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If a comment URL is pasted to chat will the message be retained if the underlying comment is deleted?
Let's say I paste a comment URL such as:
https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/100303/what-are-christian-responses-to-graham-oppys-argument-for-atheism-from-naturali#comment284517_100303
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What is the point of not allowing extended discussions in comments? [duplicate]
I don't understand why extended discussions in comments usually get moved to chat. Long threads are collapsed be default, so they don't require significantly more scrolling to get to other content. ...
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Appearance of sock puppet-y users in comments [duplicate]
Over the past week or so, I've run into some accounts that seem questionable. I understand that they may not actually be sock puppets as defined below, but they do appear to be users masking their ...
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What's the reasoning behind the availability of edit history for a message in chat but not in posts (for regular user)?
In chat we (as a regular user) can see a complete history of edits to a message, even made a few seconds apart.
But for a regular user (non-mod/staff) there is no history of edits to a comment in ...
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Ping commenters to write answers when a question is reopened
My question was closed. While closed, it accumulated comments from people who could potentially answer, not just comment. After reopening, I wrote a very brief comment to each person, inviting them to ...
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Start a chat with OP before reaching the 10+ comment mark
I was trying to solve someone's question and due to a language gap, they were unable to describe it properly. I know that the "let's continue this on the chat" message and link auto adds to ...
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Can we get extended spoiler functionality?
Overview
The Puzzling SE community (henceforth referred to as PSE) utilizes spoiler functionality very heavily. However, it's lacking in obvious areas such as comments, chat, and titles. [1] In a post,...
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Engagement in chat
A recurring pattern I see on posts is that a moderator swoops in and moves comments to a chat.
I find that this mechanism almost never encourages additional discussion, but it is used as a deterrent. ...
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My comment was moved to a chat room, and it is not attributed to my site-specific username [duplicate]
On one of the StackExchange sites, I have changed my display name from pacoverflow to something else.
Recently there was a question on that site in which a lot of people left comments, including me. I ...
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Can the chat message pop-up be inserted after 5 comment "back and forth" argument strategies?
When users complain about a iffy post, they start suggesting edits and then another user gives an explanation on how that edit suggestion is wrong.
The users go back and forth, and then suddenly, when ...
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"Move comments to chat" triggers auto and manual flagging and suspension
A recent moderation of moving a comment discussion to chat resulted in a user's comment to be flagged multiple times and the user was hit with a chat auto suspension.
No judgement on that users ...
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Prevent the "conversation moved to chat" comment from being hidden
Would it be possible to prevent the "conversation moved to chat" comment that's left when moderators move a lengthy comment chain to chat from being hidden?
The message that's left when ...
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What's the exact time for "a short amount of time" requirement for triggering chat room?
When I was reading the newest announcement regarding chat rooms at:
https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/74243/777820
I noticed
2011-06-10: When adding a new comment to a post with many comments between ...
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Moving comments to chat seems to be missing in timeline and SEDE?
There are two possibilities how comments can be moved to chatroom. Either a moderator moves them or the users who discuss in comments are offered to continue in chat - and if they choose this option, ...
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Comments from user feed link to the parent post instead; confusing onebox in the chat room
Recently, we (moderators on Android.SE) started adding some users' feed to our mod's chat room for moderation purposes. After a while, the users' posts were onebox-ed as expected, but then seemingly ...
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