When would be the best time for posting a question?
Is there a time that you have noticed that has more traffic in SO (i.e. more views for a posted question)?I suspect that due to time zone differences some of the questions does not get the as much...
View ArticleIs there a better hour to post questions on Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
Sometimes I think there seems to be better hours to post questions, like during the morning (== 12 PM in New York), but I don't know if this is only me or if there are any research on this?
View ArticleWhat to do when my comment has been reposted as an answer by another user?
As a fairly new active user on SO, there is this question that was so simple I answered it in the comment. I didn't want to post my thoughts as an answer as, again, the question was so simple I wasn't...
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Follow a question by notifications [duplicate]
When an interesting question is asked on Stack Overflow, I would like the option to follow any answers via notification whenever there are new answers and/or comments. Marking a question as a favorite...
View ArticleHow should I handle questions which show the desired output in code, but not...
I was watching python and saw this post (revision referenced in this meta post), titled "Complex dictionary construction" (there are many similarly structured questions about regex and list...
View ArticleIs there a way exclude duplicates and closed questions in the question view?
On the c tag, there are more and more questions that are closed as duplicates or otherwise. I did not find a way to create a custom filter to remove these from the question view.Did I miss something...
View ArticleWhat to do when my comment has been reposted as an answer by another user?
As a fairly new active user on SO, there is this question that was so simple I answered it in the comment. I didn't want to post my thoughts as an answer as, again, the question was so simple I wasn't...
View ArticleShould one delete a question if it considers things that are proven wrong?...
I recently posted this question on SO, and while at the time, I thought the mkdir command didn't work, later, I realized that was not the issue, and the problem was caused by something else in my...
View ArticleIs there an intended way to workshop questions before publishing? [duplicate]
I have found myself violating unwritten rules a few times with a question, and bad question reception has negative consequences for your account.This is not an attack on the site, I know that no amount...
View ArticleWhy was this question closed? The "duplicate post" does not have any relation...
So I asked this question on Stack Overflow. Within 5 minutes, somebody posted a comment, deleted it, and closed my post. This other post that was the "duplicate" of my post is not even using the same...
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Track in real time all new published questions regardless of which tag is...
I searched the existing questions, but it didn't find one that specifically answers the case all tags.I tried the following via code, but browsers don't have an option that can opening a new unfocused...
View ArticleHow to include new lines for code snippets inside comments?
I want to write short code in comment like:function ngWrap($scope, fn) { return function() { var args = [].slice.call(arguments); if (!$scope.$$phase) { fn.apply(null, args); } else { return...
View ArticleStop closing "duplicate" questions [duplicate]
Half of my questions have been closed, and my frustration trying to address this in my previous post on Meta just ended up with an argument with Cody Gray (sorry about that) and that question being...
View ArticleWhy are lots of meta questions about learning and improving poorly received?
I’ve read many Meta questions that ask for advice with improving poorly-received Stack Overflow questions. The authors seem to be posting in good faith and putting forth honest attempts to learn and...
View ArticleReject question titles with no English letters in them, warn about titles...
There was yet again a question posted in a wrong language (now deleted, i.e. 10k+). Since there are other checks already in place, perhaps it would be worthwhile to require that a question title on...
View ArticleHow can I include new lines for code snippets inside comments?
I want to write short code in comment like:function ngWrap($scope, fn) { return function() { var args = [].slice.call(arguments); if (!$scope.$$phase) { fn.apply(null, args); } else { return...
View ArticleWill the Staging Ground apply only to a user's very first question? [duplicate]
I'm really glad SO is introducing this feature, I think it will help with its perception as a hostile place for newcomers.My only doubt is: will it apply only to the very first question of a user, will...
View ArticleShould we edit a question to transcribe code from an image to text?
Context: "How to call a method from a class referenced as a string?"More general context: how do we educate occasional users, or new users, to the best practices to follow when posting a question on...
View ArticleReject question titles with no English letters in them, warn about titles...
There was yet again a question posted in a wrong language (now deleted, i.e. 10k+). Since there are other checks already in place, perhaps it would be worthwhile to require that a question title on...
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Why are the "Top Questions" list and "All Questions" list at disjoint...
TLDR:Why doesn't the UX for the two different top level question filters look like this:FULL VERSION:Stack Overflow provides two separate high level filter options for question lists: "Top Questions",...
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