Ben Brocka

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Age: 23

I'm a moderator on User Experience Stack Exchange.

Programmer/Systems Analyst working mostly in PHP/HTML/CSS. Enthusiast follower of User Experience topics and solutions.

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How can I get the 2012 April Fool's joke to appear?

support april-fools asked Mar 31 '12 at 23:51

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82 votes

Badge for editing a negative vote post that goes on to be a positive scoring post

feature-request badges down-votes badge-request editing-badges asked Nov 8 '11 at 15:57

meta.stackoverflow.com

64 votes

Make it clear a self-delete vote isn't a “vote”, it's just deleting

feature-request status-completed user-interface delete vote-to-delete asked Mar 15 at 16:57

meta.stackoverflow.com

52 votes

Don't ask high-rep users if they're sure they want to answer their own question

feature-request self-answer asked May 26 '12 at 19:47

meta.stackoverflow.com

44 votes

“Duplicate of” banner and link to duplicate removed when a post has reopen votes

bug status-completed exact-duplicates asked Feb 6 at 17:00

meta.stackoverflow.com

41 votes

Hot questions lukewarm

bug status-completed hot-questions asked May 31 '12 at 21:48

meta.stackoverflow.com

39 votes

Add “what's this?” links to “user was removed” and “serial upvoting” in reputation history

feature-request serial-voting deleted-accounts reputation-history help asked Jan 24 at 13:34

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39 votes

How do I maintain a good relationship with an employer after resigning?

resignation asked Apr 10 '12 at 20:14

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33 votes

Something's wrong with the inbox message escaping

bug status-completed chat global-inbox asked May 8 '12 at 13:17

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33 votes

Make comment flagging work more like chat flagging, available to users with 10k reputation

feature-request 10k-tools flagging-comments asked Jun 29 '12 at 15:22

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What explains the current shift from glossy UIs to matte UIs?

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Why would one bother marking up properly and semantically?

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Removing placeholder text on focus

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Which way should be “on” for a switch?

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What are the drawbacks of designing a Windows application to look like a Mac application?

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Should “Like us on Facebook” be a required field on a form?

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How is it that taking a break from a problem sometimes allows you to figure out the answer?

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How to tell visitors to activate JavaScript?

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Why did Microsoft make Windows 8 hard to Power Off?

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Should I flag answers consisting only of “No” or “Yes”?

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How can I beat Terramorphous the Invincible?

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Why is it impossible to deselect HTML “radio” inputs?

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Add social media sharing icons to the “link” popup

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Why does Firefox remove the “close tab button” when you have more than n tabs open unless you focus on the tab?

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Is it OK to indicate that I downvoted in a comment?

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Is this hard to read?

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How do I use elemental effects in Borderlands 2?

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How could one prevent drunk users from using a mobile application?

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Does writing something down help memorize it?

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A badge that rewards “prophetic” downvoting

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What research is there suggesting modal dialogs are disruptive?

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Is there ever a requirement to allow text to be underlined when it's not a link or a header

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Edit that replaces a paid URL shortener rejected?

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What are all the ways to increase readiness?

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How secure is Stack Exchange's reputation?

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Improving the UX of Clippy

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Why should we ask the password twice during registration?

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Is it appropriate to down-vote an answer due to linkrot?

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We're rolling out a new “Quick Start” guide to help new users learn the basics

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How can I effectively play Siren?

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