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SnarkAsh

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    Comment #21529813

    https://web.archive.org/web/20191105161629/https://meta.stac... > We know that people who contribute by asking have a harder time earning privileges than people who focus on answer…

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    Comment #21403768

    True. Worth noting that this is coming up because the volunteers are being mistreated and people were looking for laws that could protect them, and may have found more than they we…

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    Comment #21399082

    While we're discussing Stack Overflow's legal situation: - Users have raised $9000 to defend a volunteer moderator from defamation by Stack Overflow employees: https://www.gofundme…

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    Comment #21356077

    FWIW every job I've had in my 7-year career came from connections that stated though Stack Overflow. No one's hiring on the basis of reputation score, but many employers do reach o…

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    Comment #21346901

    She opted out within the 30 day window, so her options remain open.

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    Comment #21343829

    Some context, although really this is the culmination of a five year breakdown in community trust and there's way too much background to sum up briefly. https://meta.stackexchange.…

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    Comment #21265022

    They only did that after they were called out by multiple Senators and international media, so I don't really give them any credit.

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    Comment #21219254

    At least when you had a micro USB or mini USB cable, you knew it would be compatible with everything of the same form factor. USB-C's form factor might stick around longer, but its…

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    Comment #21206465

    Why is this on the Stack Overflow blog? When I replied to their survey that I wanted "tech articles written by other developers", I was imagining a platform for Stack Overflow auth…

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    Comment #21205435

    .... well that's dumb

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    Comment #21205430

    [redacted]

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    Comment #21204052

    I think you can already natively add alt text to images including GIFs, but need to enable the UI on your account firist: https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/picture-descript…

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    Comment #21177122

    because she has 46k Twitter followers and the company fears Twitter above all else

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    Comment #21177059

    "normies"?

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    Comment #21176713

    Potentially. The policy still hasn't been finalized, so I'm not ready to assume that it's something she wouldn't have been able to comply with.