Questions tagged [community]
For questions about fostering a sense of community amongst users of Stack Exchange sites
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We spent a sprint addressing your requests — here’s how it went
You may have noticed posts getting status-completed at an unusually high rate last week — there’s a reason for that, which I’ll get into further down. But first, some context for those who might need ...
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The state of the stack a year on : A retrospective on "Stack Exchange is failing its community"
I'm pretty sure I don't want to do this every year, but I've been randomly reminded of my old post after the downsizings before last… about 4 times in the last two weeks. It seems like a sign. I feel ...
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Options when locking an official discussion post that keep communication avenues open
We're all struggling with communication and community stress. Trust is low and people are concerned. There are lots of changes occurring and it's not always easy to follow along or keep up-to-date. ...
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Changing how community leadership works on Stack Exchange: a proposal and rough timeline
For nearly fifteen years, Stack Exchange community leadership has taken a very simple form: there is the community-at-large, and there are moderators elected by ranked-choice voting. This system is ...
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Please bring back the Community Roadmap posts
When I began work on the now defunct Community Leadership Team in early 2020, one of our early initiatives was to share details on the work being done for the community from both Community and ...
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2023 Community-a-thon recap
I announced several weeks ago that the company was holding its fourth Community-a-thon event and that after the event I’d be posting a recap as we did last year. This year’s event was different from ...
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Lack of Company follow-through / Company failure to meet expectations
It brings me no joy to write this post.
Just over a month ago, Stack Overflow announced their most recent round of layoffs for the 2023 calendar year. Following that announcement, Philippe (VP, ...
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Let's talk about (community) health
In my team, we spend a lot of time thinking about the nebulously defined concept of "community health". It seems to be one of those things that everyone knows is important, but nobody can ...
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What we really need to know to understand your community
Obviously, being there and seeing for myself is ideal, but with a network as big as ours, that’s not always possible. So please tell me: what’s one thing that you think it's critical to know, in ...
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What is the best way to keep Stack Overflow strong now that we have ChatGPT? [closed]
I saw an article, After ChatGPT disruption, Stack Overflow lays off 28 percent of staff. Stack Overflow helps me a ton. I suspect many AI's knowledge comes from user-generated content on the Internet.....
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Community-a-thon 2023 kicks off on October 13th
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Our fourth Community-a-thon will kick off on October 13, 2023 and continue until October 18th, 2023.
This is an annual event where staff at Stack Overflow are encouraged to participate on the ...
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Will there be a Community-a-thon 2023, and if so when will it begin?
After reading Rosie's post about sunsetting Winter/Summer Bash, I wanted to know if Community-a-thon will continue or not.
Also, are there any pre-defined dates for Community-a-thon?
Community-a-thon ...
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Community Health Dashboards
This is based on a recent Meta Software Engineering question.
It would be interesting to expose, to the community, information about community health. The Meta Software Engineering question asked ...
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Moderation strike: Conclusion and the way forward
Negotiations between strike representatives and Stack Exchange, Inc. have come to a close, with a mutually acceptable agreement being reached and announced. With that agreement being reached, we'd ...
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What do you feel like is still missing to end the strike?
The negotiations have ended and the Moderation strike: Results of negotiations post has been received overwhelmingly positively (at the time of writing this post +359/-3).
That being said, it seems ...
