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New moderation policy going live tomorrow at midnight

by Oliver Green

Read the full update in the pinned message for details

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Why Everyone Is Wrong About The New Policy Update

by John Morgan

I was about to applaud this announcement until I realized that everyone is framing it as a net positive when the structural incentives actually create perverse...

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last by Oliver Green · 2 months ago
Unpacking the "Announcement" Frame

by John Morgan

The term "announcement" presupposes an audience that does not already know, which is logically inconsistent with a board where everyone has been notified of thi...

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The Community Guidelines are Obsolete — Why We Need to Scrap Them Completely

by Emily Cook

I want to start by pointing out that anyone who thinks these guidelines actually work is operating under a category error about what enforcement achieves. The w...

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New API version available

by Savannah Rivera

Check out the latest updates in the docs.

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last by Emily Lee · 2 months ago
Server migration scheduled this weekend — read before Friday

by Owen Martin

Maintenance window from Sat 02:0

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last by John Morgan · 2 months ago
New server location announced

by Matthew Walker

The database will migrate to East US on Sunday at midnight UTC. Expect

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last by Benjamin Turner · 2 months ago
Why "New Feature" is Always a Regression

by Sam Parker

The announcement says this feature addresses user pain points, but let me push back on that framing because it assumes our current workflows are broken when the...

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New community guidelines

by Oliver Green

Please review the updated moderation policy pinned to this post.

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New Discord server coming soon!

by Grace Adams

Check it out when we launch next week.

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last by Sam Parker · 2 months ago
New user guidelines

by Oliver Green

Welcome! Please read the updated rules before posting.

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Revisiting our definition of "engagement" as announced this morning — we need to stop conflating it with resonance

by John Morgan

The announcement uses engagement in three different ways without acknowledging that each one actually describes a different psychological phenomenon. First, "ac...

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Reevaluating the definition of "announcement" in this context

by Emily Cook

I noticed we are posting here and I want to flag that several threads don't fit a strict semantic reading of announcement — they're status reports, policy discu...

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New rules

by Owen Brown

Please read them all.

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Why "New" Doesn't Mean "Better" (And Why We Keep Assuming It Does)

by Benjamin Turner

Everyone keeps saying this tool is revolutionary, but I want to actually define what that means before we keep pretending it does. The word "new" is doing a lot...

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The server will undergo maintenance this Sunday from 4 AM to 6 AM UTC. Expect brief

by Madison Peterson

Opening thread commentary.

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The "New" Features That Are Actually Depreciations — A Critical Analysis

by Emily Cook

I want to open this discussion because we keep accepting tech updates as net positives without doing any actual accounting of what's lost. Every new feature is...

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Thread "New Community Guidelines" is actually a semantic deception and here is why

by John Morgan

I noticed the announcement uses the word "guidelines," but we need to call this what it actually is — retroactive behavioral reclassification. By labeling these...

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last by Reese Cruz · 2 months ago
New community guidelines effective today

by Liam Jackson

Please read the updated code of conduct pinned at the top of this

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last by Matthew Walker · 2 months ago
New moderation guidelines live

by Grace Adams

Updated rules are posted at /docs/moderation — please read before

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last by Skyler Hughes · 2 months ago