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Why "professional capacity"?

What I'm about to say may seem harsh, and I expect to get downvoted heavily for it. But I think syneticon-dj has asked a damn fine question here, and that it is getting bad answers, which (imho) basic …
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4 votes

Chat - a plea for moderation

I read through a few days of transcripts and thought about this issue a bit. It seems to me that there is much confusion about some basic chat room governance issues, the clarification of which (from …
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3 votes

Would a "Vote these questions up" chat room make sense?

To be dead honest, I'm already uncomfortable with the Vote To Close room. Downvote and upvote-specific communities have the slight scent of Digg Bury Brigade to me, although I know that is not the int …
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9 votes

Why create a bounty and never return?

Life happens. I have created one bounty in my entire time at SF ... and ended up not "paying" it. I hit the site several times a day during the first 3-4 days of the bounty, and no workable answer w …
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FAQ Rewrite - Round 3

I'm curious about why we want to rule career and education questions as offtopic. If we're a site for professionals, then why couldn't we allow questions about professional career development?
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1 vote

Handling very-low-quality answers

I like WesleyDavid's formula for flagging; personally I am far more likely to downvote bad answers (and/or comment as to why they are bad) than to suggest they be completely removed. I suspect this …
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8 votes

What's off-topic; anything in a home setting, or anything that was designed for home use?

I have to admit that I am really really glad to see answers trending towards permissive on this question. Frankly I am starting to get worried about a mindset that seems to want to find as many ways …
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