New answers tagged discussion
4
votes
Accepted
Should I be able to change my vote if an answer becomes outdated? Or should I take another action?
In these cases, I edit the answer to add a note like
This answer was valid for Ubuntu 20.04 and previous versions. For Ubuntu 20.10 and later versions, see this answer (link).
In case the new ...
1
vote
Are we gradually losing our most active members?
Maybe because many questions have been answered already. This leaves repeat questions, or no questions for top contributors to answer and gain rep from. Combine that with the fact that we are in a ...
6
votes
Accepted
Why is downvoting a question or answer without a explanation acceptable?
I agree with @muru that the reason for the downvotes is most likely that your answer doesn't exactly address the OP's question, rather offers an alternative. And this seems quite clear.
One would ...
7
votes
Why is downvoting a question or answer without a explanation acceptable?
This is a subject that has been raised dozens of times both here and on the main meta, and it is indeed a reasonable suggestion if you don't have much experience with Stack Exchange. However, it is a ...
13
votes
Accepted
Are we gradually losing our most active members?
Great contributors have come and gone since AskUbuntu started.
Communities change over time, and people change over time too.
It's completely natural for folks to drift away as their interests evolve.
...
1
vote
Can we fix this tag or should we just [uninstall]?
Since uninstalling software can be broadly considered as part of software installation, I propose that we make both software-uninstall and uninstall tags synonyms of the software-installation tag.
...
15
votes
Are we gradually losing our most active members?
I don't disagree with your observation at all, but I think there's more to it than presented in the question. A couple of points:
Isn't it natural that the total number of new questions that needs to ...
6
votes
Accepted
How to get an e-mail notification when I get a new answer or comment at my question?
You don't have to do anything. By default you will get notified once per day about new answers to your questions in the email you have used to set up your Ask Ubuntu account.
You can also change when ...
4
votes
Accepted
Should we put [wallpaper] to the [background] (or vice-versa)?
Let us make the main tag desktop-background so as to be as unambiguous as possible, and let background and wallpaper be synonyms of that.

ZannaMod
- 69.9k
-1
votes
Notifying users about the policy on AU concerning AI-generated content
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 ...
Top 50 recent answers are included
Related Tags
discussion × 3863tags × 352
scope × 245
support × 244
feature-request × 201
answers × 166
duplicates × 157
editing × 134
tag-synonyms × 125
close-reasons × 117
asking-questions × 111
flagging × 109
status-completed × 106
comments × 94
review × 90
closed-questions × 86
suggested-edits × 60
reputation × 58
downvoting × 51
voting × 48
community × 48
vote-to-close × 47
election × 47
new-users × 42
moderation × 40