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Without providing a categorical answer to your question, I share this: In your user dashboard, on its "Activity" tab, there is a box called "Impact", near the top right corner. It has an item involvin …

The post currently shows -1 vote. From Thomas' answer, you see how that -1 is actually a sum of 5 votes. Here we are talking about votes. In your reputation history, on your profile page, it shows -2 …

I would like to make a case that points out that a generalized, "blanket" approach (rule(s)) might be less constructive than hoped. Recently I have contributed an answer that later had proved to be u …

I agree with the direction, as I had proposed something in this regard in my post in January 2023: Additionally, we could consider putting up small, unobtrusive banners where relevant (maybe accompan …

I sense that a lot of people who ensured the quality of the site are now staying away. I suspect because it's hard to take this platform seriously any more, and staying here is a frustrating experienc …

I caught wind of a new insight (credit: @leanne), that enables some foreshight into aspects of the possible future. The following quote is to be found as the update section at the bottom of this post: …

overapplication of suspensions for AI-generated content may be turning away a large number of legitimate contributors to the site The new owner does not seem to understand that the value of the thes …

NOTE: find updates at the bottom of the post. Having learned the views of others, I'd like to offer some degree of summary in response, and to deliver some new suggestions. How to answer to the futur …

I have registered on this site in December 2020, and the focus of my interest was 20.04. My main motivation in registering was to share solutions to stumbling blocks that I encountered, and to thus gi …

I think there may be something else at play here. First things first, in the spirit of @Oli's answer to the question @muru linked in his comment, I agree that these old questions should not be "closed …

Do others have the same impression? Well, I had quite a few such cases when first-(or-so-)question people were really engaged in either providing and/or requesting further feedbacks, and were apprec …

Another, altogether different take: In cases of disturbing lack of feedback, look at the user profile of the asker: it will show their SE-wide network presence. If they are enrolled in only a few stac …

The website at the itectec.com domain is stealing content from StackExchange sites (including this one) and other forums and shows it as their own content. They are pretty good with search engines, th …

I assumed "indexing" without any special treatment would take longer. Is there any story behind this, or are they just being extra useful? :)

I seem to observe that messages alike this one: Please [ edit your question and ] provide the Ubuntu flavor you are using, its version, [and maybe your desktop environment (if you are using a non-def …