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    Eh I wouldn’t recommend it. Commented Oct 1, 2019 at 17:46
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    One (of many) problems with that approach is: They'll find lots of possible moderators who are perfectly willing to be an obedient mouthpiece and not question whatever the authority demands from them. Silently disappearing, dressing in grey and keeping the head down is fine - it's a matter of personality. But I particularly appreciate that mods are clearly saying: "Hey, you, up there - you fLIcked things up, badly!". Once Joel Spolsky stated that it was "Time to take a stand". Now the mods are doing that (in a completely different context, sure, but nonetheless) Commented Oct 1, 2019 at 17:58
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    working from the inside has never worked, never will. It is just a defense mechanism for those that can not commit to any real action. What in the last 6 years has been done from the inside? If you continue to contribute/curate/moderate/whatever you want to call it for free you are just enabling them to continue on business as usual. It really is just that plain and simple. Suspending activity is not taking a stand, it is standing out of the way!. Commented Oct 1, 2019 at 18:05
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    While I understand and support your ideas, I'd question as well whether it should be advocated. AFAIK, most users (including me) still want to see the Network turn better, but given the recent happenings, they're disappointed and frustrated, and suspension of activity IS a way to express. Consider yourself on a strike. You and your fellow workers want the employer to satisfy your demands, but most strikers aren't really going to resign. After all, they still have to earn a living despite the strike, no? Commented Oct 1, 2019 at 18:17
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    If you want to be a thorn in their side, just stop contributing, leave a note in your profile and walk away. If you delete your account, they and the world will forget you and your objection to their practices Commented Oct 1, 2019 at 18:51
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    I cannot imagine something more "standing out of the way" than silently disappearing and never being able to contribute again. The moderators that suspend their work still have their privileges (hey, check your priv.. eh... too serious for that one), like editing and maybe featuring, or simply put in "the weight of a diamond" into a discussion. When you're gone, you're a nobody. And the people who are afterwards (voluntarily) becoming the queue-cleaning workhorses of the company may not even know or recognize that ~"everything was better before". But that's just MHO, and O's may differ. Commented Oct 1, 2019 at 19:08
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    If you want to take steps that you think will help the site, by all means, take them. If you want to make arguments to convince others to take those same steps, by all means, do it! But please don't put down other users for how they've chosen to respond to this situation. I'd strongly advise editing your tone here. Commented Oct 1, 2019 at 19:27
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    I don't get how deleting your account helps? It's basically the same as suspending your own activity on the network; but it takes away any agency you have to actually combat the issues. Deleting accounts generally doesn't remove any of your useful contributions, it just removes your association to those contributions, and your ability to interact with the site... Commented Oct 1, 2019 at 19:39
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    Just don't. This won't help anyone in anyway. Commented Oct 2, 2019 at 2:16
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    Worst advice I've ever seen. Commented Oct 2, 2019 at 7:23
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    If you want to truly annoy them, start sending DMCA takedown requests for your content that was published under CC BY SA 3 and is now shared under CC BY SA 4. IANAL but afaik they're supposed to remove it from their site and have very little choice in the matter. It's just throwing rocks, though. Deleting your profile probably matters very little, your contributions stay. Commented Oct 2, 2019 at 10:52
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    @ErikA The most annoying aspect of sending DMCA takedown requests would be to send them in as small pieces as possible. Provided that there is some human interaction necessary for a DMCA request, this might then incur real financial costs. Requesting one comment or answer to be taken down every day might be enough so that they voluntarily delete all your content, just to get rid of you. Commented Oct 2, 2019 at 13:10
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    @NVZ - "Just don't. This won't help anyone in anyway.", helps me greatly! Commented Oct 2, 2019 at 19:21
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    "Suspending activity is NOT taking a stand, it is standing out of the way" I'd just like to say that Monica proposed "[stand] out of the way" interpretations and SE's only answer was to fire her, so even taking your statement at face value, it still does protest her treatment. Commented Oct 3, 2019 at 18:13
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    that's super aggressive, but not everyone wants to fully quits SE, they DO want SE to regret what they did, but not giving up this community. Commented Nov 7, 2019 at 8:16