Timeline for Is ServerFault doomed? Not if we all vote more!
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| Sep 9, 2013 at 3:44 | comment | added | Evan Carroll | Calling the opps of Server Fault bullies is like calling the sky blue. | |
| Jul 18, 2013 at 20:10 | comment | added | Chris S Mod | "In most cases a questions could be updated to better fit the recomandations" - the author rarely does. Anyone can edit a closed/on-hold question, and flag to have it re-opened. I have left thousands of comments stating that. I have received less than a dozen flags though. If the author isn't willing to put minimal effort into making their question acceptable: 1. they will likely never contribute to the community as a whole (either in asking good question or giving good answers). 2. expecting people to put more effort the solution than the OP did the Question is unfair to our contributors. | |
| Jul 18, 2013 at 20:07 | comment | added | Chris S Mod | I don't know how "instead of using their brains" can be anything but questioning intelligence. Over the last 2-3 year you've asked a lot of borderline off-topic Questions, so getting many close votes and complaints seems appropriate. SF has a limited audience, most SE sites do not. Also, this is SF, we're part of SE, but you really can't use those acronyms interchangeable. We like to close Questions that are off-topic quickly, 2 hours seems rather slow to me. | |
| Jul 18, 2013 at 18:02 | comment | added | EEAA | @SorinSbarnea - No one said this was a crime. There are firewall restrictions in place that prohibit the traffic. By definition, it's against policy. Again, request a firewall rule exemption if you have a business case for this. Then you don't need to worry about getting around the firewall rules. | |
| Jul 18, 2013 at 17:42 | history | edited | sorin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 18, 2013 at 17:27 | comment | added | sorin | @EEAA Nobody said that this would be agains any policy. Passing a Firewall is not a crime, unless there a policy that forbids you from doing this. Firewall are in place for different reasons, not to block everyone but usually specific usages and especially to assure security breaches. While you can expect that using something la TeamViewer by a normal user could be dangereus (as could provide a new point of entrance for someone), you cannot say the same about people that do need to use it for providing support for others from outside (outgoing access). | |
| Jul 18, 2013 at 16:40 | comment | added | EEAA | @SorinSbarnea - with regards to your question which got closed. You have to understand - the target users of SF are the very people who are responsible for implementing and maintaining the exact restrictions you were trying to circumvent. Even if you have a business need for that, it's still inappropriate to circumvent policy, and you won't be getting any help from us in doing so. | |
| Jul 18, 2013 at 16:19 | comment | added | sorin | I am just wondering why this happened to me only on SE and not on the other sites. While on the other sites, where most people were kind to provide answers or even partial insigh when they didn't have an answer, here I oversered more some kind of agressive policing practice. | |
| Jul 18, 2013 at 16:19 | comment | added | sorin | Regarding feedback: in 2/3 cases I observed closing votes in less than 2 hours from the original posting. In most cases a questions could be updated to better fit the recomandations. Still, if you close the question before allowing the author to update the question, you will end-up frustrating a user and giving a less than desired overall experience. | |
| Jul 18, 2013 at 16:15 | history | edited | sorin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 18, 2013 at 16:14 | comment | added | sorin | I was not questioning the intelligence, only the approaches. Over the last 2-3 years I got lots of close votes or comment complaining about off-topic. This happened only on SF, not on the other sites. | |
| Jul 18, 2013 at 15:46 | comment | added | Chris S Mod | All of the moderators on Server Fault are quite intelligent. At least the mods refrain from publicly insulting people they don't know. We almost always provide feedback, and it's almost always ignored. Trying to goad people into providing answers with "prove me wrong" is childish. Provide a question that make people want to answer and you'll find plenty of people willing to step up. Server Fault is not "Helpdesk for the Internet", which is apparently what you treat it as. It is for and by Administrative IT Pros. | |
| Jul 18, 2013 at 14:37 | history | answered | sorin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |