JohnMcG

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   by JohnMcG 14y ago

   Thanks! Me too! :)
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   by JohnMcG 14y ago

   This is the fallacy that's driving this -- the assumption that people have two choices about how to spend their time and energy: 1. "Fun" SO / SE questions. 2. Serious SO /SE questions. Given this, of course you want to encourage people to
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   by JohnMcG 14y ago

   It's all about plausible deniability.... Seriously, I don't think I would dismiss the whole of SE as goofing off if its scope boundaries were relaxed a bit.
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   by JohnMcG 14y ago

   Speaking for myself, clicking on a "chat" link crosses a threshold for me from "I'm taking a break and checking stuff out" to "I'm goofing off." Maybe I'm kidding myself that my checking out SE threads isn't goofing off, but once I enter s
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   by JohnMcG 14y ago

   I think the reason I find myself resisting this is that what you are saying is that you don't want us as whole people, you just want the specific parts of us that "make Stack Overflow great." This desire is understandable. I sure would lik
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   by JohnMcG 14y ago

   Well, it was, but now the moderation there is even more draconian.
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   by JohnMcG 14y ago

   What percentage of closed questions are translated to one of the above bullet points?