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USING THIS TAG IS NOT THE SAME THING AS ASKING ON STACK OVERFLOW. YOU ARE ON META STACK EXCHANGE, WHERE MOST PROGRAMMING QUESTIONS ARE OFF-TOPIC. Questions specific to stackoverflow.com should be asked on meta.stackoverflow.com; such questions will be closed here. This is for questions about the Stack Overflow site that still relate to the SE network as a whole. Questions about Stack Overflow (the company) should be tagged [company] instead.

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Can't post question on Stack Overflow - 'this looks like spam.' [duplicate]

I just signed up to Stack Overflow, trying to post my first question. What's wrong with it? I've already removed redundant text in the post, but still Stack Overflow says This looks like spam.
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Comment, flag, delete, inbox, achievements are still not working in older Chrome versions [duplicate]

Comment, flag, and delete causes a jump to the top of the page. You also can't press the inbox or achievements button. This applies to all Stack Exchange and meta sites. I have cleared the cache. It ...
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1 answer
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Why are Glare Reducers awarded to inactive members?

Glare Reducers seem to be gifted to non-active members of the Stack Overflows, despite the fact they have not logged in during the duration of Hat Bash. Example and links below: This member has not ...
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The Stack Overflow leaderboard hats run off the side of the page

Android v.11 Galaxy XCover Pro, with Google app version 12.41.19.23.arm64 in Desktop view (it doesn't give me the option for "Full Site"). The Stack Overflow leaderboard hats run off the ...
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Stack Overflow - Revert back to the GUI layout prior to the launch of the December 8th, 2021, version [duplicate]

How do I revert the SO GUI layout change back to prior 8 December 2021 version? The current "scroll" version is hideously large It does not sum the key ingredients on a 27" screen in a ...
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Difference in display between visited and non-visited links in review menu

On all Stack Overflow sites (English and non-English), there is a difference between how links are displayed in the review menu in the navigation bar, depending on whether you visited them or not. On ...
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Can't post on Stack Overflow, editor thinks I have unformatted code

Yet another "Stack Overflow thinks I have unformatted code" post. I'll be short and sweet: this is the text I'm trying to post, formatted exactly the way I'd like: https://rentry.co/td7ft/...
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Please allow to edit questions that are mostly code [duplicate]

There are some low-quality questions that consist mostly of wrongly formatted code. When trying to format it correctly (i.e., code actually becomes code), you get a notification that "your" ...
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Can someone help me find an author of a deleted question? [closed]

So I spent quite a lot of time writing code for an answer to this question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/68652773/how-to-find-and-print-out-empty-keys-in-json-file-in-python#68652773 and the ...
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How long did it take to program Stack Overflow?

How long did it take the Stack Overflow developers to build the Stack Overflow site (in the state where you could ask questions and get answers, vote, and post comments)?
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Developer survey feedback: add an option for Occupied Palestinian Territory, or State of Palestine [closed]

Currently, 138 of the 193 United Nations (UN) member states and two non-member states have recognized Palestine. Stack Overflow's developer survey recognizes Hong Kong and Taiwan (which is recognized ...
Evan Carroll's user avatar
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1 answer
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Stack overflow for teams ad

For some time now I keep seeing this on most of the SE sites I visit: While I admit that this is a useful piece of information, I still want to find out how many more days will I be seeing it?
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32 votes
4 answers
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How often do people actually copy and paste from Stack Overflow? Now we know

My name is David, I am the Senior Data Analyst on the Marketing team of Stack Exchange. I am new to the team but am not new to copying from Stack Overflow. I am very excited to share my first ...
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What will be the migrated blog.msdn links?

There are many posts referring to https://blogs.msdn.com and we see below message. If you were looking for MSDN or TechNet blogs, please know that MSDN and TechNet blog sites have been retired, and ...
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Should Stack Overflow be featured?

Browsing the Hot Network Questions, I noticed that "Today's Featured Site" is Stack Overflow: Given that Stack Overflow's traffic is greater than that of all other SE sites combined, is it ...
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