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Stack Overflow bans ChatGPT temporarily

Posted on Mon 05 December 2022 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange, moderation, chatgpt

Today Stack Overflow moderators banned ChatGPT on the site. This is my reflection on why we went this route.


Stack Overflow still has issues and it's getting worse

Posted on Fri 29 March 2019 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange

A follow up from a post I made a year and a half ago. How's Stack Overflow doing (from the perspective of a long time community member and moderator)?


Collecting Diamonds on Stack Exchange

Posted on Fri 18 August 2017 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange, moderation

I've picked up a couple moderation diamonds recently. A reflection on the Stack Overflow election.


Stack Overflow's Problem - Feedback from an experienced user

Posted on Mon 22 May 2017 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange

Stack Overflow has made several poor decisions in the past few years. I have feedback as an experienced community member on how those decisions are perceived


Can a machine be taught to flag spam automatically

Posted on Sun 19 February 2017 in Programming Projects • Tagged with Stack Exchange, machine learning, automation, programming

Description of how a group of people helped completely eliminate spam on the Stack Exchange network


Third time's the charm?

Posted on Sun 06 November 2016 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange, moderation

It's been a year since Stack Overflow's last election. I'm running again. Will the third time be the charm, or third strike and I'm out?


I'm running for moderator on Stack Overflow again

Posted on Wed 18 November 2015 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange, moderation

Stack Overflow is having a second election this year. I'm throwing my hat in the ring again. This entry follows the process.


Link Analysis - Technical Explanation

Posted on Mon 10 August 2015 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange, programming

Approximately 10% of links on the Stack Overflow are unavailable. This is an analysis of how I determined thiat and a discussion on how to improve it


A proposal to fix broken links on Stack Overflow

Posted on Fri 07 August 2015 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange, programming

My proposal to decrease the number of broken links on Stack Overflow


Analysis of links posted to Stack Overflow

Posted on Thu 06 August 2015 in Side Activities • Tagged with Stack Exchange, programming

Approximately 10% of on Stack Overflow are unavailable. This is an analysis of how I determined that and a discussion on how to improve it.