Robert Cartaino

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I am the Director of Community Development for the Stack Exchange Network.

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byte + byte = int… why?

c# asked Jun 2 '09 at 19:59

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135 votes

Show Total Votes (or Up/Down Votes)

feature-request status-completed voting user-interface asked Jun 29 '09 at 17:39

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102 votes

Handling Calls to Remove a Moderator

discussion moderators asked Oct 16 '12 at 22:31

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54 votes

Increase minimum word count with links

feature-request status-completed answer-quality link-only-answers asked May 1 '12 at 14:18

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51 votes

Do 23,000+ Tags Need Tag Database Editors?

discussion status-completed tags moderators asked Jun 29 '09 at 13:49

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49 votes

Should moderators delete obsolete and resolved comment threads?

discussion comments moderation asked Feb 1 '11 at 15:43

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40 votes

Undoing an old vote cannot be recast because vote is too old

bug status-bydesign voting locked-votes asked Sep 12 '09 at 1:28

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26 votes

Should the “possible-homework” tag be discouraged?

support status-completed retag-request asked Jan 4 '10 at 19:10

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25 votes

Let me link “best-of” answers to my resume profile

feature-request status-completed careers asked Oct 7 '09 at 19:44

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22 votes

How are “Hot” Questions Selected?

discussion questions user-interface hot-questions asked Jul 13 '09 at 14:58

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Top Answers

225

The Many Memes of Meta

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114

What is the maximum possible length of a query string?

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The Many Memes of Meta

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Propose a new 20k reputation privilege

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When is it a good idea to store passwords in clear text?

stackoverflow.com

A Stack Overflow brick in the Computer History Museum wall

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What do you call a disk drive that is not solid state?

english.stackexchange.com

The Many Memes of Meta

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Please enable low-rep users to easily breakout up and down votes on their own questions

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A Stack Overflow brick in the Computer History Museum wall

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A Stack Overflow brick in the Computer History Museum wall

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Would it be possible to have a “community accepted” feature?

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Temporarily disabling 'Ignore' tags

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

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Is Stack Overflow a forum?

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Remove nofollow on links at a certain age

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How addicted to Stack Overflow are you?

meta.stackoverflow.com

Are user names that represent domains allowed?

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Should actions taken by a user who later becomes a moderator be considered a moderator action?

meta.stackoverflow.com

Give Diamond Moderators the Ability to Partially Lock a Post

meta.stackoverflow.com

Commitment message should ask if you're an expert

meta.stackoverflow.com

My computer raises the ambient room temperature by about 4°F. I don't like it (in the summer)

superuser.com

The Many Memes of Meta

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Handling “Big” Integers in C#

stackoverflow.com

Why shouldn't professional web developers use Microsoft FrontPage?

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Is this shuffling algorithm OK?

codereview.stackexchange.com

Could we have the ability to mark a change as minor in questions or answers?

meta.stackoverflow.com

Is bounty rep-dump gaming? (subtitle: Pollyanna lottery!)

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Could I have avoided being suspended on the math stack for 7 days?

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A Stack Overflow brick in the Computer History Museum wall

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