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The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions, influence site policy, or debate a particular topic, with the goal of reaching a community consensus.
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Is discussion of techniques for removing DRM permitted?
Unless it is a clear call for warez, discussion of DRM should be given the benefit of the doubt. … Per Joel:
I would hate for us to censor legitimate, technical discussion just because what we're talking about happens to be illegal in some jurisdictions. …
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Vote for Super User Moderator [poll]
Diago
https://superuser.com/users/3981/diago
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3
answers
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What will we do to promote Super User when Windows 8 is released?
Historically, new Windows OS releases result in a huge traffic increase for sites that have lots of Windows content. We saw it for Super User when Windows 7 was released, and Lowell at How-to-Geek sai …
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Should Random be elected a moderator on Super User?
Random is very, very helpful on Super User (and of course Meta Stack Overflow).
Not that other users aren't, but Random goes the extra mile, and then some. He is often so far in the distance that I c …
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Troggy's beefy arm of moderation needs a break
Troggy! One of the early, the few.. the proud...
THE BURNINATED
It's been an honor to serve with you.
And Super User will always have a special place in my heart. A place reserved for plush thing …
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In defense of obscure, niche hardware recommendation questions
I see that
https://superuser.com/questions/27891/keyboard-mouse-to-use-for-a-htpc-dedicated-to-the-tv
was closed.
While I don't totally disagree -- it is superficially similar to a shopping recommenda …
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Why don't people upvote when browsing the site?
Understand that
90% of traffic is from web searches
the way we calculate views is very strict by IP
it takes a minimum of 15 rep to cast any votes at all
So of those 30 views, 27 (90%) of them ar …
- 24.3k
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Vote for Super User Moderator [poll]
Troggy
https://superuser.com/users/2553/troggy
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Do we care about edit flooding? Should we be doing anything?
There are really two issues here
Edits should be reasonably substantive -- trivial edits have all the negatives but almost none of the positives. For example, the 6 character guideline we use for sug …
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Vote for Super User Moderator [poll]
Ivo
https://superuser.com/users/1548/ivo
26
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Are video game questions appropriate for superuser?
The official stance is now that videogame questions are not allowed on Super User.
console gaming questions are not allowed (no computer involved)
pc/mac purely gaming questions are not allowed
pc/m …
- 24.3k
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superuser.com getting useless for me
I agree with the closings. The core issue here is that Super User is not a shopping recommendation site.
Technology questions along the lines of ...
"what {hardware class} should I buy now with a …
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The Super User Blog -- now officially blessed!
Great job on the blog!
After a call today with Ivo, we decided that the Super User Blog is now sufficiently awesome to be highlighted in the footer! You'll note that the blog link in the Super User f …
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