Please ignore my inaptitude - I couldn't find the information easily.
What are the exact benefits for PuzzlingSE to finally graduate from beta state? (A new icon... and?)
Where do I best find that information?
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3$\begingroup$ Just as an FYI, there's quite a bit of activity on Meta Stack Exchange at the moment regarding changes in this topic, so an answer might change within the next few months. $\endgroup$– user20Commented Jul 24, 2015 at 8:59
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1$\begingroup$ This MSE post is one of the more recent additions to the discussion $\endgroup$– Mike EarnestCommented Jul 26, 2015 at 21:10
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There are multiple advantages to leaving beta:
- get a new logo
- get a new design
- hold elections for moderators as needed (one election cycle occurs during graduation, after which moderators pro tempore are replaced by elected moderators)
- get out of anonymity
- get the ability to migrate questions to other SE website (this might not be needed for puzzling.SE)
- get community ads on the website.
But there is also one big downside:
- the reputation threshold for most (if not all) privileges is raised.
- see the current thresholds: https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/help/privileges
- compare to the mother-ship threasholds: https://stackoverflow.com/help/privileges
