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It's the fastest gun in the west problem. There's an MSO post about it where someone puts up a slapdash answer to be first, then goes back and edits it with details, so they're still first. I'm no …

I often get viewed as being curt, abrupt, or a touch to the rude side. There's no reason to be obnoxious in an answer to a question or in comments though. So, if the answer or comment is just abru …

Agree 100% with @muru. The only thing I'ld add is that downvoting is arguably even MORE important than upvoting in the answer sorting process. There's also a badge for retracting a negatively receiv …

I certainly do not disagree with @Oli or the OP, but I just thought I'ld put a bit of my logic out there: Yep. If it's about movie piracy, I'm certainly not responding to the question. That's not t …

What are some of the common chat items? I want to understand what people who are more familiar with other chat clients are trying to say to me.

Expressions: -.- - could be sarcastic, can mean fail or express disbelief o/, \o - Waving either hello or goodbye \o/ - excitement, exclaiming "yay!" (both hands in the air) /me - it's like "insert m …

I gave the question an uptick, but I'm in the high rep use boat. I don't downvote though. I think it's a solid concern that easy to answer questions can get rep rockets, while hard to answer quest …

We used to use the "unclear what you're asking" close reason for that, but the verbage to the reason has changed. It used to contain "was only relevant to a specific user or at a specific point in ti …

I know shopping recommendations are off-topic, but I think "Is this hardware compat" or "What hardware is compat" could have a useful answer that links to the Canonical certified hardware page. A g …

I agree with the flag on that one. It's almost like someone (or something) saw "adobe" as a keyword and posted a flash answer to a pdf question.

It's brand new. Some people had the previous "almost unattainable badge" reversal. So, no. Not too hard.

The example is here I know in the interest of being friendly, you just let it ride. However, do we need to think about the policy of "this was the top google hit, so I posted something relevant as a …

That answer could be reduced in characters to "This blows". So, it doesn't propose a solution. It doesn't point to a "We're working on it" thread. Etc etc. If it was refined to "This blows", would …

I just thought I'ld open the topic for discussion. …

While yours wasn't a link only answer, the more checkbox style answers will tend to get votes/accepts. If you rifle through some of my low-vote answers, I'm sure you'll find the same thing all over …