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Why do emails for other Stack Exchange sites come from Stack Overflow?

Take Security Stack Exchange, for example, which is my main SE site. Whenever I get an email relating to it, e.g. a question is closed, this bounty was accepted, whatever it is, the email is always ...
security_paranoid's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
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Why is the 'Favorite' count so low in the Stack Overflow data? [duplicate]

In the Stack Overflow database, there is a column called "favorite count". I have found that favorite count indicates users find the question interesting or save it for later review. I have ...
I192058 Misbah Minhas's user avatar
-23 votes
1 answer
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Why are Stack Exchange sites too complicated to understand? [closed]

There isn't any way I can get around in any of the Stack Exchange site. Do sites demand technical background and more professionalism?
Abdul Moiz's user avatar
3 votes
1 answer
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What tag is used for Stack Exchange rules and their respective enforcement instruments?

Each site has a Tour, a Help Center and meta sites having faq where the site's purpose, workings and features of the Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange system are explained. Also, there is FAQ for ...
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7 votes
1 answer
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Did Prosus acquire just Stack Overflow or the whole Stack Exchange Network?

I'm asking you guys since I can't find relevant info. Google says that the parent company of Stack Exchange Network is Prosus. Wikipedia says that Prosus only owns Stack Overflow. This is confusing. ...
JD-9's user avatar
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1 answer
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Remove Shell company's advertisements?

I reported 3 of Shell's ads: which were shown on Stack Overflow. This ad is offensive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnQSa_AVpSo, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uuW4AP8M4M and https://www....
The Amateur Coder's user avatar
11 votes
0 answers
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Where has the Stack Exchange official dump gone? archive.org/details/stackexchange [duplicate]

Why do I see this message after I only download StackOverflow-Posts.7z? I have tried to use a VPN, but I receive the same error message: This item is no longer available. Items may be taken down for ...
NickRar's user avatar
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2 votes
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Stack Exchange API, access token request

I've done the OAuth process with Stack Exchange and I have my access token. I'm trying to perform this request https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/me-posts#order=desc&sort=activity&filter=...
manubrio's user avatar
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7 votes
1 answer
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Why is the "say thanks for this answer" feature only available on Stack Overflow?

We noticed that in last days the appearance of a useless feature "say thanks for this answer" ONLY on Stack Overflow. I do believe that it shouldn't be available even in SO, but for ...
Bashir's user avatar
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4 votes
1 answer
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Why is a stackoverflow.com/a/{answer-id} generated by Google not working when passed to the Stack Exchange API?

I am writing a crawler that takes a URL from a Google search, for example https://www.google.com/search?q=site:www.stackoverflow.com+for+loop+python and use it to fetch data from Stack Overflow using ...
Gautam Krishna R's user avatar
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2 answers
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Please don't let Stack Exchange die [closed]

With the recent flow of moderator resignations, I am quite worried. I have no right to be as I myself have made a couple of trash questions in the past, but I just feel like a lot of people have a ...
Kamil Suhak's user avatar
-17 votes
1 answer
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Can SE be considered to a both dangerous and helpful network? [duplicate]

While I feel that SO or SE helps people especially programmers and sysadmins to get knowledge on things they really need to do or work on I tend to feel the down votes, regulation of questions and ...
Jack Siro's user avatar
4 votes
1 answer
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The query on Stack Exchange Data Explorer returns different results from Stack Exchange website

I am running this query on the Stack Exchange Data Explorer (for Stack Overflow): select owneruserid , row_number() over(order by rep desc) as ranking , rep from ( select p.owneruserid ,sum(...
Anoroah's user avatar
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7 votes
2 answers
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Are comments too volatile on Stack Exchange sites vis a vis Stack Overflow?

I've been participating on Stack Overflow and other Stack Exchange sites for several years, and lately it seems that comments on most Stack Exchange sites are deleted pretty easily (by moderators). On ...
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When will the iOS app get the update? [duplicate]

It's been a long time using an unmaintained iOS app. Does anybody know when will we (for example all iPhone X users) get the update?
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