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Feb 11, 2021 at 14:19 history edited Alec Rhea CC BY-SA 4.0
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Feb 11, 2021 at 14:14 comment added Alec Rhea @MartinSleziak Thank you for clarifying, I'll edit the post.
Feb 11, 2021 at 12:41 comment added David Roberts Mod @MartinSleziak oh, so the threshold is -4 ? Well, there goes the "one customary downvote to make it less visible" theory. But I guess the roomba clean-up is relevant: a Q might not be closed, but be so borderline that at least some people voted and at least one downvoted, so it won't stick around permanently
Feb 11, 2021 at 11:45 comment added Martin Sleziak @FrancescoPolizzi As far as I know, this is the only place where low score hides questions: mathoverflow.net They won't be hidden if you're here: mathoverflow.net/questions (regardless of whether you use the newest tab or the active tab). More details can be found here: How does Stack Overflow determine for how long to keep a question in the main page? - the threshold is -4 on main and -8 on meta. Negative score is also a factor for roomba.
Feb 11, 2021 at 0:43 comment added user44143 (It's not about MO or the main question, but: Regardless of the motivation for giving lectures or talks without preparation, it's not nice to the audience.)
Feb 9, 2021 at 11:35 comment added Francesco Polizzi In this precise moment, I see a question with score -1, one with score -6, one with score -4 and one with score -3 on my front page (in the "newest" section).
Feb 9, 2021 at 7:24 history edited Martin Sleziak CC BY-SA 4.0
a minor typo
Feb 9, 2021 at 3:48 comment added Gerry Myerson One downvote is enough to keep a question off the front page? I thought it took more than that.
Feb 8, 2021 at 23:20 comment added dhy +1: Thank you for your perspective (and for the sentence beginning "The fact that I like this site has heavily to do with the fact that I am a masochist...," it made me laugh.)
Feb 8, 2021 at 18:02 history answered Alec Rhea CC BY-SA 4.0