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Would Area51 Be More Effective Without Down Votes?
Unfortunately, no — Area 51 would not be more effective without down-votes under the current process. Yes, we might be able to push more proposals through, but without a means of expressing ...
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What is tactical voting?
"Tactical voting" is an attempt to drive a proposal through at any cost by directing participants to vote optimally and robotically rather than trying to determine if a subject has enough avid users ...
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Using Stack Exchange for Survey or Opinion?
No, a site based entirely on a survey of user opinion — and similar ideas soliciting alternative content — aren't currently a good fit for a Stack Exchange Q&A site. Apart from the ...
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Why does upvoting in area51 give 5 rep rather than 10 rep?
Area 51 runs on a very old Stack Exchange codebase, so changes on regular Q&A sites aren't always ported over.
One of the reasons could be (but I'm just speculating) that the change on regular Q&...
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New example question order?
It is a user preference.
At the top of the list of example questions, there are four options for sorting questions. 'My vote', 'active', 'newest' & 'votes'
You can choose how they are sorted. ...
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