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Are there any (research-based) classifications of user types for sites like Stack Exchange?
In the game industry, we have the Bartle taxonomy of player types which is a way to classify users into four main categories: Achievers, Explorers, Socialisers, and Killers. I was researching if there ...
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Does the Stack Exchange owner have a user account?
Just a curious question, does he/she actually use this site or any of the sub topic sites?
If so, where is his/her account?
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Why is Stack Exchange run by the community?
I've been told everywhere (including the help center!) about the fact that Stack Exchange is run by the community. Why is this?
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Do large events (e.g. Christmas) have an impact on user activity within Stack Exchange?
For example, large celebrations such as Christmas Day or New Years' Day - I imagine people would be more inclined to spend some time offline during events like these.
Are there noticeable changes in ...
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Stack Exchange is not in the "List of virtual communities with more than 1 million users" (Wikipedia) [closed]
Apparently, the Stack Exchange community is not cited in the Wikipedia article "List of virtual communities with more than 1 million users".
Is there a special reason for that or should it ...
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How can I find users that I know from Facebook, Google+, etc. on the Stack Exchange network?
How can I find users that I know from Facebook, Google+, etc. on the Stack Exchange network? Wouldn't this be fairly easy given the OpenID integration?
I know, this isn't a social networking site…
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What do you think of a set of Stack Exchange sites for universities?
So at my university (Aberystwyth) we all seem to have Q&A groups on Facebook for all the various courses and disciplines. Alongside societies, websites and all the rest.
I think it would be ...
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Is there any mechanism to deter users from unnecessarily messing with user points? [duplicate]
I had noticed that some users uses their right to vote up and down a question unnecessarily.
I was a victim of such some months back, had to abandon my account for a new one because of some, some, ...
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What's the official SE response to serious mentions of suicide or self-harm in posts? [duplicate]
Last night on Mi Yodeya, someone posted a question that was basically a suicide note, along with the question of what Judaism thought about suicide. The question was put on hold very quickly, and ...
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Why doesn't Stack Exchange open links in a new tab? [duplicate]
It's simple to add an attribute to a hyperlink as target="_blank" - but Stack Exchange prefers to open the website in the same tab.
Every time as a user, I need to take care to open in a new tab, so ...
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Who is the user with highest combined reputation from all Stack Exchange sites?
I am aware that there is a list of top users for each of the Stack Exchange sites. However, I am wondering if there is a list showing the combined reputation of each Stack Exchange user from every of ...
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Create an "Experts View" of the SE sites for users interested in higher-level questions?
Short version of proposal:
Provide us with a way to filter questions for more advanced or higher-quality questions, so we don't have to skim through the masses of beginner questions that exist if we ...
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How can I easily find blogs by Stack Exchange users?
I would like to add more blogs to my reading list and since there are so many brilliant people writing answers on the Stack Exchange sites I figure a fraction of them might also write excellent blogs. ...
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Loss of Votes count on StackOverflow [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How does the SO voter fraud detection mechanism work?
In stackoverflow, when in a day i get huge number of votes from a single user then the votes are automatically rolled ...
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What is the significance of a mostly blank user card?
What does it mean when the "user-details" block of a "user card" of an answer has a name but no link, no reputation, and no badges?
For example: on this answer by "Peter" on Mar 8 '09 at 14:26
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