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Would it be too discouraging to have a notification if a question you are viewing is being edited or answered?
When I review questions, I sometimes wonder if I should hit "edit" or if some other reviewer is already making the editing change I intended. While I understand edits are lined up against each other, ...
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Could we have a way to notify users when an answer is edited? [duplicate]
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Optional notification on an edit to an answer
Many times I answer the question to the best of my ability, then the question asker replies with a comment or edits their ...
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Surprisingly informing me of my own answer
I wrote this answer. Saved it; edited it again. While doing the second edit I was informed that a "new answer" has been posted. Alas, there was no new answer other than my own.
So far, I never ...
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Best way to re-engage with an author on their question
There are a few situations I've been in where I've engaged in a question, the author adds info/ actively engages with the community trying to solve their problem, I've answered it or commented/edited ...
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Notify the asker that an answer has been edited when an update has been asked [duplicate]
I often see the following scenario :
a user answers a question
the asker posts a comment because something is unclear
the answerer edits the post
the answerer posts a comment ("See my edit.") to ...
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Question with answer listed twice
I returned to a browser window on a question I recently answered, and the behavior was really weird. I had the old-school orange notification bar at the top of the window, which said a new answer had ...
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User should be notified when a competing answer has been posted
I would like to request a feature for Stack Overflow.
Say I have answered a question. If an other user posts an answer to the same question, then I would like to be notified that "Some user has ...
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Accepting answers
Should I every time notify a user that asks some question for which he/she gets the right(as I might think) answer from me, so that he/she will be more or less forced to accept my answer?
P.S. That ...
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Email subscription to a given question answers *and* comments?
I could not find a solid documentation to this question.
Is there a way to subscribe by email to a given question's answers and comments?
For example, this is a question which I answered:
Need ...
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If I edit my answer, do commenters get notified?
Scenario:
I post an answer to a question.
The original poster comments, giving a reason why my answer doesn't solve their issue.
I edit my answer to reflect the comment.
Question:
Does the ...
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How am I notified that the peer review of my edit has been done?
I edited an answerer's answer, and it went to peer review. I can see my edit, of course, but how do I know whether or not it has been approved? I will accept the answer once I know that my edit has ...
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Notification of question closure whilst answering
I'm quite new to Stack Overflow but enjoying the experience.
Had one annoying moment the other day spending a few minutes mocking up a test case and composing an answer, to find in the mean time the ...
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Is it normal that Safari on iPad doesn't show notifications when composing an answer?
I just answered this question. I was typing my answer on iPad and I wasn't notified about other posted answers. Is this the normal and expected behavior?
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Can I see if someone is currently answering a question?
An example post that shows this happening
If you read the post above. You see that someone was writing an answer to a question, and
before he finished, someone else already posted his answer.
If you ...
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When an answerer edits their previous answer to readdress the problem, should I get a notification?
Basically, I didn't know someone had fully answered my question because they edited their previous answer.
Not major by any means...
I posted a question.
A poster answered by pointing out a bug.
I ...
