Recent Posts
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.