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What's the process for moving comments into chat?
Is this something that moderators do?
We often move discussions to chat here. Any post which receives 20+ comments generates an automatic flag, which we normally will act on as it suggests exactly ...
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Is using the Chat as a form of litmus test for questions a good strategy?
Yes.
For one you have active members of the community there to help refine and get the question into shape before you ask it.
For another you can get some champion votes for your question which help ...
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Comments are not for extended discussion - long-term solution discussion
Some of this has been proposed on Meta.SE, so in the interests of drawing attention to existing proposals and helping us find gaps where no proposal exists, here are some links. (Disclosure: I've ...
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Is using the Chat as a form of litmus test for questions a good strategy?
Yes. Many high-rep users hang out in Chat. Getting their attention likely means that they will answer your question. If high rep users answer your question, it likely attracts more users.
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Is using the Chat as a form of litmus test for questions a good strategy?
Yes. However, it often happens that some of us with way too much idle time experience answer your question in chat. In that case (assuming the question is deemed a good fit), please go ahead and post ...
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Is using the Chat as a form of litmus test for questions a good strategy?
Chat can be a good way for a newer user who's not quite sure about scope to get help formulating a question. I've done this at least once on a site where I knew that certain types of questions had to ...
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Locating comments moved to chat
This is more roundabout than it should be, but you can see your recent chat messages on your chat account.
It's roundabout because there's no direct link from your profile (or your network profile) ...
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Is using the Chat as a form of litmus test for questions a good strategy?
If you have a good on-topic question, you should be posting it to the main site for the benefit of others who may have the same question, if not to get multiple answers and insights which you may not ...
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Is moderator chat separate from normal chat? How do I view it?
You've misinterpreted that comment. When we move the comments to a separate (newly created) chatroom, the system will post this for us:
Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation ...
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What's the process for moving comments into chat?
Yes, moderators can and do move them at a whim, I've seen answers with much less than 20 comments have them moved to chat.
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