Mathematical equation display on stackexchange
When I look at this page 3 point to circle. And get radius in particular the last equation on the page starting "r= ..."; but the whole page is equally affected, when I first view or refresh ...
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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 ...
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A per-community opt-in feature to allow users to mute notifications on specific questions
I want to be able to mute notifications from a particular question.
This feature was previously requested here: Can I mute notifications on a specific question? -
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Make it clearer that comments are temporary
I have been a user of Stack Overflow for 8 years, though admittedly I have been more of a lurker than a contributor.
But only recently did I come across the idea that comments under any post/answer ...
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What can be cut away, and why?
In my last question, I asked what you thought the public really needed from us, with the goal of seeding discussion around our common identity as the people who co-create this network and maintain it ...
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What could be good uses of AI in the Stack Exchange setting?
Anyone who's been paying attention to MSE in recent years must be aware that the use of AI on the network has been a controversial topic. Many sites have consensus to ban AI-generated content ...
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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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Allow moderators to view moderator messages for any users on sites they do not moderate
Feature Request: Allow moderators to view moderator messages for any users on sites they do not moderate.
Rationale: This would help moderators better understand a user's past behavior across the ...
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Unable to join pets stackexchange [duplicate]
I am already a member, but couldn't join Pets Stack Exchange
When I click, it says
You cannot register at this time.
If you continue to find this error, contact us.
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Can we make image description required?
We all know that adding an image to a post would give something like this [![Enter image description here][1]][1]. Most people will just press the ask question button without adding it, even though ...
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Remove noise from questions [closed]
Should we edit questions so they contain less noise ?
For example, from Explicit kernel module load at startup (Unix StackExchange question), the author wrote that:
OS is Arch linux with grsec kernel....
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Changes to reporting for the [status-review] escalation process
Stack Exchange has recently been working on improvements to the process by which you escalate issues to our attention and by which we are transparent about what we work on in kind. Our transparency ...
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How can one add an alt text for a linked image?
As a follow-up on Can we make image description required?, I wonder: How can one add an alt text for a linked image?
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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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Experimenting with a new experiment opt-out option
Update April 7th, 2025
The experiment opt-out switch is now a permanent change. We have created a new help center article covering opting out of experiments and updated the copy on the button for the ...
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We’re (finally!) going to the cloud!
Stack Overflow has existed since 2008. At that time, it was a logical choice to run this from our own hardware in a datacenter. The company started with a small group of people who owned every aspect ...
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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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What exactly are follow-up questions on existing answers and how do they differ from normal questions or comments?
In recent staff posts, it was reported that some users want to ask follow-up questions on existing answers. The topics seems to be specific, technical follow-up questions related to an existing ...
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Recapping Stack’s first community-wide AMA (Ask Me Anything)
Update on Feb 28, 2025
A transcript of the AMA is available here as a pdf.
Note: this came from Youtube's autogenerated closed captions, with some clean up by staff. Next time we will use dedicated ...
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