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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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interface change - envelope gone

the envelope that went colored when I had replies, is now a down arrow. what would indicate when/if I have new replies? I suppose i'll find out..
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political downvoting unrelated to a question?

Is anything ever done when some people downvote things to make some kind of point that is unrelated to the question? I made a comment that a question "What is a hostname" doesn't deserve 7 votes, and …
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still no place for subjective questions? e.g. the recent vim question Deleted?

I see this interesting question https://superuser.com/questions/324151/are-people-deluding-themselves-with-vim was deleted there was already one answer posted, and of course that's lost.. other in …
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Can the old Firefox recommended extensions question be viewed by anybody in any way?

There was a question that I and many found useful though unfortunately it seems maybe it was deemed subjective and deleted. I had thought it'd be preserved in the database, but not being aware of all …
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Where would a question about a Firefox extension be on topic?

Web Applications do not take questions about Firefox extensions, for the obvious reason that they're not about applications related to the web. It's about Web Applications, i.e. server-side. Firefox …
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Is questioning the claims of not uncommon software like Spinrite, off topic?

Is questioning the claims of not uncommon software like Spinrite, off topic? If so, Why? It's not uncommon, and proof of that is that immediately on asking it, a commenter that uses it replied. And t …
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A very detailed post I made some years ago has been deleted. Where is it?

I searched for my old question or answer and I found it was no longer on superuser but was archived on this website here with no pictures. Is it possible to plug a 2.5" drive in wrongly and could I b …
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I can't get chat search by user to work

If I go to the "root access" chat room and in the search I type something, and then I get the advanced search screen If I type in searching for: windows, when said by: barlop it lists a bunch …
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What are the restrictions on closed questions?

Let's say A is somebody that asked a question. B is somebody that gave an answer. C is somebody that didn't. The question gets closed. Presumably, C cannot post an answer. A can comment. Can B or …
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Why "Please only post one answer to a question"?

I'd put them in one and it allows for a)a super duper post, b)some commentary comparing the solutions i've done, and allowing me to indicate a progression of some sort if there is one.
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The purpose of voting: Teaching users the basics

in a sense, they're right, but the downvote while its ultimate goal is not to punish, you can't get away from the fact that it does remove one rep point which is kind of a punishment. It is to alert …
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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. …
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Why aren't driveby downvoters themselves detected and penalised?

There are obvious cases of driveby downvoters. Why aren't the driveby downvoters penalised? It may even often be the same person as when it happens it's often three posts at a time that are downvoted …
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import comments into chat when comments could get chatty? [duplicate]

I know sometimes when there's some to and fro, you get a link offering a chat. And comments are imported into it. But other times a chat is appropriate and because of no to and fro, it doesn't come …
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Why might 50% of reviewers consider this as content that should be deleted?

Without me looking at the question I see your answer is in a poor style. I can't comment on the technical side really but just the style/structure, some of the logic of how to reply to a question. Yo …
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