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The Nineteenth Byte is getting more room owners. Cast your votes!

Mego Chat user since 2015-10-08. 315 messages this week. 503 messages last week. 453 messages per week.
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Is it OK to promote my own posts in chat?

Promoting your own posts is definitely OK, but there are some very important guidelines to consider. Promoting your own posts is usually OK if It's relevant to the topic of discussion. Hey, have ...
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The Nineteenth Byte is getting more room owners. Cast your votes!

DJMcMayhem Chat user since 2015-04-07. 340 messages this week. 457 messages last week. 409 messages per week.
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What are our specific abbreviations and terms?

See also Stack Exchange Glossary - Dictionary of Commonly-Used Terms. Abbreviations marked with a star (*) are chat specific. ATO: Attempt This Online; a website similiar to TIO where newer versions ...
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The state of chat

One chat room cannot be what everybody expects from it The Nineteenth Byte's purpose is labeled as general discussion; the jestful addendum appears to indicate that pretty much everything goes. A ...
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Should we have additional room owners?

We agree with your concerns and that having additional room owners would help covering both time zones and the volume of posted messages. Effective immediately, we've appointed the following users as ...
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The Nineteenth Byte is getting more room owners. Cast your votes!

mınxomaτ Chat user since 2015-08-03. 248 messages this week. 238 messages last week. 202 messages per week.
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Do we want XKCD autposted in chat?

No We should remove the XKCD feed from The Nineteenth Byte.
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Should we have additional room owners?

Absolutely We have a very active chat room. Many users actively participate in TNB without even participating in PPCG. It's also the best way to be introduced to our community. For example, I ...
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The Nineteenth Byte is getting more room owners. Cast your votes!

PhiNotPi Chat user since 2011-10-06. 14 messages this week. 156 messages last week. 60 messages per week.
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New TNB Room Owners: Nominations Phase

Nomination for Mego Chat profile Times online: essentially constantly (thanks to insomnia and PPCG addiction) I (Mego) have been an active participant in all aspects of PPCG for over a year now. I ...
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Vote for your new TNB Room Owners!

Bubbler chat profile | main profile | meta profile | nomination Chat user since 2018-02-26. 53 messages this week. 45 messages last week. 75 messages per week.
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Vote for your new TNB Room Owners!

caird coinheringaahing chat profile | main profile | meta profile | nomination Chat user since 2017-04-01. 1k messages this week. 860 messages last week. 809 messages per week.
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We've written a new Chatiquette, and we want your feedback!

status-completed As a moderator on another site, I would really appreciate it if you could add something to your chatiquette about flagging. Since the TNB has its own set of rules and is very strict ...
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Vote for your new TNB Room Owners!

Adám chat profile | main profile | meta profile | nomination Chat user since 2014-10-23. 429 messages this week. 285 messages last week. 303 messages per week.
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We need to talk about Chat

In light of recent issues, two users have been suspended for 7 days. Please Be Nice and don't discuss their suspensions. Remember that chat flags are visible to all 10k users on the entire network, ...
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Introducing OldSandboxPosts

I personally support this bot. Vote after reading to indicate if you agree. The main reasons for disallowing bots that send messages: they're distracting / obnoxious they overtake important ...
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Let's talk about chat again

The Chatiquette on noise is ineffective The problem with the Chatiquette document is that the noisy chatters to which it's addressed won't get the message. It should be addressed to the individual ...
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New TNB Room Owners: Nominations Phase

(Self-)Nomination for DJMcMayhem I'll throw my own hat into the ring. Chat profile I'm usually slightly active in 16-24 UTC and significantly more active in 0-6 UTC. I also frequently use chat from ...
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Vote for your new TNB Room Owners!

Redwolf Programs chat profile | main profile | meta profile | nomination Chat user since 2018-04-17. 1.1k messages this week. 743 messages last week. 672 messages per week.
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Vote for the new TNB Room Owners!

emanresu A chat profile | main profile | meta profile | nomination Chat user since 2021-02-04. 588 messages this week. 683 messages last week. 603 messages per week.
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Vote for the new TNB Room Owners!

lyxal chat profile | main profile | meta profile | nomination Chat user since 2018-05-31. 861 messages this week. 931 messages last week. 801 messages per week.
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Vote for the new TNB Room Owners!

pxeger chat profile | main profile | meta profile | nomination Chat user since 2020-08-21. 154 messages this week. 231 messages last week. 219 messages per week.
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Are bots allowed in The Nineteenth Byte?

Chat bots (that post messages) have no place in TNB. Since TNB is for discussion of code-golf and PPCG related topics, having bots in the room would be distracting and obnoxious, and would overtake ...
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New Room Owners for TNB - Nominations Phase

(Self-)Nomination for caird coinheringaahing My chat profile I'm active pretty much all days, between 10:00 UTC and 3:00 UTC Why me? I'm extremely active in chat (my activity lines up with TNB's ...
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What should we call Off-Topic TNB?

The Sand Trap In case we want another name related to the sport golf. It's off-topic, we've veered off the grass into a sand trap. And once you get really involved in a conversation there, it's hard ...
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7 day chat suspension

Regarding that message You must have no idea what the Nazis were/are or what they have done if you think calling someone a Nazi for deleting chat messages or handing out 30-minute suspensions is even ...
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The Nineteenth Byte is getting more room owners. Cast your votes!

orlp Chat user since 2013-02-04. 333 messages this week. 175 messages last week. 236 messages per week.
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Chat account suspended?

I have not had any suspensions over 30 minutes in the past month. This isn't true. There was completely no warning about it. You were reminded of our rules and guidelines on multiple occasions, ...
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