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We've suddenly begun beating the snot out of new(ish) users - and that's saying something coming from me
There's a simple reason that has been ignored so far and which happens on many stacks (like Law.SE and Medicine.SE, where questions for specific advice are explicitly banned), and might have some ...
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We've suddenly begun beating the snot out of new(ish) users - and that's saying something coming from me
I'm not keen on downvoting in general, and use upvotes for questions that check all the boxes or are simply > Quite Interesting. I find downvotes really demotivating myself, and reserve them almost ...
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We've suddenly begun beating the snot out of new(ish) users - and that's saying something coming from me
Before you or anybody gets mad at new users not looking at the Help Center.
Someone needs to make the Help Center very visible on the website. There is only one link to the Help Center on the front ...
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We've suddenly begun beating the snot out of new(ish) users - and that's saying something coming from me
"Quick" study
As requested in some comments somewhere, here are some data of these past few weeks vs last year :
(Click to enlarge)
A few things to note :
I don't have access to the site ...
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We've suddenly begun beating the snot out of new(ish) users - and that's saying something coming from me
On L.Dutch's argumentation
I'm going to counter-argument L.Dutch points, as there are devious effects of downvoting that are easily unseen, and I believe quite strongly that this rigid stance is ...
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We've suddenly begun beating the snot out of new(ish) users - and that's saying something coming from me
This question does not show any research effort; it is unclear or not useful
Posting an unclear question is a perfectly valid reason for getting a downvote.
Posting a question not backed up by any ...
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