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What's with the prominently placed ads for each question in ServerFault?

It's reputation-based. Your serverfault rep is <200, and users with lower rep see more ads. http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/03/responsible-advertising-feed-a-programmer/
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Rename scdpm tag

Quick: what does "scdpm" mean? If you guessed System Center Data Protection Manager, you're better with acronyms than I am. I found the tag through this question: Why does co-locating data use so mu …
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Solving Problems using ServerFault

Sounds like ServerFault could also use some kind of direct integration with the Copilot service. That might also turn into a good way to monetize the site.
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Are "call support" or "contact the supplier" valid answers?

In the realm of serverfault especially, this kind of answer isn't necessarily out of line. Often networking equipment is leased or there is some other kind of support agreement in place, specifically …
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What's the reason behind the different background colour on Server Fault?

Funny: it didn't look pink to me until you complained. I didn't even notice that it wasn't just plain white. Now I can't look at a page without seeing a rose-tint. Stupid Psychology mind games.
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Is ServerFault doomed? Not if we all vote more!

I think the problem is we made our scope too narrow. Why does the NetworkEngineering stack exchange exist? We should have asked for that content to be here.
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