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    Ugh don't get me started on the Left Nav. It could be so much more, especially on Network sites that really only have 6 links and the "your teams have moved" message :(. Chat, Featured on Meta, Help Center, Review Queues, 10k/Mod tools. All of this should be on Left Nav. Commented Apr 30, 2024 at 3:39
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    Its one of my two pet peeves, and the simpler one to fix. I'll get started any chance I get ;) Commented Apr 30, 2024 at 10:11
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    We know that left navigation space is a hot commodity, and we are open to conversations about the best way to utilize it. In this case, we thought it was important to link SO Jobs in a very prominent location on sites because we are testing the potential of this feature, which means giving it a strong chance to be engaged with by many users. The old SO Jobs was also linked from the left navigation so we thought it was a logical choice for this experiment as well. Commented Apr 30, 2024 at 19:52
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    In addition to creating useful features that add value for users, bringing in more resources that allow us to reinvest in the community, is absolutely one of our goals for partnerships like this one. With more resources we hope to be able to better prioritize feature requests and other improvement asks that come from the community. Commented Apr 30, 2024 at 19:52
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    @Sasha - You'll have to excuse my hasty mock up - but something like this would be ideal: i.sstatic.net/GscF2hmQ.png. Obviously some thought would have to go into who gets to see what links but most of that logic already exists for the links on the top bar. Plus, moving this functionality to the left-nav would allow you to remove it from the top bar, making it a bit cleaner in some contexts (eg mobile) Commented May 6, 2024 at 5:28
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    @Robotnik thanks! I shared that with someone on our UX/UI team. Commented May 6, 2024 at 14:59
  • For future visitors: Since this answer was written, chat has been added to the left sidebar (but not meta) Commented Apr 22 at 0:00