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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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High reputation users having trouble understanding Super User?
With about 1 million views a month at the moment, Super User is turning out to be successful, however due to the general audience the concept of a Q&A vs. a forum is still something we need to deal wi …
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Are "Hackintosh" questions allowed?
Simple. It's a legal grey area. Super User doesn't want to build a reputation for encouraging something that may or may not be illegal, so it was decided to stay safe rather than sorry.
I have actual …
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Are some questions too easy for Super User?
This is going to be a short answer since this topic gets hashed and rehashed a thousand times however:
Google is the Super User/Server Fault/Stack Overflow home page
The Trilogy and SE is attempting …
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Should Home Networking questions be considered on topic?
I was never aware it was off topic.
Home networking is one reason the site got started and unless a question is particularly bad I don't see why it should be unacceptable.
I consider home networkin …
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Is downvoting link only answers acceptable?
Related:
Ban lmgtfy (le me google that for you) links
Based on the Why is linking bad? question as well as Are answers that contain only links really good answers? question, is it acceptable be …
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Why so many barriers for newcomers on this dicussion forum?
Most likely first and foremost because it is NOT a discussion forum. It is a Q&A website. … This is not a discussion board, this is a place for questions that can be answered! …
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It annoys me that there's an Apple SE but so many Apple questions on SU
You're wrong.
Super User will always allow Ubuntu and Apple question, and I doubt we will ever see options to migrate to these sites.
Super User caters for a much broader audience.
Super User doesn …
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somebody not justifying a downvote
Users are under no obligation to provide reasons for downvoting, or to justify why they did. I understand there is a bigger group of the community that believes you should justify it, however voting i …
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Very frustrating user experience
addressing the issue of multiple moderator flags by community members for the above user with regards to:
Questions unrelated to Computer Hardware and Software Troubleshooting
Asking numerous unrelated Discussion …
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Superuser vs Unix/Linux vs Ubuntu
Until those sites come out of Beta, the option is really open at this point. Right now we still welcome Ubuntu/Linux questions, and since the sites may get merged before they are out of beta, SU will …
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Should we encourage SO and SF users to answer on SU?
Sadly I had an answer on this question I deleted 2 days ago which disagreed with the OP. However after some review in the last 2 days I have to admit I actually agree with the OP on this, sad as it ma …
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Super User website applications policy
Unfortunately with this debate having gone on for some time now, and I am not sure what the answer should be I do feel I need to make a few points clear. Super User has grown with regards to visits at …
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Super User website applications policy
Unfortunately with this debate having gone on for some time now, and I am not sure what the answer should be I do feel I need to make a few points clear. Super User has grown with regards to visits at …
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Shouldn't 'mark favorite' give the same reputation as an up vote? Or even more?
No
I use favourites as bookmarks for questions I still want to answer, and once I have done so I remove the favourite flagged. The purpose of favourites is not to gain reputation, and I can't see doi …
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Proper Stack Exchange site for hardware recommendations
The current answer would be none. There isn't at this point a Stack Exchange site for shopping recommendations. The main problem is that these recommendations tend to get old very quickly, due to the …
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