Timeline for What's with all the spaghetti?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:50 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://puzzling.stackexchange.com/ with https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/
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| Nov 17, 2014 at 0:30 | comment | added | user88 | @Joe For what it's worth, it was me who caused the code-trolling tag to spiral into doom by posting the second question of its type. We all make mistakes. | |
| Nov 14, 2014 at 12:03 | comment | added | A E | If they were all the same then I agree that would be dull. Where people are using other members' puzzles as a jumping-off point, I'm really enjoying that. puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/4506/… is a good example. Just because the setup is the same, that doesn't mean that the merit of the puzzle (or even the type of the puzzle) is the same. Influence / parody is a normal part of finding an original voice in any creative genre. | |
| Nov 14, 2014 at 10:32 | comment | added | Peter Taylor | Yes, the site needs original content, but it also needs variety in its content. If the first 10 questions which a first-time visitor sees are all people jumping on one bandwagon, the message that communicates is that this is a site where people lack originality and creativity. | |
| Nov 14, 2014 at 0:34 | comment | added | mdc32 | Hasn't this specific spaghetti thing gone overboard? I mean, we're at 29 questions as of now, and after the first 5 or so they all drop off to about 150 views. Now (the day after the 2014 Spaghetti Surge) the new fad is "What am I?" puzzles. Granted, they're all original, but they're taking over the website almost. I for one am against it. | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 23:18 | comment | added | A E | @Emrakul: I don't see any one new user posting eight or ten questions. I do see hostility from existing high-rep users towards new users. Being unwelcoming to newbies is no way to get the site out of beta. | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 23:16 | comment | added | user20 | @AE If people find it disruptive, then the easy solution is to just delay posting a little. I'm not suggesting new users don't post, but perhaps refrain from posting eight or ten questions at once. | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 23:13 | comment | added | A E | @Emrakul: If new users are creating original puzzles then what (other than NIH syndrome) can possibly be wrong about that? | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 22:27 | comment | added | pacoverflow | I have no idea what the code-trolling at PCG.SE was. But each of these spaghetti party puzzles is an independent puzzle, so does it really matter if 15 show up within a few hours? It really wouldn't be any different than if 15 completely different types of puzzles were posted in a few hours. | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 21:11 | vote | accept | Yamikuronue | ||
| Nov 11, 2014 at 20:18 | comment | added | user20 | Yeah, in the future to anyone who reads this, it's great that you're enthusiastic about the site (honestly!), but please do try to adopt a more moderate pace. | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 16:58 | comment | added | user88 | True. I'm just saying I wouldn't consider it a "positive sign" at all. | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 16:57 | comment | added | Joe | @JoeZ. it looks like interest in them is waning though: p1 has 800 views, p2 has 500, then a couple of others have 400, everything else is <150 views. | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 16:55 | comment | added | user88 | It would be a positive sign if the questions came at a more relaxed pace and not fifteen in the span of seven hours. This is like code-trolling at PCG.SE all over again, but accelerated tenfold. | |
| Nov 11, 2014 at 16:49 | history | answered | Joe | CC BY-SA 3.0 |