Questions tagged [discussions-space]
Discussions was an experimental dedicated space on Stack Overflow to provide a complementary platform for topics that would not fit into the norms of the main site Q&A.
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Add pagination and collapsible posts to Challenges
The Challenges pages load all posts (submissions) on a single page. Moreover, the submissions tend to be much longer than regular answers on the main site. Take this example; with close to 50 posts, ...
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Editing a discussion/challenge when viewing an old revision uses the old revision in the editor
I just submitted an edit to one of my challenges, and when doing so noticed that it was missing something from an edit I'd done previously. Upon looking at the history (which doesn't show this anymore,...
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Coding Challenges will continue to supersede the Discussions space
As noted in this post, Coding Challenges will, for now, continue to use the functionality first built for Discussions. The longer-term plans for Challenges are still taking shape, and any questions ...
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Next for Coding Challenges: submit your own ideas
What we’ve learned so far
In the first phase of the Coding Challenges experiment we posted 4 challenges for users to participate in, and we got a great response from the community overall. We were ...
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Feedback on "Code Challenge" Four
Use this post to provide feedback on the fourth coding challenge (which you can participate in here), just like you did for challenge one, two, and three. General feedback about Coding Challenges, and ...
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Feedback on Coding Challenge Number Three
Use this post to provide feedback on the third coding challenge (which you can participate in here), just like you did for challenge one and challenge two. General feedback about Coding Challenges, ...
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Can I find my Coding Challenge submissions anywhere in my profile?
Is there a dedicated view on the Profile that links to Code Challenge submissions?
And if not, should there be one, to make it e.g. linkable?
For instance answers have their own linkable section. ...
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Allow undeleting self-deleted challenges
I was recently enjoying the new SO Challenge feature.
After enjoying the coding challenge, I wanted to post my submission. But silly me - I accidentally posted it while formatting the post. I deleted ...
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Feedback on the Second Coding Challenge
We are testing out the idea of hosting coding challenges on Stack Overflow. Feedback on the general concept, and on the first challenge specifically, are being collected on the original meta post.
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Testing out coding challenges – Discussions going on pause
Update on June 16, 2025
This experiment is being extended through July 15th. Challenge 3 will be posted on June 17th, and challenge 4 will be posted on July 1st. All challenge posts can be seen at ...
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"Reply" button on deleted Discussions post pops up two message boxes
Deleted discussions threads have strange behaviour with the "reply" button. Two editors pop up. The first one seems to be a dud (typing something in it and clicking reply gives "comment ...
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Why is "recommend me a library" not OK as a discussion?
I created a discussion here asking for python library suggestions: Minimal "print table to terminal" python library?. Full text below, since it's been deleted.
Minimal "print table to ...
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Discussions learnings and potential next steps
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This post follows on the learnings from the Comments experiment. We’re taking a specific look at what we saw in Discussions and detailing some observations.
We’re proposing a further experiment ...
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What We Learned About Follow-up Questions and What's Next
TL;DR: Our recent comment experiments concluded, and we gained valuable insights: Users want to say thanks, and ask follow-up questions on existing answers. We know that current options aren't ideal ...
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Is it acceptable to ask for clarification/bump old questions in a discussion?
I was browsing SO Discussions and I've come across a lot of posts that look like this one: link here
Then there are ones like this: link here
(bonus screenshot just in case it gets taken down):
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