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Adam Lear

New York, NY

Developer at Stack Overflow. Canadian working in the American idiom.

Once upon a time:

  • community manager at Stack Overflow
  • elected moderator on Stack Overflow and Software Engineering
  • desktop software developer ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Email me a link to your favorite Wikipedia article: adam@stackoverflow.com.

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Top Questions
520 votes

Global auth is dead! Long live universal login

discussion login auto-login asked Jul 6 '15 at 22:06
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167 votes

WordPress.com button is going away from login/signup screens

discussion status-completed login openid asked Nov 17 '16 at 22:54
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134 votes

2018 monthly product team updates

discussion announcements asked Jan 9 '18 at 17:58
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133 votes

Tag synonym dashboard 2.0

discussion tag-synonyms asked Jun 18 '19 at 17:41
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96 votes

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

steam asked Aug 23 '11 at 3:43
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90 votes

Stack Exchange Privacy Policy Update

discussion legal privacy announcements asked Mar 8 '17 at 15:35
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75 votes

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
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72 votes

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

feature-request status-completed flags exact-duplicates automatic-comments asked May 25 '11 at 4:44
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67 votes

New close/reopen privilege explanation for users who earn it for the first time

discussion vote-to-close privileges vote-to-reopen announcements asked Feb 26 '20 at 19:12
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64 votes

Favorites are now known as Bookmarks

discussion favorites announcements asked May 7 '20 at 19:47
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Top Answers
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How to check whether a string contains a substring in Ruby
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How to delete a file after checking whether it exists
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285
How do you unit test private methods?
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265
Why do some people only post answers, and not questions?
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238
Are Stack Exchange sites forums?
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209
Why is cleverness considered harmful in programming by some people?
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129
Multi-Line Comments in Ruby?
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123
Python, why elif keyword?
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120
Would you put your Stack Overflow profile link on your CV / Resume?
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114
What are the advantages and disadvantages to using your real name online?
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104
Why do some programmers hate the UI part of the development?
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82
Warn new users when they ask a question after a previous question is closed, downvoted, or deleted
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80
That comma should not be there
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71
Is there any reason to use “plain old data” classes?
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70
What are the reputation requirements for privileges on sites, and how do they differ per site?
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67
Is it bad etiquette to ask a potential employer how they score on the Joel Test?
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65
How do I contact a user privately, as a moderator?
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61
Can't log in using Firefox in Stack Overflow
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61
Update Migration Path List for Non-Moderators
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59
Ten Minute Practice Techniques For Guitar?
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57
Where's the file-picker dialog in WPF?
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56
SOLID principles vs YAGNI
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55
Show off your hats! (2020 Edition)
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52
Should downvotes on questions be “free”?
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50
Should I be a good programmer immediately after college?
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49
What is the symbolism of rats in George Orwell's “1984”?
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48
What exactly is a web framework?
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48
.NET Properties - Use Private Set or ReadOnly Property?
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47
Knowing Your Limits: What is the maximum length of a question title, post, image and links used?
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46
Does Open Source lead to bad coding?
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