Questions tagged [stack-exchange-team]
For questions about the team of people behind the Stack Exchange network (developers, community managers, etc.), also known as employees of Stack Overflow (the company). They can be identified by an orange "Staff" badge on their flair and user profiles.
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Moderators can add annotations and Community Team escalations to (current and former) staff member accounts but not (always) view them
When viewing a user's profile, ♦ moderators can see how many annotations (including moderator messages) the user has, how many of their posts were flagged and how many Community Teams messages were ...
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There are too many sheriffs in town
The Sheriff badge says it's awarded to elected moderators but it's supposed to work slightly different here on Meta Stack Exchange, as the FAQ states:
Served as a moderator continuously for one year ...
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A (different) kind of goodbye
This is a bittersweet post to write. Not to bury the lede: I’ve made the decision to leave the Community Management department at Stack Overflow. Fortuitously, I’m not leaving the company, for we’ve ...
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Some former Community Managers' posts are missing former staff & mod labels
On this site, since 2022, posts by former employees posted while they were employed, are indicated by gray [Staff] (and where applicable, [Mod]) labels in their user card.
For some reason, this didn't ...
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Is there an organizational chart of the company structure?
Would it be possible to access a publicly available organizational chart of the company's structure?
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Announcing Jody Bailey as Chief Product and Technology Officer (Feb 2025)
For the last two-and-a-half years, Jody Bailey has served as our Chief Technical Officer, and has driven the company forward in terms of our technical infrastructure, particularly with our move to the ...
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What can/should we do about the homepage currently being flooded by 'housekeeping'?
Right now, staff members are performing a cleanup of various status-review and status-deferred tags for functionality which is no longer supported (think legacy Jobs, Winter Bash). While some ...
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Indicator on Meta next to the display name of former Staff and/or Mod users for actions performed with that status
When a staff member or a mod posts or performs an action on a site (like commenting, reviews, revisions) their status as Staff and/or Mod status is clearly identified using symbols or text set next to ...
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Farewell Yaakov and thanks for the haiku!
You may soon notice one fewer diamond around the site. The amazing developer, tech lead, and community advocate Yaakov Ellis - user 51(!) - has taken an opportunity elsewhere and today, December 7th, ...
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Thank You, V2Blast
V2Blast is one of those folks who - to me represented a rare mix of skills. I knew him before he was hired and I often found he was a tireless advocate of the places he community managed at and ...
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Practical effects of the October 2023 layoff
I hope that by now you’ve all had a chance to read and digest the announcement and the blog post about today’s layoff.
This was not an easy decision to make, nor is this an easy conversation to have. ...
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Thank you, Catija
I've had the pleasure of working with some great community managers here. Cat is one of those folks who's always been cheerful, and deeply cared about this spot. We often nagged her to go to sleep ...
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Community notice: October 2023 layoff announcement [duplicate]
I’d like to call your attention to today’s blog post from Prashanth. Unfortunately, we’ve made the difficult decision to reduce our headcount by roughly 28%. There are more details at the blog, and I ...
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Blog posts by former staff members are missing attribution
Certain blog posts written by members of staff that are no longer with the company seem to be missing the attribution for posts that they wrote. For instance, JNat and animuson: workin' on ur problemz ...
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Which questions are eligible for tagging [status-review] if latest available list is outdated?
The question What posts should be escalated to staff using [status-review], and how do I escalate them? has a list of posts which should be taken into account before escalating bug or feature-request ...
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