Questions tagged [users]
This tags is for general questions about users and user accounts.
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Author widgets are not shown for answers anymore
Something is missing here; I can't see who answered anymore:
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Does Stack Exchange have any marketing plan aimed at maintaining and/or encouraging its users to continue participating in the site?
Simple question about the current and future functioning of the site in general in relation to its users.
I don't know if SE is interested in continuing to operate based on its knowledge sharing ...
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Please implement a flag for accounts
At CrossValidated, we have recently had a few spates of "users" that just exist for Search Engine Optimization purposes, most recently Acoustic Fencing Panels Ltd, Addiction Rehab Clinics ...
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Why not delete users who haven't come back for a certain amount of time? [duplicate]
I might be the only one who thinks this, but I find it rather annoying that there are a million derelict, unused profiles, especially unregistered ones, that ask (or occasionally answer) one, singular ...
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People using comments to answer questions [duplicate]
I have been noticing new questions often have answers in the comments instead of the answer list.
What is the rationale behind this?
I have seen this with users that have a lot of reputation too, so ...
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Does SE track previous website access?
I am wondering if math.stackexchange.com tracks or otherwise has a record of specific user-initiated access to the site, from a certain device at a specific time and date.
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Would the striking moderators welcome a user strike? Should we, the users, go on strike?
As we know, there is a call for a strike from the moderators on the entire network. I support the moderators.
It occurred to me, perhaps a little late, that my participating on the site as usual — ...
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View "people reached" data/trend through time for user
Is there a way to view a trend (graphically or tabulated) in the number of "people reached" per user per site?
E.g., to see how many people a user's posts impacted monthly or annually, etc.
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How many of our users are on Stack Overflow?
I am just curious; what percentage of total users does Stack Overflow make up? I know that I could count them, but with 200+ sites that seems inefficient.
I don’t care about active users or not, nor ...
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Link to user profile with recent questions and answers
Is it possible to get a link to the activity section of the user profile with recent questions and answers?
For example, if I enter the link, https://math.stackexchange.com/users/223599/sooraj-s?tab=...
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What is the difference between DisplayName and Id on the Stack Exchange Data Explorer Users table?
I am trying to pull a list of all users who have commented on an answer and tie it back to their User profile, if one exists. However, not all Comments table records have a UserId associated with them ...
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Some questions about search [closed]
I want to search questions answered by me and some another user. How can I do this? I don't see an "and" operator.
Is there a way to search through comments (answers under which there is ...
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Help us identify new roles for community members
Update 2 (March 6, 23)
We made a shortlist of the most promising suggestions from the answers provided, and we then shared our findings with Philippe Beaudette, our VP of Community. After some ...
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Closed Area 51 proposals show more to anonymous users than when logged in [closed]
This is what the What If proposal looks like when logged in:
That's fine, I can live with that.
However, this is when not logged in:
Same page, same browser (Firefox 107 x64). One in a normal window,...
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Add link to Help Center article about moderators in the moderators tab on the /users page
The moderators tab on the /users page has some information and links about moderating/moderators on Stack Exchange. I think it would make sense to add a link to the main Help Center article about ...