Anna Lear

New York, NY

Age: 29

Community manager at Stack Exchange since January 2012. Email me and tell me something interesting: anna@stackexchange.com.

Software developer and former elected moderator on Stack Overflow and Programmers Stack Exchange. Likes cats, computers, and video games... pretty much in that order.

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Add the ability to reply to a chat message directly from the transcript

feature-request status-completed chat asked Dec 27 '11 at 23:07

meta.stackoverflow.com

57 votes

Auto-generate the “possible duplicate” comment when question is flagged as a duplicate

feature-request exact-duplicates flagging auto-comments asked May 25 '11 at 4:44

meta.stackoverflow.com

51 votes

How can we reduce downtime at the end of an iteration?

agile development-process scrum asked Apr 9 '11 at 15:44

programmers.stackexchange.com

50 votes

What is Steam rating and what does it do?

steam asked Dec 22 '11 at 2:40

gaming.stackexchange.com

45 votes

Can't tell who I voted for with the new button styling

bug design election asked Mar 9 at 0:03

meta.stackoverflow.com

41 votes

Prevent accounts that are suspended network-wide from creating more site profiles

feature-request account-suspension asked Apr 24 at 18:26

meta.stackoverflow.com

31 votes

What should I ask a prospective client during initial meeting?

contract negotiation freelancing asked Jun 10 '10 at 18:42

programmers.stackexchange.com

31 votes

Can I tell Steam which monitor to open a game on?

steam multiple-monitors asked Aug 23 '11 at 3:43

gaming.stackexchange.com

29 votes

Length limit for the “other” field in the Decline Flag dialog

discussion support status-completed moderator-tools declined-flags asked Sep 19 '11 at 13:23

meta.stackoverflow.com

28 votes

How to migrate old questions to a new graduated site

discussion migration asked Oct 25 '12 at 21:20

meta.stackoverflow.com

Top Answers

181

Why is cleverness considered harmful in programming by some people?

programmers.stackexchange.com

159

Why do some people only post answers, and not questions?

meta.stackoverflow.com

What are the advantages and disadvantages to using your real name online?

programmers.stackexchange.com

Is Stack Overflow a forum?

meta.stackoverflow.com

How do you unit test private methods?

programmers.stackexchange.com

Why do some programmers hate the UI part of the development?

programmers.stackexchange.com

Is it bad etiquette to ask a potential employer how they score on the Joel Test?

programmers.stackexchange.com

Would you put your stackoverflow profile link on your CV / Resume?

programmers.stackexchange.com

Update Migration Path List for Non-Moderators

meta.stackoverflow.com

Python, why elif keyword?

stackoverflow.com

Should I be a good programmer immediately after college?

programmers.stackexchange.com

Does Open Source lead to bad coding?

programmers.stackexchange.com

How important is blogging/tutorial generation to career development?

programmers.stackexchange.com

What exactly is a web framework?

stackoverflow.com

Should downvotes on questions be “free”?

meta.stackoverflow.com

Is there any reason to use “plain old data” classes?

programmers.stackexchange.com

How do I contact a user privately, as a moderator?

meta.stackoverflow.com

How long will Stack Overflow at least exist?

meta.stackoverflow.com

Do you want to work alone or in a team?

programmers.stackexchange.com

Can we make the title of duplicate questions say “duplicate”?

meta.stackoverflow.com

How can I comment multiple lines in Ruby?

stackoverflow.com

How do I re-activate another suspended account by requesting it to the moderators?

meta.stackoverflow.com

Spam edit approved

meta.stackoverflow.com

Is Flash really superior to Java applets?

programmers.stackexchange.com

Stack Overflow has too many “too localised” new questions

meta.stackoverflow.com

Please stop sending girls to me

meta.stackoverflow.com

What personal milestones can you use to measure growth in your programming abilities?

programmers.stackexchange.com

Increasing Flag Weight when you have Voting Privileges?

meta.stackoverflow.com

Question closed without the opportunity to rephrase it

meta.stackoverflow.com

What is the symbolism of rats in George Orwell's “1984”?

scifi.stackexchange.com