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-17 votes
3 answers
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Feature of posting a question as an anonymous guest user (without having an account) is not useful and it leads to incorrect answers / comments

Posting a question as an anonymous guest user (without having an account) is allowed but for commenting 50 reputations are required. A guest user (who doesn't have an account) can't accrue any ...
Andrew's user avatar
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-28 votes
2 answers
230 views

Allow me to block other users from close-voting my posts to prevent harassment and trolling

The Problem: My daily flags are spent on a handful of people, who I see again the next time I log in with the same nasty behavior. They won't get banned, they actually have huge positive reputations ...
GitButtCoder's user avatar
-29 votes
1 answer
201 views

Would anyone support a feature request to give users a "no comments" option when posting a question?

Who would support this idea of a "comments off" toggle on your own questions when you post a question? Requests for clarification would be submitted, and publicly displayed after approval - ...
shigginpit's user avatar
15 votes
1 answer
179 views

Users should not be able to unknowingly revoke their own comment rights

I've just found myself in the following situation: I had a little over 100 reputation on CrossValidated and found a question that I wanted to award a bounty to. And so I did, however, this brought me ...
Peter's user avatar
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-18 votes
1 answer
159 views

Is the 50 reputation requirement for commenting on questions there to generate activity on the site? [duplicate]

It seems awfully convenient that to be able to ask a clarification or an update, one should have already answered a bunch of unrelated questions. Assuming one answers 10 or 20 questions first, how ...
Altrue's user avatar
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-43 votes
5 answers
423 views

Let's not waste all that reputation and increase the limits during the crisis

I just had this noble idea of increasing the rep-cap limits and vote limits for the duration of the crisis. Questions and answers are upvoted hundred of times. There is so much reputation that goes ...
Jeff Darwood's user avatar
-28 votes
1 answer
180 views

Feature Request: Require comment for downvotes if user reaches reputation threshold [duplicate]

So the idea behind this is quite simple, and I have also not seen any similar solution suggested in meta(after a quick search). Succinctly, I have seen both on my answers and questions(as has anyone) ...
hisairnessag3's user avatar
2 votes
0 answers
52 views

Rephrase low-quality-posts comment about “reputation required to comment”

https://stackoverflow.com/review/low-quality-posts has an option to select a comment: This is commentary on another post, not an answer. “This does not provide an answer to the question. Once ...
Michael Freidgeim's user avatar
7 votes
0 answers
32 views

Add to help/privileges/comment link explaining why comments need higher reputation than answers

The question “Why do I need 50 reputation to comment?”  was raised many times (see duplicates of Why do I need 50 reputation to comment? What can I do instead? ). It will be useful on Comment ...
Michael Freidgeim's user avatar
-3 votes
3 answers
138 views

Earning basic privileges based on time spent on site or other new criteria

I will start by saying that after reading this meta post about a declined feature request to allow moderators to grant commenting privileges, I am skeptical that my suggestions/thoughts will get ...
Dean Gurvitz's user avatar
-40 votes
1 answer
339 views

Apply a reputation loss for posting the 1st comment at any post

There's a lot of complaint recently, about the culture of Stack Exchange sites, and how newcomers feel unwelcomed, or just feel being minorized when asking questions. One source of these complaints ...
πάντα ῥεῖ's user avatar
-17 votes
2 answers
115 views

Can "Reputation" be adjusted to allow for positive points being awarded to a very helpful/informative comment? [duplicate]

Sometimes the comments under either the question or the answer are the more valuable information. That is, an answer might be just satisfactory, but it's really the comments, and their additional ...
robin's user avatar
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14 votes
5 answers
492 views

Can we add a reputation penalty to comments that are removed for being Rude or Abusive?

Many sites have issues with users abusing comments to violate the be nice policy. Currently other than the occasional warning or suspension there is no real deterrent. The lack of any noticeable ...
Chad's user avatar
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0 votes
1 answer
55 views

Crediting commenters in the answer

Sometimes suggestions from comments get incorporated into the accepted answer. In such scenario it is common to mention the commenter who provided some useful input. Usually such mention is in a form "...
exebook's user avatar
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-42 votes
4 answers
289 views

Another take on the down-vote, no comment problem [duplicate]

Yes, moderators, I already know that this question has been posted a number of times, the first one of which I came across was asked some 8 years ago and yet this seems to still be a problem. I wish ...
Mick's user avatar
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