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You have an idea for a new feature, or for a change to the existing functionality.
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Add Android Enthusiasts to the default migration targets, drop Gaming
Yes, I support adding Android and removing Gaming from the migration options on Super User
Please note, I will view the vote split and only count positive votes, so downvoting the option you dislike w …
17
votes
Accepted
Has the possibility of having a "Vote to Answer" been discussed?
This has been discussed/requested many times on Meta Stack Overflow. The canonical response is here:
Would it be possible to have a "community accepted" feature?
The request is marked status-declined, …
11
votes
Accepted
Downvoting a question should require a comment/upvote of a comment
This has been requested hundreds of times in the history of Stack Exchange. The Stack Exchange founders and team are adamant that voting shall always be anonymous. Requiring a comment to downvote woul …
10
votes
Change to the bounty system
There is a grace period - you get a whole week to assign the bounty. How would adding a 3 day "grace period" be any different from just making bounties last 10 days? You can assign the bounty any time …
8
votes
Accepted
Ability to follow users or add friends?
This request hails from the early days of Stack Overflow, and was one of the first and most frequent feature requests to be declined.
The official reference thread is A "friends list" on Stack Overf …
6
votes
Accepted
Comment vote equilibrium: Ability to vote down
This has been suggested before and status-declined. The Team's position is that the main focus of the site is questions and answers, so they usually deny comment-related feature requests.
I believe t …
6
votes
Suggest another stack exchange site while closing
Each site can have up to 5 migration targets, 1 of which must be that site's own meta. All of Super User's migration targets are currently in use. Gaming.SE used to be an option, but we found that And …
5
votes
Accepted
How to manually move a comment conversation to a chat?
You can always just start a chat room if you want to. This won't automatically insert the previous messages from the comments, but it will allow you to start a chat with any user who has at least 20 r …
5
votes
Custom close reason is processed as a comment
The idea behind this is that if you're giving a custom reason, then the user should be aware of why their question is being closed. This is intentional and by-design.
5
votes
Accepted
Why do people have to gain reputation on each Stack Exchange site before being allowed to co...
When you reach 200 reputation on any Stack Exchange site, you will automatically get a 100 point reputation bonus on every Stack Exchange site. For more information see the Reputation page in the help …
4
votes
Please show close votes state for questioner
According to the SuperUser FAQ section on Reputation, once you reach 250 points of rep, you have the ability to vote to close, reopen or migrate your own question. That also means that you will be abl …
4
votes
make incorrectly answered question have unanswered status
Questions you see in the "unanswered" list are questions with no upvoted answers. If an answer is incorrect, chances are that it will be either voted down or at least not voted up; as such, those ques …
4
votes
Cancelling a comment upvote
As Daniel Beck mentions
You can cancel comment upvotes within one minute by clicking again
See: Should I be able to cancel my up-vote on a comment?
4
votes
Highlighting questions with accepted answers as [solved]
You already know if a question is solved, because there will be a green checkmark by the accepted answer, or the search result will be a different color.
You can also search for questions …
3
votes
Accepted
Alt Text on Several Graphics
When using the markdown editor, the user is prompted to enter an image caption, which automatically gets converted to alt text. Some users are good at doing this, while others are lazy and don't add a …