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Now a big theme that resurfaced in this theme can be worded into the the welcoming initiative. A lot of people find answers/comments/downvotes rude, unwelcoming, harsh, offensive, etc. Looking at it from a my perspective as answer giver/newbie question improvement helper perspective, It'sit's really darn hard to be welcoming.

I think we should have the ability to interact more freely with new users, to guide and teach the, being able to pull them into chat to help them on the way, to explain to them that their closing of their question isn't personal, but professional. Where we can explain to people that we are not a forum, but a community of professionals and hobbyists that take their hobby serious and that we like to "formalize" things and that it is most of the time not personal, and if it turns personal that they can flag for modmoderator intervention.

Mr. Chandrasekar wants to make Stack Overflow profitable. I have no issues with that, and that should happen too, so we have a proper backing behind this community that helps us find the answers we need. I do not want to return to the days of Google page 4 or page 27 of forum Y only to find "nvm guys, fixed it." I

I do feel that it would help a lot that if Mr. Chandrasekar, or another Stack Overflow representative would present ideas that affect us as a community and perception of us as a community to us, and allow us to voice improvements on the product and possible gotchas on it. You've got free crowd sourcing here of people who care, use. Use us, it. It makes us feel wanted, heard and special and part of the Stack Overflow identity.

I would like to see the loop accompanied by questions on Meta and the community specific Metas-specific meta sites. I hardly ever am on the main Meta, but I'm relatively often here on Meta Stack Overflow as a lurker. That way you get a broad poll of site-specific communities.

Now a big theme that resurfaced in this theme can be worded into the the welcoming initiative. A lot of people find answers/comments/downvotes rude, unwelcoming, harsh, offensive, etc. Looking at it from a my perspective as answer giver/newbie question improvement helper perspective, It's really darn hard to be welcoming.

I think we should have the ability to interact more freely with new users, to guide and teach the, being able to pull them into chat to help them on the way, to explain to them that their closing of their question isn't personal, but professional. Where we can explain to people that we are not a forum but a community of professionals and hobbyists that take their hobby serious and that we like to "formalize" things and that it is most of the time not personal, and if it turns personal that they can flag for mod intervention.

Mr. Chandrasekar wants to make Stack Overflow profitable. I have no issues with that, and that should happen too, so we have a proper backing behind this community that helps us find the answers we need. I do not want to return to the days of Google page 4 or page 27 of forum Y only to find "nvm guys, fixed it." I do feel that it would help a lot that if Mr. Chandrasekar, or another Stack Overflow representative would present ideas that affect us as a community and perception of us as a community to us, and allow us to voice improvements on the product and possible gotchas on it. You've got free crowd sourcing here of people who care, use us, it makes us feel wanted, heard and special and part of the Stack Overflow identity.

I would like to see the loop accompanied by questions on Meta and the community specific Metas. I hardly ever am on the main Meta, but I'm relatively often here on Meta Stack Overflow as a lurker. That way you get a broad poll of site-specific communities.

Now a big theme that resurfaced in this theme can be worded into the welcoming initiative. A lot of people find answers/comments/downvotes rude, unwelcoming, harsh, offensive, etc. Looking at it from my perspective as answer giver/newbie question improvement helper perspective, it's really darn hard to be welcoming.

I think we should have the ability to interact more freely with new users, to guide and teach the, being able to pull them into chat to help them on the way, to explain to them that their closing of their question isn't personal, but professional. Where we can explain to people that we are not a forum, but a community of professionals and hobbyists that take their hobby serious and that we like to "formalize" things and that it is most of the time not personal, and if it turns personal that they can flag for moderator intervention.

Mr. Chandrasekar wants to make Stack Overflow profitable. I have no issues with that, and that should happen too, so we have a proper backing behind this community that helps us find the answers we need. I do not want to return to the days of Google page 4 or page 27 of forum Y only to find "nvm guys, fixed it."

I do feel that it would help a lot that if Mr. Chandrasekar, or another Stack Overflow representative would present ideas that affect us as a community and perception of us as a community to us, and allow us to voice improvements on the product and possible gotchas on it. You've got free crowd sourcing here of people who care. Use us. It makes us feel wanted, heard and special and part of the Stack Overflow identity.

I would like to see the loop accompanied by questions on Meta and the community-specific meta sites. I hardly ever am on the main Meta, but I'm relatively often here on Meta Stack Overflow as a lurker. That way you get a broad poll of site-specific communities.

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I believe Mr. Chandrasekar has a full intention to make Stack Overflow successful, growing and better, if only because it would look good on his resumerésumé. The only worry I have is that Mr. Chandrasekar has relative short experience on our platforms. He has a few points in a couple of communities here and there, but hasn't really dipped into us sort to speak.

What I'd love to see is that Mr. Chandrasekar would actively join into the discussions, even with an altalternate account, and just join us in answering, voting, flagging, going through the queues, gathering badges, just to get to know the experience, the thrill of helping someone, the frustration of encountering low quality questions, the hurt when you get a downvote, the biting down and improving the question when someone comments something that in your mind didn't need improving, the resignation at some times as a greenhorn questioner turns into a help vampire. This can go for any community he's interested in the subject, but preferably Stack Overflow because that's the real cash cow.

##Welcoming

Welcoming

Now a big theme that resurfaced in this theme can be worded into the the welcoming intiativeinitiative. A lot of people find answers/comments/downvotes rude, unwelcoming, harsh, offensive, etc... Looking at it from a my perspective as answer giver/newbie question improvement helper perspective, It's really darn hard to be welcoming.

  1. problemProblem: Some issues really need a 1.-on-1 chat with a user to explain all the thingsthe wrong withthings with the question. People do not read how to askHow to Ask. But you can't just pull someone into chat from a question. You have 600 characters to do it, which honestly if you want to phrase comments politely you sometimes really need more. And spamming a question with multiple 600 character comments is frowned upon, as we are not a forum after all.

  2. Many times when you're working with a questioner to improve their question, the question is closed and the questioner stops responding to comments and the question dies. Imagine how it feels for the questioner, when you're actively working with someone and your question is closed. It's like a slap in the face and they simply give up and move on instead to learn how to improve the question.

I think we should have the ability to interact more freely with new users, to guide and teach the, being able to pull them into chat to help them on the way, to explain to them that their closing of their question isn't personal, but professional. Where we can explain to people that we are not a forum but a community of professionals and hobbyists that take their hobby serious and that we like to "formalize" things and that it is most of the time not personal, and if it turns personal that they can flag for mod intervention.
People

People simply do not read the Stack Overflow introductions. They need that human touch to be able to understand. That way you turn the Stack Overflow perception into a community of hard assesguys that pick on newbies, into a a community of people who simply follow certain rules.

##Profit

Profit

Mr. Chandrasekar wants to make Stack Overflow profitable. I have no issues with that, and that should happen too, so we have a proper backing behind this community that helps us find the answers we need. I do not want to return to the days of googleGoogle page 4, or page 27 of forum Y only to find "nvm guys, fixed it.""nvm guys, fixed it." I do feel that it would help a lot that if Mr. Chandrasekar, or another Stack Overflow representative would present ideas that affect us as a community and perception of us as a community to us, and allow us to voice improvements on the product and possible gotcha'sgotchas on it. YouYou've got free crowd sourcing here of people who care, use us, it makes us feel wanted, heard and special and part of the Stack Overflow identity. Make

Make profitable ideas, implement them, be successful, but be inclusive. We want to feel welcomed by Stack Overflow. Not feel like an afterthought that never got to voice their opinion on meta.

##The Loop

The Loop

I like that there is a survey to "poll" how people feel, but I dislike that only certain types of people fill out such a poll, and then even not consistently every time a new poll is opened. You get a broad overview of what people say, but you have no idea what those people feel that don't like to work through a poll. Sometimes answering a question on metaMeta is easier than filling out a poll, because it's easier to work out in words what you want to convey.
I

I would like to see the loop accompanied by questions on metaMeta and the community specific Metas. I hardly ever am on the main metaMeta, but i'mI'm relatively often here on theMeta Stack Overflow meta as a lurker. That way you get a broad poll of the site specific-specific communities.

##In short

In short

I want to serve the community, I want to help, but I do want to feel like the Companiescompany has got my back and cares about me as a contributor, instead of a cash cow/number/expendable asset.

I believe Mr. Chandrasekar has a full intention to make Stack Overflow successful, growing and better, if only because it would look good on his resume. The only worry I have is that Mr Chandrasekar has relative short experience on our platforms. He has a few points in a couple of communities here and there, but hasn't really dipped into us sort to speak.

What I'd love to see is that Mr. Chandrasekar would actively join into the discussions, even with an alt account, and just join us in answering, voting, flagging, going through queues, gathering badges, just to get to know the experience, the thrill of helping someone, the frustration of low quality questions, the hurt when you get a downvote, the biting down and improving the question when someone comments something that in your mind didn't need improving, the resignation at some times as a greenhorn questioner turns into a help vampire. This can go for any community he's interested in the subject, but preferably Stack Overflow because that's the real cash cow.

##Welcoming

Now a big theme that resurfaced in this theme can be worded into the the welcoming intiative. A lot of people find answers/comments/downvotes rude, unwelcoming, harsh, offensive, etc... Looking at it from a my perspective as answer giver/newbie question improvement helper perspective, It's really darn hard to be welcoming.

  1. problem: Some issues really need a 1.1 chat with a user to explain all the things wrong with the question. People do not read how to ask. But you can't just pull someone into chat from a question. You have 600 characters to do it, which honestly if you want to phrase comments politely you sometimes really need more. And spamming a question with multiple 600 character comments is frowned upon, we are not a forum after all.

  2. Many times when you're working with a questioner to improve their question, the question is closed and the questioner stops responding to comments and the question dies. Imagine how it feels for the questioner, when you're actively working with someone and your question is closed. It's like a slap in the face and they simply give up and move on instead to learn how to improve the question.

I think we should have the ability to interact more freely with new users, to guide and teach the, being able to pull them into chat to help them on the way, to explain to them that their closing of their question isn't personal, but professional. Where we can explain to people that we are not a forum but a community of professionals and hobbyists that take their hobby serious and that we like to "formalize" things and that it is most of the time not personal, and if it turns personal that they can flag for mod intervention.
People simply do not read the Stack Overflow introductions. They need that human touch to be able to understand. That way you turn the Stack Overflow perception into a community of hard asses that pick on newbies, into a a community of people who simply follow certain rules.

##Profit

Mr. Chandrasekar wants to make Stack Overflow profitable. I have no issues with that, and that should happen too, so we have a proper backing behind this community that helps us find the answers we need. I do not want to return to the days of google page 4, page 27 of forum Y only to find "nvm guys, fixed it." I do feel that it would help a lot that if Mr. Chandrasekar, or another Stack Overflow representative would present ideas that affect us as community and perception of us as community to us, and allow us to voice improvements on the product and possible gotcha's on it. You got free crowd sourcing here of people who care, use us, it makes us feel wanted, heard and special and part of the Stack Overflow identity. Make profitable ideas, implement them, be successful, but be inclusive. We want to feel welcomed by Stack Overflow. Not feel like an afterthought that never got to voice their opinion on meta.

##The Loop

I like that there is a survey to "poll" how people feel, but I dislike that only certain types of people fill out such a poll, and then even not consistently every time a new poll is opened. You get a broad overview of what people say, but you have no idea what those people feel that don't like to work through a poll. Sometimes answering a question on meta is easier than filling out a poll, because it's easier to work out in words what you want to convey.
I would like to see the loop accompanied by questions on meta and the community specific Metas. I hardly ever am on the main meta, but i'm relatively often here on the Stack Overflow meta as a lurker. That way you get a broad poll of the site specific communities.

##In short

I want to serve the community, I want to help, but I do want to feel like the Companies got my back and cares about me as a contributor, instead of a cash cow/number/expendable asset.

I believe Mr. Chandrasekar has a full intention to make Stack Overflow successful, growing and better, if only because it would look good on his résumé. The only worry I have is that Mr. Chandrasekar has relative short experience on our platforms. He has a few points in a couple of communities here and there, but hasn't really dipped into us sort to speak.

What I'd love to see is that Mr. Chandrasekar would actively join the discussions, even with an alternate account, and just join us in answering, voting, flagging, going through the queues, gathering badges, just to get to know the experience, the thrill of helping someone, the frustration of encountering low quality questions, the hurt when you get a downvote, the biting down and improving the question when someone comments something that in your mind didn't need improving, the resignation at times as a greenhorn questioner turns into a help vampire. This can go for any community he's interested in the subject, but preferably Stack Overflow because that's the real cash cow.

Welcoming

Now a big theme that resurfaced in this theme can be worded into the the welcoming initiative. A lot of people find answers/comments/downvotes rude, unwelcoming, harsh, offensive, etc. Looking at it from a my perspective as answer giver/newbie question improvement helper perspective, It's really darn hard to be welcoming.

  1. Problem: Some issues really need a 1-on-1 chat with a user to explain all the the wrong things with the question. People do not read How to Ask. But you can't just pull someone into chat from a question. You have 600 characters to do it, which honestly if you want to phrase comments politely you sometimes really need more. And spamming a question with multiple 600 character comments is frowned upon, as we are not a forum after all.

  2. Many times when you're working with a questioner to improve their question, the question is closed and the questioner stops responding to comments and the question dies. Imagine how it feels for the questioner, when you're actively working with someone and your question is closed. It's like a slap in the face and they simply give up and move on instead to learn how to improve the question.

I think we should have the ability to interact more freely with new users, to guide and teach the, being able to pull them into chat to help them on the way, to explain to them that their closing of their question isn't personal, but professional. Where we can explain to people that we are not a forum but a community of professionals and hobbyists that take their hobby serious and that we like to "formalize" things and that it is most of the time not personal, and if it turns personal that they can flag for mod intervention.

People simply do not read the Stack Overflow introductions. They need that human touch to be able to understand. That way you turn the Stack Overflow perception into a community of hard guys that pick on newbies, into a community of people who simply follow certain rules.

Profit

Mr. Chandrasekar wants to make Stack Overflow profitable. I have no issues with that, and that should happen too, so we have a proper backing behind this community that helps us find the answers we need. I do not want to return to the days of Google page 4 or page 27 of forum Y only to find "nvm guys, fixed it." I do feel that it would help a lot that if Mr. Chandrasekar, or another Stack Overflow representative would present ideas that affect us as a community and perception of us as a community to us, and allow us to voice improvements on the product and possible gotchas on it. You've got free crowd sourcing here of people who care, use us, it makes us feel wanted, heard and special and part of the Stack Overflow identity.

Make profitable ideas, implement them, be successful, but be inclusive. We want to feel welcomed by Stack Overflow. Not feel like an afterthought that never got to voice their opinion on meta.

The Loop

I like that there is a survey to "poll" how people feel, but I dislike that only certain types of people fill out such a poll, and then even not consistently every time a new poll is opened. You get a broad overview of what people say, but you have no idea what those people feel that don't like to work through a poll. Sometimes answering a question on Meta is easier than filling out a poll, because it's easier to work out in words what you want to convey.

I would like to see the loop accompanied by questions on Meta and the community specific Metas. I hardly ever am on the main Meta, but I'm relatively often here on Meta Stack Overflow as a lurker. That way you get a broad poll of site-specific communities.

In short

I want to serve the community, I want to help, but I do want to feel like the company has got my back and cares about me as a contributor, instead of a cash cow/number/expendable asset.

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As I look at your summarized answers, I see a lot of "I acknowledge what you say, I understand where you're coming from and which voices you represent, but here's how I ignore it and present you how we're going to do it.""I acknowledge what you say, I understand where you're coming from and which voices you represent, but here's how I ignore it and present you how we're going to do it."

Welcoming ##Welcoming

Profit ##Profit

The Loop ##The Loop

In short ##In short

As I look at your summarized answers, I see a lot of "I acknowledge what you say, I understand where you're coming from and which voices you represent, but here's how I ignore it and present you how we're going to do it."

Welcoming

Profit

The Loop

In short

As I look at your summarized answers, I see a lot of "I acknowledge what you say, I understand where you're coming from and which voices you represent, but here's how I ignore it and present you how we're going to do it."

##Welcoming

##Profit

##The Loop

##In short

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