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Why does it require reputation to upvote comments and answers?
I guess it could help with stopping bots from bombing comments with upvotes and such, but it's the only platform I've ever seen that behaves like this.
I created an account a while ago to show ...
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I need 50 reputation to post a comment, how can I gain reputation without commenting?
Honestly I think the title says it all, but I'm happy to elaborate where needed.
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Why was a comment about etymology removed?
This question about the origin of the name Yan-C-Bin has so far attracted only one answer. That answer makes the claim that all of the names of the Princes of Elemental Evil were made up "...
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Should we turn on MathJax in comments?
We have MathJax turned on for posts, but not comments. We do get some math-heavy posts from time to time, which is why we have MathJax in posts, but we don't have it turned on for comments like they ...
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What should comments be used for?
I was in the process of drafting a minor frame challenge in a comment, and found myself thinking 'is this an appropriate use of comments?'
I hit up the meta hoping to find some general guidance on how ...
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What can we do as a community to take flagging obsolete comments more seriously?
Whenever I use my privilege to use the tool page to look at the recent activity of the last thirty days, I see it filled with questions and answers with more than ten comments. When looking at an ...
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Dealing with More Comments After Movements to Chat as a User
This isn't a huge issue, (and may be a duplicate, but I didn't see another like it), but on a recent question there was quite a bit of discussion on a pair of answers which was ultimately moved to ...
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Why were my comments deleted?
I recently commented on this answer. I wanted to share how I think the answer can be improved, but I evidently did something wrong. Since there is no deletion notice, I have to ask here: What did I do ...
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How do we deal with clarification comments on questions from deleted users?
How do we deal with clarification comments on questions from deleted users?
While How to avoid killing player characters due to a single (un)lucky roll? prompted this question, this is not about the ...
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Is it ok to ask for comments on downvotes?
Whenever I post an answer I immediately get downvotes. This always puzzled me as there never seems to be a reason for it.
I tried posting a comment asking if downvoters could please leave a comment ...
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How can I suggest that a comment may have problems without violating the "no discussion" rule?
I have a second question that has arisen from this meta; how can I suggest that a comment may have problems without violating the "no discussion" rule?
By "no discussion" rule, I see this a lot "...
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How to correctly suggest changes to a post?
You see an answer, it has some problems. It makes incorrect assertions, it makes assumptions, it isn't logical, it doesn't have quotes, there are some other issues.
How can you communicate problems ...
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How to address undue criticism that targets diverse answers?
I find that my opinions are being unfairly targeted by high ranking members.
How can we keep the quality of the answers if diverse or taboo opinions are targeted?
Two examples:
How can I help our ...
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How temporary are comments that ask for clarification of a post?
All comments should be temporary.
However, I regularly browse questions which are years old and have a substantial amount of comments that ask for clarification of the question which has not been ...
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What is the user policy for up-voting on comments, incorporating the advice of the comment, and then flagging the comment as no longer needed?
While answering questions I frequently receive comments, a fraction of these are helpful and offer advice that I incorporate into my answers.
Do I up-vote these comments and then flag them for ...
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