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Why do people attempt to discourage long well-written answers by instant AI accusations?
I remember a discussion where people were so sure in their ability to detect AI, when SE decided to not allow dealing with potential ChatGPT answers.
What I see in reality, occassionally, is that most ...
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Why was this OP's self-answer converted to a comment?
This post: OrangePi Zero 3 once you have installed and booted a OS from micro SD card you can't eventually boot any different OS
OP found out that their issue stemmed from the hardware publisher ...
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Why was my comment removed?
I asked Why is Chrome using 1.5 CPU cores even though I just started my computer and only opened Chrome (didn't go on any website yet)?, and an answer suggested:
The task manager of Chrome tells you ...
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Can moderators provide deleted comments when a issue is raised on Meta?
I have recently raised an issue here on Meta about suspension for commenting. As comments were deleted and I could not register all of them, some users may ask themselves if in those missing comments ...
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Was my suspension for commenting called for?
I have been suspended last week. No reason or previous warning was given,
but presumably it was because of my activity on Tetsujin's answer to
"What to do when my Mac is frozen?".
Since it ...
user596332
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As a user, should I delete a comment when requested by an author?
After adding a comment to a given answer on one of the Stack Exchange Community pages (Super User) I was requested by the answer's author to delete my comment due to unrelated content regarding ...
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I'm unable to report a potentially malicious comment on Super User
I stumbled across a comment on Super User with a bit.ly link to a Google drive containing exe files:
It actually looks fairly innocuous in its context, but VirusTotal gives a detection result of ...
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What should I do when I think my comment should be undeleted?
I've left a comment on this answer explaining why I have downvoted it and how it could be improved. Other user replied, I replied and the comments section eventually got too chatty, so all comments ...
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Is this comment no longer needed?
When looking how to do something I came across this answer:
If you are trying to this on a Windows computer, unfortunately it is
not possible out of the box. You will need to install some ...
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Why are comments so limited?
So I am a new user, and I know I can post a question like I am doing right now. I also realized I could comment exclusively on my questions. I have one problem. Why are the comments so limited?
I ...
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What is reputation and how do I accumulate reputation?
I created an account here so I can answer a few questions. It is not that the issues I want to respond to haven't received responses, but instead, the answers were too complicated for the average ...
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Informative comments, should they deleted?
I've recently come over to SU to ask a question, being an active user on SO. It seems at least here, that the opinion is that informative comments ta should be deleted, and wonder why that was so? I ...
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superuser.com reputation point issue- not sure this was thought out very well
So, I had an issue, and googled it. I found the solution I needed on this site, and wanted to thank the person who wrote it. I am not a regular user of this site, so I created a user account and went ...
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Comments disappearing on question [duplicate]
I commented earlier, on this question. Now, the comment is gone, along with at least 3 other comments both by the question author and at least one other user.
The comments I remember, in order, were:
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Protect anonymity of 'no comment' down voters - while allowing other users to down vote them
As there are hundreds of comments on the issue of users down voting a question without leaving a comment - I believe it must be a serious issue to many users.
Since some users don't feel it is ...
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Low-Reputation Comment Editing
I understand that users with less than 50 reputation can't comment, but sometimes answers from such low-reputation users get converted to comments by moderators, so it's possible that such comments ...
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Reasonable flags are getting declined left, right and center
When I first came to SU, if I flagged a comment, it would vanish. Back then, mods seems to have a deletionist tendency towards flags. Nowadays, mods almost always decline comment flags.
But things ...
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Why did my comment get removed?
I left a comment answering another comment on
Eraser: "Warning: This computer has had System Restore or Volume Shadow Copies enabled.". Does my USB flash drive contain any copies of files stored?. I ...
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Placing a user's comment in their own post [duplicate]
I can't really think of a specific title for this since it's only just grown on me and I can't find anywhere else so rename if needed, and sorry in advance.
So I was on this post I messed up my PC, ...
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Why did these comments get deleted? Someone else wrote the same afterward and got over 20 upvotes
I asked this question: How can I check the version of Google Chrome without it upgrading itself without asking me?
Someone added a comment saying "why not unplug cable?" (perhaps worded differently, ...
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Should adding a constructive comment fail an audit? [duplicate]
I have just failed this audit for adding a comment.
After having carefully read the question and the answer (which was in the first post review) I noticed that the answer ends with the following ...
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Why don't up-votes on comments give reputation?
I've recently seen a few up-votes on my comments on some answers/posts/questions. However, I've noticed that I never received any reputation from them.
Why is it that we don't receive reputation from ...
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Should we comment to the OP please mark this question if you feel its answered
I see so many questions in this forum that are answered but the OP doesn't mark it as answered. Should we comment to the OP, please mark a question as answered if you feel you have a solution?
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How do I upvote a comment?
In StackExchange, I noticed numbers to the left of comments on an answer. The last comment was the one that answered my question. How do I give that comment an upvote?
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Should I answer my own question? Was I wrong to post it?
Here's my question (oh boy, the meta effect is about to descend upon it):
Suppress Google Chrome's "Your Connection is Not Private" for specific Address?
Am I wrong to be asking the ...
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I need 50 reputation points to post a comment? [duplicate]
This restriction is really blocking me. I'd like to comment on a working solution, and confirm that it is working.
I'd like to comment here:
How to bring back Photo Viewer in Windows 10?
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General troubleshooting tips for Excel formulas and VBA
I'm interested mainly in Excel and VBA, reading a lot of questions in these topics.
I often find questions like "formula doesn't work", "what is the problem with this code" for which there are a ...
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Clarification on reviews
Over the last week I've done a number of reviews of new user first posts and late answers. I used as guidance, "Help your fellow members learn to use the site". With that in mind, I created lengthy ...
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What's the policy on a request to add a comment?
While going through some suggested answer edits today I came across one which changed nothing but added the following to the bottom of the answer:
--- Anybody help me put my question to comment ...
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Huge knowledge gap, Should these be closed as they encourage long comment chains?
What is the best way to handle (or expected way) to handle a question where the Question does not match the steps needed to provide a good answer.
For example this user has asked a question where the ...
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Am I using the "obsolete" flag wrong?
I have noticed that often, when I flag a comment as obsolete, a moderator declines it, so I am wondering if I am using it wrong.
I usually flag a comment as obsolete when, for example, another ...
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Is "It's impossible" a valid answer, or is it a comment?
Sometimes you can see a question like How to do <something> in <some program>, asking for advice how to replicate a feature of competitive program or how to do something that OP expects to ...
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Comments to a question that should be answers
Problem:
A trend of questions being answered purely in the comment field of the question. There is no formal migration of this into the answer format to the question. As a result, questions that ...
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How to respond to spammy comments
Sometimes comments are very useless. For example on this question syneticon-dj comment on the original question is so incredibly useless I'm not sure if I should comment back or mark it for deletion ...
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How to acknowledge comments with corrections to post?
Another user has made an important point about an answer I gave, rather than editing the answer directly. What is the appropriate way to give credit to that user when I edit my answer?
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Why can we only edit our comments for the first five minutes after posting?
I sometimes come across comments that I have typed quickly or on a mobile device or simply without paying enough attention and they have spelling mistakes or typos. Since I can only edit my comments ...
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Why is voting and commenting still allowed after a question is closed?
What I know is closing a question means it's not appropriate to ask it in the community.
That's why it's closed, but is it fair to continue voting for such closed questions? Whether it's up or down ...
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viewing my comments that were deleted?
A while back I had a long discussion in comments
probably with somebody on the answer to this
one Hard Disk:S.M.A.R.T. Stas BAD, Back up and replace
but they were deleted because comments aren't ...
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Should I flag comments left over after migration? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How should I request for comment cleanup on migrated questions?
When a question is migrated from another site, I often see comments left over like "this site is for ...
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Can we educate users to stop adding "Belongs on xyz.SE!" comments without further explanation?
Similarly to people telling the OP to ask their question on Apple.SE, even if it's on topic here on SU, I think that there's a general problem with comments like the following:
This should be on ...
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Why is commenting everywhere restricted to those with enough reputation?
I frequently run into the problem on this site that I have a general idea of a solution to a problem, but I need extra information about the issue. However, I can't comment to ask for that information ...
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How should I request for comment cleanup on migrated questions?
Going through the list of recently migrated questions (10k), some of these really need some editing or other moderation.
What you see quite often on those questions are comments like:
not ...
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How do I comment on a question on Super User? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I comment on a thread?
I need an author of a question to clarify his question, and I've seen people post comments on questions to do this, yet I can't find a way to. I'...
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Why can't a comment alert more than one user?
I do not understand this limitation. If there were 3 comments on my answer, and I want to respond, why should I not be able to alert all 3 to my response, and put the whole response in one comment? It ...
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Should answers be posted as comments if we are not sure of the answer?
I notice that a lot of comments are really answers to questions - or at least could be considered answers to questions - should "one" submit a comment instead of a question when "one" is a little ...
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Incorporating more information from comments while editing
Editing guidelines (for example this meta question) do not give any information about incorporating additional information from comments.
For example, while editing this, there is additional rather ...
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Moderators deleting comments?
Whenever a SO question is migrated, it has a few comments that say "Belongs on SU" or the like.
This confuses the heck out of me because when I read a question, I read the question, then the comments,...
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show all comments to and from, in activity?
is it possible to see all comments i've made, to and from?
preferably in activity.
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Following up using comments
I've been in the situation that I answered questions with more than one-liners, and the original poster didn't follow up at all (commenting what was wrong with the answers provided by me and others, ...
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