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Eh, sorta... You can set robots.txt to not index the transcripts of particular rooms or the whole site. But:
That doesn't stop anyone from copying the content, and allowing it to be indexed from their site.
Google's a bit slow at updating the "rules" from robots.txt if it's already indexed a site.
Rule #5 - The Internet Never Forgives or Forgets
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The "take this discussion to chat" button appears automatically if the thread is long enough, but I don't see a way for either users or moderators to force this to happen for shorter discussions.
Cheap workaround: Maybe just add a few bogus comments.
Only top voted, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible