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119 questions
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Why was my account suspended for simply writing a comment pointing to a Meta question about a moderation action?
I wrote the following comment on this answer: @AndrewSavinykh I had the same question so I posted that question on SuperUser and I wrote a comment pointing to it, the mods deleted my comment. A ...
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0 votes
1 answer
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Why was my comment on an answer pointing to a follow-up question got deleted?
I asked How can I prevent TPM LockoutCount from jumping to 32 due an unexpected battery shutdown?, someone wrote an answer mentioning if you had not "configured Windows to retain the TPM Owner ...
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10 votes
1 answer
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Why does this comment keep getting deleted?
I have twice now left a comment on this answer about Pandoc messing up links with nested block elements, to correct a factual inaccuracy in the first paragraph: I cannot speak for how Pandoc deals ...
3 votes
2 answers
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Are IP addresses blocked in comments?
This is what happened: It makes me suspect that IP addresses are not allowed in comments. Is that correct?
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-2 votes
2 answers
173 views
How am I supposed to discuss comment deletion with mods?
Some comments of mine on a question got removed. I disagree with the removal so I flagged the question asking why the comments got removed. My flag got declined with the reason: flags should only be ...
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1 vote
1 answer
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Why were a good amount of comments from a question removed?
Why were a good amount of comments from this question removed? My question (in the comments) was reasonable. One more question where IMHO is appropriate to comment about different approach.
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4 votes
1 answer
114 views
Why are comments being deleted? And by who?
I added a comment to How to change text before and after a specific word in Microsoft Word this morning, after an existing comment from another user asking for clarity. Both comments have been deleted,...
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11 votes
2 answers
654 views
Why do people attempt to discourage long well-written answers by instant AI accusations?
I remember a discussion where people were so sure in their ability to detect AI, when SE decided to not allow dealing with potential ChatGPT answers. What I see in reality, occassionally, is that most ...
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26 votes
1 answer
515 views
Why was this OP's self-answer converted to a comment?
This post: OrangePi Zero 3 once you have installed and booted a OS from micro SD card you can't eventually boot any different OS OP found out that their issue stemmed from the hardware publisher ...
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1 vote
1 answer
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What do the different colours of the comment flag mean?
Why do the comment flags have different colours in the screenshot below? what do they mean/indicate? and why do they change colours when the page is reloaded? The answer is not obvious to me, because ...
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4 votes
1 answer
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Where did my comments go?
Just today, I had a discussion in the comments in this question and suddenly I realized that all my comments below the question (including a comment below one of the answers) are gone. Now, I know ...
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0 votes
1 answer
131 views
Why was my comment removed?
I asked Why is Chrome using 1.5 CPU cores even though I just started my computer and only opened Chrome (didn't go on any website yet)?, and an answer suggested: The task manager of Chrome tells you ...
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-1 votes
2 answers
292 views
Why do certain commenters take a rude tone with new users?
I saw this question: Video Player code (JavaScript, HTML5 etc), and I thought it might be good to give the person a way to solve the problem, even though it isn't on topic for this website. I've ...
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1 vote
3 answers
146 views
Can moderators provide deleted comments when a issue is raised on Meta?
I have recently raised an issue here on Meta about suspension for commenting. As comments were deleted and I could not register all of them, some users may ask themselves if in those missing comments ...
user596332
16 votes
5 answers
768 views
Was my suspension for commenting called for?
I have been suspended last week. No reason or previous warning was given, but presumably it was because of my activity on Tetsujin's answer to "What to do when my Mac is frozen?". Since it ...
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