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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 we get new users to read the guidelines before posting?
I've noticed a lot of new users jump straight into posting without seeming to check the site guidelines--like asking off-topic questions or formatting posts in ways that don’t fit the Stack Exchange ...
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The state of the stack a year on : A retrospective on "Stack Exchange is failing its community"
I'm pretty sure I don't want to do this every year, but I've been randomly reminded of my old post after the downsizings before last… about 4 times in the last two weeks. It seems like a sign. I feel ...
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Stack Exchange is failing its community
I guess this is very much an intervention.
There's a few policies in the pipeline - here's one, and there's another one that's not been officially announced that a good many moderators are opposed to. ...
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Demonym (nickname) for a Stack Exchange user? [duplicate]
I wonder if there is a noun meaning a person who uses Stack Exchange.
Please see this question.
What is the equivalent of a demonym, but for organizations?
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CEO Blog Post: Feedback on "Communities and Connections will Power our Growth in 2021"
It’s been a year since I had the honor to join Stack Overflow as CEO. We’ve made a lot of progress in that time, and also faced challenges unlike anything seen in our lifetimes. I’m immensely proud of ...
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Oh CMs Where art thou?
I've been waffling a bit about bringing this up - but what are the plans/status on the new CM hires that were mentioned in the post about SE raising funds?
There's certainly demand for their services, ...
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A lot of sites are going to be 10 this year - could we do something to celebrate?
Admittedly, the other site I mod is 11, and I embarrassingly missed the anniversary in the midst of a bunch of things. I had a mod go "My community is coming up on its 10 year anniversary, and I ...
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What posts should be escalated to staff using [status-review], and how do I escalate them?
For context on how this process came to be, please see our initial commitment to responding to Meta and Mods, our guidelines for the testing period, and the results of the initial test and next steps.
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Meta escalation/response process update (March-April 2020 test results, next steps)
In the beginning of March, I shared a process by which posts that need staff attention could get escalated, and a plan to test it out between March 16 and April 30, 2020. As promised on that post’s ...
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Community and Moderator guidelines for escalating issues via new response process (March-April 2020)
Last week I posted the company’s commitment to responding to Meta and the Moderators here. If you haven’t read it yet, doing so before reading this one is recommended, since it gives a higher-level ...
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Our Commitment to Responding to Meta and Moderators
As Teresa mentioned in our Q1 roadmap blog post, the company is working on establishing our commitment to responding on our Meta sites and to our moderators, by setting up a new Meta engagement policy....
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SE seems pretty set in their path to change the sites as we know them and the testimony of former employees are proof of that
A Tweet from Tim Post that always stood out to me was the following:
We never manage through sharp sticks, ultimatums or threats. I honestly believe this is why we have the most professional ...
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Remember when Stack Exchange and the Community worked side-by-side to "make the Internet a better place"? Can we go back to this please?
I've been here for 10+ years now*. Like for a lot of people, Stack Exchange isn't a random website: it's a major chunk of my life. Years ago, Stack Exchange and the Community worked side-by-side ...
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How can a site get sponsored tags?
There has been quite a bit of chatter recently on Stack Exchange's priorities with respect to the sites, specifically on how Stack Overflow and technical sites are seen as the primary revenue streams.
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