Local storage is perfectly fine for not sensitive data.

thanks !

but keep in mind that it won't be available when the users uses multiple browsers/devices.

yeah, I understand that

get a file count in node_modules afterwards to really make your head explode

Nah, rm -rfed that crap - turns out, they made the module with the core functionality closed-source so those endeavors were screwed anyway.

ahhh, that's too bad

How's Codidact doing nowadays? I recall they started up on one of the previous exoduses (exodi?)

I hadn't heard about this, so thank you @UFTRLDZEW -- I have sufficient rep on SO to have some moderation capabilities and I'm happy to refrain from using them while the strike is in progress. Given the mess that Quora is becoming due to AI-generated questions and answers, I would definitely like to see such content banned from SO, so this policy change def. does not sit well with me! (after years on Quora, I've had to unsubscribe from most feeds due to the absolute drivel that is being posted as "questions" these days...)

Apparently, SO says they had to ban mods from banning users under suspicion of being a bot because too many non-bot users were being banned? IDK, maybe they should just require a quorum to ban somebody or something

Usually, there is a quorum for suspending accounts (this is not about banning, it's about temporary suspension). That quorum was removed due to the increase in bot-generated content needing to be addressed quickly. We've already seen bot-generated content on Quora making things worse (with zero action by Quora and they've made it harder to dig into content activity/origins and report bad actors). We've also seen bot-generated content posted to Reddit -- and some moderators take action faster than others (I don't think Reddit has much in the way of an over-arching moderation policy?).

Wow. Invasion of the bots. Well reddit has always had those bots that are semi useful. I guess it is gonna get out of hand though

Pardon for the naiveness, but, What's the point of posting a well-dressed but low-quality answer? To gain power within the StackOverflow community by fraudulently amassing points? Then what are they going to do with that power? Or maybe they don't even know that yet, the current criminals' aim is perhaps merely to sell 000's of fake respected accounts to a second generation of 'Exchange criminals which will offer mindshare-poisoning-as-a-service?

I suspect there are people who post AI-generated answers to SO purely to gain reputation points... There are certainly some people who repeatedly answer questions by linking to their own projects, as a way to try to boost traffic to their own projects... I doubt there's any monetary gain possible through that sort of behavior but people can be motivated by the weirdest things... 🤷:skin-tone-2:

I can easily imagine a markets for reputation farming, answer upvotes, or whole accounts. I can also see a market for power leveling an account until it reaches StackOverflow's reputation thresholds. It reminds me of buying GitHub stars story a number of days ago. https://the-guild.dev/blog/judging-open-source-by-github-stars