Tim Post

Mandaluyong, Philippines

Age: 37

I'm a community manager for Stack Exchange, following two years of service as a community elected moderator on Stack Overflow. Beyond that, I'm:

A Husband and dad
A Competent programmer
A World traveler
Not a teapot, and I have proof!

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The homework tag is now officially deprecated

support tags clean-up homework asked Sep 14 '12 at 14:52

meta.stackoverflow.com

112 votes

Can we have drafts for moderator messages?

feature-request moderator-tools moderator-messages asked May 13 '11 at 16:24

meta.stackoverflow.com

56 votes

Have you dealt with space hardening?

c memory asked Feb 23 '09 at 7:15

programmers.stackexchange.com

47 votes

Why are the moderators being so strict with quality related flags recently?

support faq stackoverflow flagging declined-flags asked Dec 29 '12 at 2:31

meta.stackoverflow.com

34 votes

Can we limit the number of suggested edits a user can propose on a post?

feature-request suggested-edits abuse asked Dec 27 '12 at 10:47

meta.stackoverflow.com

33 votes

Does an entry in DMOZ significantly help the ranking of a web site?

dmoz site-ranking asked Jul 10 '10 at 8:50

webmasters.stackexchange.com

32 votes

20k in under 1 - badge worthy?

discussion badges asked Nov 3 '12 at 3:58

meta.stackoverflow.com

32 votes

What are the minimum steps that I should follow to ensure that my web site is accessible to the disabled?

accessibility standards asked Jul 9 '10 at 9:05

webmasters.stackexchange.com

28 votes

Can we have a 'Last 24 Hours' tab in the moderator tools?

feature-request moderator-tools asked Jul 9 '11 at 16:37

meta.stackoverflow.com

25 votes

No migration path for year old plus questions except for mods and 20k users

feature-request migration stackexchange-2.0 old-questions asked Apr 15 '11 at 18:13

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Why is Linux called a monolithic kernel?

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Dennis Ritchie goes into the night without a quote on Stack Overflow?

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Storing credit card details

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Tricky logic puzzles - Are they really useful in assessing programming skills?

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The 10 minutes technical interview

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Shouldn't anonymous serial downvoters be banned from SO?

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Why are the moderators being so strict with quality related flags recently?

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Do you keep your ideas secret? and why?

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How addicted to Stack Overflow are you?

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Cycles in family tree software

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This guy keeps changing profiles to crowd-source his project

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Thank you Jeff Atwood!

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Why use build tools like Autotools when we can just write our own makefiles?

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How do people read big technical books?

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Should Stack Overflow moderators have a “standard of duty”?

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Do you spend your working hours on learning?

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BLOCK QUESTIONS IN ALL CAPS

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Introduce a better way to identify trusted users

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New phenomenon: Rage Unaccepting

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Hidden Features of Linux

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Reversing a year long ban on Meta Stack Overflow

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How do you explain refactoring to a non-technical person?

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Ban w3schools.com from being used as a “source” in answers

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