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When does the AskUbuntu Twitter account automatically tweet a question?

There are questions here about whether to spread the word about the site through social media, how to spread that word, and finally improving our presense on Twitter and taking control of the AskUbunt …
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How do I add arrows in my post?

You can add the arrows by simply typing the below: ↑ That will give you ↑. Similarly, ↓, →, and ← give you ↓, →, and ← …
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5 votes
1 answer
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How can I search my old (previous) answers?

I sometimes see questions that I know are duplicates because I've answered another question that asked the same thing. Unfortunately, I don't know the name of the exact question I answered before so t …
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47 votes
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How do I add arrows in my post?

Sometimes, I see people posting this: Ctrl+Alt+↑ Or this: Go to File → Preferences. How can I add these super awesome arrows? I know I can copy the arrows from another …
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6 votes
1 answer
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Why is there a 20 posts limit on the review queues?

Why is there a 20 posts review limit on the review queues? I've searched the help pages and read the corresponding privilege page, but nothing even seems to mention that there's a limit to begin wi …
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How can I search my old (previous) answers?

Yes, there is. You can use search using the following: <keyword> user:me is:a This will search for answers (is:a = is an answer) by you that contain the word <keyword>. If you want to search for al …
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16 votes
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How do I quickly find the duplicate questions I'm searching for when flagging/closing?

I don't like the search box when I'm flagging for a duplicate, because I don't know the exact names of the big questions. Even if I use very relevant keywords, the question that I want to pick is alwa …
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How do I quickly find the duplicate questions I'm searching for when flagging/closing?

What I usually do is use the score:# option. For example: search for broadcom drivers score:10, or even shorter, just broadcom score:10. Take a look at this: score:10 means "show me questions with …
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