Questions tagged [discussion]
Questions that may not necessarily have a clear-cut right or wrong answer and are often subjective. If your question isn't a bug report, feature request, or request for support, it's probably a discussion.
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I am Carrott, Product Designer, and this is how I work
I’m currently a Principal Strategic Product Designer here at Stack Overflow. If that sounds like a bit of a mouthful, it’s mostly because I’ve been with the company for five years now — long enough ...
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Native Ads coming soon to Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange
Advertising revenue is a necessary component of our financial strategy to not only keep the lights on, but to continue working on improvements to the site. It also allows us to bring new ideas to ...
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Network-wide server-error 500
Up until a few minutes ago, I was unable to load any part of the network. This error had been present for an unknown period of time.
The error was apparently from cloudflare and proclaimed server-...
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Stop pushing product ads in notifications [duplicate]
Never again push product ads in notifications if you want me to keep using the site logged-in, that is: contributing, voting, posting, etc.
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Unsure where to ask about undocumented VSCode features (GitHub vs StackOverflow) [migrated]
The Visual Studio Code GitHub repository directs users to ask general questions on StackOverflow, specifically using the visual-studio-code tag instead of opening a GitHub issue.
Following that ...
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Please don't use global inbox for feature announcements
The global inbox is for things that require my personal attention. Recently, I received a Stack Exchange global inbox notification:
When I noticed this counter, I was busy with other things. These ...
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Does the new Ask AI feature meet the attribution requirements of the Creative Commons License when referencing network posts?
I am posting this here instead of SO Meta because this can potentially impair the network as a whole and therefore should be discussed at an higher level with more visibility.
Multiple time in the ...
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Stop advising that companies train language models on our work
From the Stack Overflow Data Licensing page:
How can I use Stack Overflow data?
In general, companies use question-and-answer data like Stack Overflow’s to train and fine-tune both LLMs and SLMs; ...
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AI Assist is now available on Stack Overflow
Today (December 2, 2025), AI Assist’s conversational search and discovery experience is now fully integrated into Stack Overflow. AI Assist continues to provide learners with ways to understand ...
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Arqade questions in the Hot Network Questions sidebar usually are not useful
On Arqade, questions about a certain game are not required to include the name of the game in the title. Currently, there are three Arqade questions in the Hot Network Questions sidebar:
The problem ...
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Copying from `pre > code`s on SE prepends a license comment that might be interpreted as code when pasted
The last time that I extracted any content from SE, no ECMAScript intercepted that process to prepend license information.
However, recently, at stackoverflow.com/a/28128802, I duplicated a text/x....
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When did Stack Exchange feel like home to you?
I’ve only been part of Stack Exchange for a very short time, and I’m loving it. It already feels like home to me because I’ve met so many great people. What I think makes SE unique is that it connects ...
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Which Stack Exchange site is appropriate for asking about Government Skilling Programmes and skill development initiatives?
I would like to ask a question about Government Skilling Programmes and their impact on career development and workforce readiness. However, I’m unsure which Stack Exchange community would be suitable ...
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2025 Community-a-thon recap
In October, we ran this year’s round of Community-a-thon. As in previous years, the purpose is for staff to step into the shoes of community members and experience what it’s like to ask, answer, edit, ...
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Under which license does Stack Exchange sell our data?
Looking at the page where Stack Exchange sells our data (https://stackoverflow.co/data-licensing) made me wonder: under which license does Stack Exchange sell our data?
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