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The rise of LLM-powered users
A decent fraction of our newest power users are partly or entirely powered by copy-pasting LLM output. If you've seen a bit of this stuff, it's pretty easy to tell. This is an interesting situation. ...
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Two answers (among others) got -2 without explanation?
I was scrolling through recent questions and found this one, which yes, could be worded better, and yes, is a duplicate, but I’m asking about the two answers posted there. Both seem perfectly ...
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What constitutes positive feedback for answers?
I asked whether I should ask a separate question about the derivation of the equations contained in an answer and was told: A little positive feedback is warranted What constitutes positive feedback ...
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Would a question asking how are the equations in an answer derived and what are the needed hypotheses to do so a duplicate?
Would a question asking how are the equations in an answer derived and what are the needed hypotheses to do so a duplicate, what other reasons could it be closed for, tentatively? For example I asked ...
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2 answers
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Is it acceptable to ask-and-answer a question with a self-link (even if disclosed)?
This question & answer and this one seems to combine two accepted (if uncommon) practices on Physics.SE: It is acceptable to self-link so long as you clearly disclose your connection to the work ...
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Why my answer got downvoted?
So I recently wrote my answer to this question Can the Lorentz Transformation Matrix be Derived using the Change of Basis Formula? and I received one downvote without explanation. I wonder if there is ...
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What makes old questions pop up as "new" ones?
I occasionally see questions at the top of the activity list that have actually been asked, discussed, and answered some years ago. The fine print says something like, "modified by so-and-so an ...
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3 answers
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Answers in the comments
I haven't been as active on this site as I have been in the past. Recently, I've been looking around a little bit more, and I have noticed, possibly even more than before, many cases of people posting ...
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Is direct criticism of another answer in your own answer ok?
This is a question about etiquette and manners. If you are answering or have answered a question and you disagree with something written in another answer, would you think it was ok to directly ...
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What to do when a non-duplicate question has the answer?
There is a question asked a few days ago on "Reaching 50% the speed of light using a centrifuge" that is effectively answered by a very nice answer to a different question on "Does a ...
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Physics.SE remains a site by humans, for humans
We, the moderators of physics.SE, are deeply concerned about the recently announced "network policy" regarding computer-generated content on the SE network, which effectively attempts to ...
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Why downvotes on three separate answers in a short amount of time, two times?
It seems that someone doesn't like me, for whatever reason, because three answers of mine have been downvoted in less than one minute the Mar 19 at 8:45 (votes corrected now): Can black holes ...
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2 votes
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Is the voting format of SE which confuses "like" with "correct" appropriate for physics
I will give an example of a negative vote I just got. My problem with this vote is that I do not think anything is wrong in the physics of my answer. I accept that the reader does not "like"...
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Do we have ChatGPT policy? [duplicate]
I recently noticed an answer which, according to the author, was written by ChatGPT. The question was very poor (about quantum entanglement, from a person who have learned about entanglement from a ...
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1 vote
1 answer
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A rule of thumb of answer satisfaction?
So one rule of thumb I've noticed is that if the upvotes of a question is more than the upvotes of any of the answers. Then somehow the community feels the question was not answered satisfactorily. (...
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