Questions tagged [community]
For questions about fostering a sense of community amongst users of Stack Exchange sites
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Introduce “Knowledge Trails” linking questions that represent progressive learning steps
Often, several questions form a natural learning sequence, for instance:
“What is entropy?”
“How is entropy defined in statistical mechanics?”
“Why does entropy increase in isolated systems?”
Each ...
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Join us for Community-a-thon 2025, starting October 17
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Our sixth Community-a-thon will run from October 17 to 24.
This is an annual event where staff at Stack Overflow are encouraged
to participate on the Stack Exchange network.
The scale of the ...
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I am Jaidiac, Director of Engineering, Public Platform, and this is how I work
Introduction
Hi! I’m the director of engineering, public platform at Stack. I’ve been here for about a year and a half. I currently manage two teams of engineers and our Architecture Guild and ...
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I am Zach, Associate Director of Product Marketing, and this is how I work
This month marks my third year at Stack Overflow, but my journey to working here began more than a decade ago when I started my career as a high school chemistry teacher.
I spent two years teaching ...
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Sub-Communities Survey Announcement
Since announcing our new mission to become the world’s most vital resource for technologists, we are always looking for new community engagement opportunities that provide members with the spaces and ...
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I’m EmmaBee, Staff UX Researcher at Stack Overflow, and this is how I work
Introduction
Hi folks! I'm Emma, and I'm a Staff UX Researcher here at Stack Overflow. Basically, that means I’m a professional people watcher. :) I’ve been at Stack for a little over two years now, ...
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Why do people post comments that contribute nothing of value, and why are the comments allowed to remain? [closed]
I often see comments that criticize either the OP or another comment, and doesn't actually contribute anything to the post. Why are these comments posted?
Also why does Stack Overflow remove ...
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I am KyleMit, Staff Software Engineer, and this is how I work
Introducing the “How I Work Series”
We’re kicking off a new Meta series to give you a look at the life and work of one of the people who works here. Feedback has indicated that you want to hear more ...
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Why is there the ability to flag an answer for deletion if the answer has proved useful?
I'm curious as to the purpose of the function for answers to be 'flagged for deletion' when they have been upvoted?
Surely, answers that are receiving votes are useful and fulfill the purpose of ...
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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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In which community can I ask for advice or suggestions for the realization/construction of a Galilean thermometer?
In which community can I ask for advice or suggestions for the realization/construction of a Galilean thermometer? I already have the basic project but it presents some uncertainties and possible ...
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2024 Community-a-thon Recap
This past October, we hosted our fifth annual Community-a-thon, a special time when our team dives deep into the Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange communities to experience (again) what it’s like to ...
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Community-a-thon 2024 kicks off on October 18th
TL;DR:
Our fifth Community-a-thon will kick off on October 18, 2024 and continue until October 23, 2024.
This is an annual event where staff at Stack Overflow are encouraged to participate on the ...
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Upgrade plans for MathJax v3/v4
While this is not the way I wanted to announce this, it seems the cat is out of the bag. But for those who haven't noticed, as part of our Community Asks Sprint, I spent the week investigating how we ...
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