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Evan Carroll
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Are RaspberryPi's ever on topic for ServerFault?
Is the question Ubuntu, ask it on SuperUser, Unix.SE, or Ubuntu.SE, if it has any relation to server software, ask it on ServerFault, unless it has a specific relation to security -- then on Security.SE. Etc. The flow chart is a diagram of who has the most users and the most active community.
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Are RaspberryPi's ever on topic for ServerFault?
This largely stems from an even more core issue with this horrible network of sites, and that is the desire to have an explicit community without an explicit mission. All you need is a big circle of friends and a bribe for @JeffAtwood and you can get a SE. Then they try to make sense of it in the FAQ after the matter when they have conflicting interests with established communities. To exacerbate matters, the rule of thumb is self-preservation and not community disambiguation so 95% of this crap is confusingly on topic on multiple StackExchange sites.
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Are RaspberryPi's ever on topic for ServerFault?
A great example would be RDP. RDP is just a user-application that just so happens to be ever so slightly more essential to server administration than Notepad. Yet both are explicitly on topic on ServerFault, and SuperUser.
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Are RaspberryPi's ever on topic for ServerFault?
@WesleyDavid Enjoy an upvote! That's totally true if you are a logical and sane person. Unfortunately the junta at ServerFault is outside of that desirable category. While I agree with you whole heatedly, they've settled this on the wrong side of the issue. I've played an active role in the core question here which is exactly that -- what is a business use, and time and time again those dingleberries have come down on location of use.
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2013 Community Moderator Election
So your problem is the site isn't exclusionary or elitist enough? Thanks for your service, but good riddance. Today's amateurs are tomorrows professionals. We should cater to anyone interested in the profession, and not just those privileged enough to be working in such an easy career.
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Why is my question getting downvoted?
I accidentally upvoted that comment, can I get that upvote back then?
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Why is my question getting downvoted?
All intentioned reform - personal and external - starts with a compliant. Stop being so impatient. If you don't like it, no need to dwell it on it or downvote. Just move on.
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Why is my question getting downvoted?
So wait, someone is downvoting the question for something else, and you know that? Is that even permitted, can we just ban them?
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Why is my question getting downvoted?
One possible reason for the downvotes is a loyalty to Microsoft that I think ServerFault has. It's possible it isn't me anyway so maybe we need to think outside of the box.
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