Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Would this 'guide' be considered on-topic?
I saw this question and answer from the same person.
It appears the OP wanted to post a 'guide' to users making the change from PC to Mac. Is a guide the proper question for a Q&A site?
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I have a different account here and I need to prove it to google, Can my account here help me get it back?
My usual account here is artnouveaus1@gmail.com but I had a glitch happen when i was changing my gmail password so I clicked cancel, and it is now saying my password changed 10 days ago. The thing is ...
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Most Active Contributors Monthly Report - September 2018
Welcome to the 12th edition of the monthly Ask Different Most Active Contributors Report.
Please don't hesitate to share your valuable feedback in the comments.
Report for September 2018
This ...
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Should we allow programming related questions now that Shortcuts has been released?
Previously, AskDifferent has been confined to asking programming questions relating mostly to AppleScript, Bash, and Automator as per the help section. But recently Apple has released the Shortcuts ...
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How do I deal with an answer in comments that isn't an answer but not a dupe either?
How do I deal with an answer in comments that isn't an answer but not a dupe either?
I got this one - Creating desktops and opening programs on those desktops using applescript
Which I kind of read ...
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Questions are no longer being accepted
Right now my Ask Different is no longer accepted questions from my account. Is there a way to override this or am I screwed?
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Please re-open GPL licensing question 192299
I have suggested an edit to Can I use GNU source in my iOS app? replacing the confusing use of "GNU source" and "GNU license" with "GPL license" throughout.
I believe this should clarify this rather ...
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Most Active Contributors Monthly Report - August 2018
Welcome to the 11th edition of the monthly Ask Different Most Active Contributors Report.
This report introduces some minor changes to the terminology used to better convey what the metrics are ...
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What are the rules on creating a second account?
I know that users are allowed to create second accounts but what are the rules on how those two accounts can interact or how they can be used?
For example, the two questions below were most likely ...
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Live Chat event for Apple's 'Gather round' announcement (Fall 2018)
Join us in Ask Different Chat
As many of us know, in September most years Apple hosts a press event during which new products are announced. For example, on 12 September 2017 we saw the iPhone X ...
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Can we fix the answers as comments problem?
As I understand it new users cannot comment on a post for some reason but they can answer.
The problem is that new users are unfamiliar with the site and see a text box and type their comment ...
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What exactly are “off-site resources” from the “off-topic” close reason?
The close reason off-topic states
Questions asking to recommend or find a Mac, book, tool, tutorial or other off-site resource are off-topic for Ask Different as they tend to attract opinionated ...
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Does this post's status suffer from wrong close reason and is indicative of robo reviewing?
This site suffers from overzealous community reviewers and trigger happy close voters. This can be exemplified with one of my recent posts:
Is there any objective data on Apple laptop hardware ...
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Most Active Contributors Monthly Report - July 2018
Welcome to the tenth edition of the monthly Ask Different Most Active Contributors Report.
Please don't hesitate to share your valuable feedback in the comments.
Report for July 2018
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Ask Different new site theme is live
We rolled out the new site theme for Ask Different. It is now live.
What new theme?
If you're like, "What the heck are you talking about?", then you should read the Meta Stack Exchange post ...
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Check if a question has already been asked
How can I ensure whether a question that I have has been already asked and answered?
Ask Different currently has a huge and growing collection of questions. How do I effectively search through them, ...
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Why aren't questions about software development, once closed, automatically migrated to StackOverflow?
In the close menu there is an option for
off topic because > Questions about software development are off-topic here, but can be asked on Stack Overflow.
Why aren't these automatically moved to ...
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How can I quickly update my email address for the site?
If I find out that I’ve accidentally made a bunch of user accounts and want to edit them one by one and then merge them - I find it’s a lot easier if they all share the same email address.
Is there ...
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Comment flags & upvote arrows - another change?
This is another of my "Am I going mad or did this behaviour change recently?" questions.
I'm sure the grey upvote & flag icons didn't used to appear unless you hovered over them. Now they seem to ...
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Is it ok to “thank” someone by upvoting many of their questions?
Often, in an attempt to help people with chat-questions (questions that can not be answered without troubleshooting many, many steps and without asking many questions to the point where doing it in ...
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Most Active Contributors Quarterly Report - 2nd Quarter 2018
Welcome to the third Quarterly edition of the Ask Different Most Active Contributors Report.
While similar to the monthly report, this report differs in that it contains fewer sections but lists the ...
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What is wrong with this edit
What’s wrong with this edit?
I thought shortlinks were banned and should be removed.
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URL Shortener Crusade
The Request
I set out on the Crusade for the Holy Grail of no-redirections (named by Denilson Sá) to eliminate every shortened URL on Stack Overflow. But the foreign hordes are overwhelming me, ...
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Top bar on SE sites… changed [again] recently?
Am I going mad? Is this a recent change or have I simply never noticed it before?
When you scroll any SE page, the top bar, search etc stays in place [wasting screen space]. If I need to look at the ...
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OP claims to represent company in question
The author of this answer claims to represent a company asked about in the original question. This user just joined the site 45 minutes prior to posting the answer. They're currently listed as '...
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New Ask Different site theme coming soon
As mentioned on meta.stackexchange.com several months ago, all network sites will be getting updated themes. Ask Different is one of the first sites that will be updated. As such, I'm posting the ...
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Why is there no reputation change in meta
Why is there no reputation change in Apple.meta.stackexchange.com?
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Is this question still “too broad” after edits? Recommendations for further edits?
I've edited both the tile and body of the question Is region-specific blocking built-in to MacOS more extensive than a few emoji? with the plan of having it reopened.
I thought there were as many as ...
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What’s wrong with this edit? [duplicate]
What’s wrong with this edit It added a link to the iOS version, without making the answer any longer or taking any more space on screen.
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Discussion on recommendation / menu bar reverse engineering
I wanted to have a short discussion on one question that looks problematic in terms of scope:
Modifying the Menu Bar
If you look at the initial version, it had a generally problematic closing which ...
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Most Active Contributors Monthly Report - June 2018
Welcome to the ninth edition of the monthly Ask Different Most Active Contributors Report.
Please don't hesitate to share your valuable feedback in the comments.
Report for June 2018
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Why is my technical question about macOS/iOS upgrades off-topic?
I'm at a loss to understand why my question is off topic.
Why do macOS/iOS upgrades take so long?
Presumably I've run afoul of asking the following verboten question:
Asking how/why Apple does ...
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Standard Comments to Common Problematic Posts
In an effort to make new users feel welcome at AskDifferent, many users (including myself) have commented on problematic posts welcoming the new user to AskDifferent, explaining the problem, and ...
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What’s wrong with this edit adding an App Store link to an answer?
What is wrong with me adding a link to the app in the App Store in this suggested edit? Was it misunderstood to not be a link?
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Why was my edit fixing capitalization rejected?
My edit for a few capitalization fixes was rejected. What was wrong with it?
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Off Topic Questions - When is a question/problem within scope?
The post in question is "Is there a way to rename menu items in Firefox?"
Generically speaking the OP is saying that "because a third party application has a particular bug/limitation, an Apple ...
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Some Clarity on Beta Questions
I've found myself at odds when reviewing questions surrounding the beta version(s) of macOS (in this case, Mojave).
For me (in the tangled mess that is my head), there are legitimate questions to be ...
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Reasoning behind Disciplined Badge
As I understand, the badges in a Stack Exchange site are curated by site moderators and thus vary across sites (Please correct me if I am wrong).
I have difficulty understanding the reasoning behind ...
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Most Active Contributors Monthly Report - May 2018
Welcome to the eighth edition of the monthly Ask Different Most Active Contributors Report.
Please don't hesitate to share your valuable feedback in the comments.
Report for May 2018
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Is the deleted answer harmful in this post?
In How do I prevent "Local Items" Keychain from locking?
One of the answers was flagged as basically causing data loss and then substantially edited. If you do have 10k reputation, you may ...
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App to lock phone
I’m looking for apps which lock the phone, either for a specific app (I.e. “don’t use Facebook for 1 day”) or for the full phone (I.e., “don’t use any app for the whole day”). On Android this is ...
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Why are Microsoft and Adobe apps counted as being about Apple, but Facebook apps aren't?
I don’t get how the "This question does not appear to be about Apple hardware or software within the scope defined in the help centre" works.
Today I saw this question: WhatsApp doesn’t show ...
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Most Active Contributors Monthly Report - April 2018
Welcome to the seventh edition of the monthly Ask Different Most Active Contributors Report.
Please don't hesitate to share your valuable feedback in the comments.
Report for April 2018
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Is this where all the iOS developers are?
I'm new to all of this. I just recently made a stack overflow account and came across StackExchange. So I guess this site is made up of other communities with similar interest? Is this where I can ...
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Review queues unavailable for the day
Review queue privileges are unlocked after crossing certain threshold of score. However, I have observed that certain review queues become unavailable once I hit the daily voting limit.
As I ...
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Is replying to a promotional question with a promotional answer breaking the promotional rule?
In this question:
Looking to increase my iMac's RAM
The OP states:
I found one on the Apple website, but it is $400. If I could find a better price, it would be amazing.
Clearly looking for a ...
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Most Active Contributors Quarterly Report - 1st Quarter 2018
Welcome to the second Quarterly edition of the Ask Different Most Active Contributors Report.
While similar to the monthly report, this report differs in that it contains fewer sections but lists the ...
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What exactly is a recommendation question on Ask Different?
Ask Different closes some questions as off topic and one broad category employed to keep the questions (and thus answers) highly focused on practical questions that have objectively verifiable ...
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Why does Ask Different receive so much spam posts? [duplicate]
I have been fairly active over the past three weeks. I have a tab with newest questions open all the time.
I couldn't help but notice the amount of spam that gets posted on the site. Just curious for ...
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Most Active Contributors Monthly Report - March 2018
Welcome to the sixth edition of the monthly Ask Different Most Active Contributors Report.
Please don't hesitate to share your valuable feedback in the comments.
Report for March 2018
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