Timeline for What can we do to increase the number of questions on the site
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| Feb 25, 2020 at 14:40 | comment | added | uhoh | @DavidHammen I'm not responsible for how big or how bad "the internet" is. Show me three or four of my posts that are disproportionately challenging to visually impaired people compared to others, or objectively and quantitatively demonstrate specific harm that my posts cause the site. Otherwise I'm just going to continue to be me and I'm certain you'll continue to be you. | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 14:37 | comment | added | David Hammen | @uhoh - Your posts are very heavy on imagery. Either they add value or they don't. If they don't add value, why do you use them? If they do add value, that means you are unintentionally contributing to the already HUGE internet bias against the visually impaired, As a picture supposedly is worth a thousand words, that suggests a 1000 word alt text. I hardly ever go that far, but I have written alt texts that are well over 100 words long. The bar is very low; all you have to do is to write something a tiny bit better than "enter image description here". | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 14:21 | comment | added | uhoh | @DavidHammen in the last year or so I've been increasingly conscientious of being sure my questions and answers and most comments are as complete as possible without depending on any images. Inclusion of images and dependence upon images are two different things and I try hard to make sure mine do not have the latter. I may slip up occasionally but I think you are not correct suggesting that my images make the utility and readability of my posts less accessible to visually impaired. If you can find three or four from the past year that show evidence that this is not the case, please share. | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 14:18 | comment | added | David Hammen | @uhoh - I know that that's more than a bit disparaging. I did admit a strong bias. I try to write alt text whenever I post an image. (But admittedly I don't always succeed in doing so.) From what I've seen, hardly anyone else on the SO/SE network does so; the alt text on almost all images is "enter image description here". | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 14:06 | comment | added | David Hammen | Visually disabled people with more or less normal intelligence have even fewer chances for gainful employment. The web has exacerbated this disparity, and your posts do not help. | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 14:05 | comment | added | David Hammen | @uhoh - There's nothing wrong with that title. I do disagree with your (as I perceive it) overuse of imagery. I'll admit that my stance is a bit biased; one of the (if not the) smartest persons I know cannot see. That is a sample size of one; that one person is the only person I know personally who did a stint at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study. That person knows very well the expected outcome for people of similar intelligence but not quite of IAS caliper intelligence, and that is unemployment. (continued) | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 13:49 | comment | added | uhoh | @DavidHammen I "engineered" this title so that it would be both clear and likely go on to the HNQ and it did. Antarctic and arctic meltwater is “bad” because it's dark, but why is transparent liquid on white stuff so dark? Do you feel the title demonstrates superficiality, or is it okay? | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 3:19 | comment | added | uhoh | @DavidHammen grin I understand, but HNQs do bring SE users to sites they might not have otherwise visited. For sure they have broadened my SE horizons. And while Is the ISS a tennis racket? might have been "a bridge too far" it is possible to engineer a title to be both representative and "catchy" though maybe we can find a better term than "catchy". | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 3:02 | comment | added | David Hammen | Re Ask questions with catchy titles that jump to the hot network question sidebar Yes! More superficiality is exactly what this site needs. That was sarcastic. | |
| Feb 24, 2020 at 2:39 | comment | added | uhoh | @Universal_learner Here's what I know about bounties: 1, 2, 3, 4 | |
| Feb 24, 2020 at 2:39 | comment | added | uhoh | @Universal_learner that's great, but chances are that a second bounty immediately after the first may not help. Most meta people are regular readers so they will probably have already seen the question the first time. And remember that each additional bounty that you put on the same question must be double the previous! If that one is +100 the minimum you can use for the next bounty is +200. | |
| Feb 23, 2020 at 18:15 | comment | added | user18590 | I earned some rep on meta and I do not do any mod task, not participating, so in a week or so I will start another bounty "looking for more advices at ES" | |
| Feb 23, 2020 at 18:07 | comment | added | user18590 | I gave a bounty to the answer in the meta post and we received some more feedback. | |
| Feb 23, 2020 at 6:51 | history | answered | uhoh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |