Comment by Flimzy on Why do questions get answered but not upvoted?
Answering and voting are mostly unrelated. A question may be good, bad, or neutral, independently from whether it's worth answering.
View ArticleComment by Flimzy on How can I improve this question's reception? (Part II)
"The downvotes came without any comments, so I was unable to discern how to improve the question" -- this isn't really true. A downvote means "This question does not show any research effort; it is...
View ArticleComment by Flimzy on 2020 Developer Survey: any topic suggestions?
Wouldn't the answer always be "computer/keyboard/monitor" because without those, nothing else is relevant? A great mouse or audio system means nothing without a computer to plug it into.
View ArticleComment by Flimzy on 2020 Developer Survey: any topic suggestions?
I think this needs to be made more specific, because motivations change over time and per circumstance. Such as, what factors when in to choosing to leave your last job. One may leave because of a bad...
View ArticleComment by Flimzy on 2020 Developer Survey: any topic suggestions?
I think #1 is too broad. A single bug fix in a tool you use could make the answer "yes", without providing useful information.
View ArticleComment by Flimzy on 2020 Developer Survey: any topic suggestions?
Can't this question be answered already, just by looking at traffic stats?
View ArticleComment by Flimzy on 2020 Developer Survey: any topic suggestions?
"What is the size of the monitors you using? (in inches)" -- Maybe include aspect ratios, too? A 4:3 monitor (are those still used somewhere?) shouldn't be considered the same as an ultra-wide monitor.
View ArticleComment by Flimzy on 2020 Developer Survey: any topic suggestions?
It's a bad question... just like the average driver survey is a bad question. It's quite possible that 93% of drivers are better than average for their use case
View ArticleComment by Flimzy on 2020 Developer Survey: any topic suggestions?
Voluntarily leaving and being laid off are not the only options. Other common termination reasons include: being fired, or a contract simply ending.
View ArticleComment by Flimzy on Was my edit too short?
If I had reviewed it, I would have hit "Accept and Improve" and removed all of the irrelevant fluff from the beginning, like this: stackoverflow.com/posts/27853884/revisions, and then I would VtC as...
View ArticleComment by Flimzy on Downvote should not be negative
Electrons are negative. Just pretend you're being given electrons.
View ArticleComment by Flimzy on Comments suggesting OP to move off-topic question to...
@yivi: For unpopular tags, leaving a comment is a mercy for the new user. It may take days, months, or longer, to get enough close votes for the user to see the automated suggestion to go to another site.
View ArticleComment by Flimzy on Duplicate with no targets
I guess that's better than nothing, but it's still not in the banner proper.
View ArticleDoes "possibly remote after trial period" really count as remote?
This is at least the second such posting I've seen today:https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/112313/teamwork-desk-software-engineer-teamworkcomIn particular, the top of the post says:Working remotely is a...
View ArticleAnswer by Flimzy for Does "possibly remote after trial period" really count...
After the positive (negative?) reaction here, I went ahead and flagged the post, and this morning received this response from StackOverflow via email:Thanks for taking the time to flag the listing,...
View ArticleMake [k8s] a synonym for [kubernetes]
I believe k8s, which at present has 62 questions, should be made a synonym for kubernetes.
View ArticleMerge [gorilla-toolkit] into [gorilla]
The gorilla tag has 291 questions, and this description:Gorilla is a web toolkit for the Go programming language. It provides several modules to aid web programming: a URL router and dispatcher, a...
View ArticleMerge [go-echo] and [echo-framework] tags
As of this writing:go-echo has 11 questionsEcho is a high performance, extensible, minimalist Go web framework. This tag should be used with general questions concerning the Echo framework or any...
View ArticleAnswer by Flimzy for How can I edit my questions so they could be upvoted?
My advice: Don't sweat it. Even the best of us have some bad questions in our past.Rather than dwelling on the past, focus on asking good questions, and posting good answers now.Having said that, there...
View ArticleAnswer by Flimzy for 2020 Developer Survey: any topic suggestions?
I'd like some insight into hiring practices with respect to coding exercises. Possible wording might be:Are you more/less/unchnaged likely to accept a job iforWhat is your reaction when asked to do the...
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