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• Is there (or should there be) some way to ask for clarification of a question?
• Can Socratic implement a mentioning system like the one that Google+/Twitter/GitHub uses?
• Question #d7a3a
• Question #8f2e9
• Later topics may assume some knowledge of earlier topics. Should we worry about the order of chapters and of topics within chapters?
• Question #d1da0
• Is there a button for editing a "question"? If no, then that would be a handy tool for many, i guess.
• Question #530f7
• Using Socratic as a teacher, I'd love to be able to search for my students, by name, to easily find their posts. Or to be able to "subscribe" to them and get updates on their postings. Is there a way to do this that I'm missing?
• Is there a way to quote a fraction of someone else' answer, that would quite useful especially in comments to facilitate communication? If not would be nice to have. It would look like: <Antoine wrote:"blablabalabal"> Wadya think?
• What should I do if I see unwelcome behavior on the site?
• Question #6ca88
• Any rough idea about the Teacher:Student ratio on Socratic?
• When you answer a question, why does it automatically make you "say thank you" for your own answer?
• Question #43379
• Is it possible to get "rewards" with karma points like others websites offer, like goodies (stickers, mug) or the month member?
• I am no longer able to write comment on the mobile app? (Using a Samsung android phone.)
• Has anyone else seen today's Google doodle? How would you describe what's happening in it?
• What does Socratic consider inappropriate content?
• How could 1:1 communication on Socratic be improved? Replying to thanks, notes, or just messaging another person privately ... would you like to be able to do this? Why or why not?
• Is it OK to ask a question and then answer it myself?
• When I write an answer, why is the editor split into two sections: answer and explanation?
• What are the comment bubbles next to paragraphs on answers?
• Sometimes I see really basic questions on Socratic. Why should I spend time answering these?
• Any chance second-semester/year Organic Chemistry topic categories can be added? e.g. Grignard Reactions, Benzene Sub/Elim Rxns, Robinson Annulation, etc.?
• Why should we think twice before answering questions with phrases such as, "it's really simple" or "the solution is very easy"?
• Question #a4ebb
• What are notifications on Socratic and how do they work?
• Question #8092c
• Is there any way of asking a student to clarify the question (meaning what they really want to know) if the question itself is not clear?
• Is it not good to write "anybody is welcome o update the answer cheerio!" once you complete answering a question?
• **Request to socratic managers / mentors** what should we do to answers like http://socratic.org/questions/does-a-bacteria-always-have-outer-and-inner-membranes-or-is-one-of-these-membran#158148?
• Question #88e7f
• Hey, I just realized we have "like" buttons for "thank you" notes! -"?"
• What general guidelines should I follow to ask more about my posted question?
• Question #39a6d
• Can we please have the old ability to delete our own comments back? I sometimes (often?) have a typographic error in a comment. I used to be able to correct the error and delete the incorrect comment. I can no longer do that.
• Question #e6905
• Question #d9f55
• Graphing vertical lines on Socratic?
• Does anyone have a better method for restricting the domains of graphs using Socratic software?
• How about an easy to find a link to basic equation formatting? Perhaps when someone clicks " Ask a question" -- like we get when we click "Answer".
• What has been changed, updated, or fixed on Socratic recently? [August 2015]
• Heroes, how do you find answers that are flagged as "abuse or spam" to fix them? As in, where do you look on the site?
• Is there any way to stop edit wars where people keep un-doing and re-doing edits like on Wikipedia?
• Community challenge: can you share Socratic with a teacher you know?
• Question #c7a02
• Why is the site called Socratic?
• What time zone does Socratic follow?
• What has been changed, updated, or fixed on Socratic recently? [September 2015]
• How can we make new rising stars feel great?
• Is there a way to search for unanswered questions of members from particular countries so that one might be able to expand on the number of different countries in which one helps students? And how to do so?
• Is there a way to see a list of all the countries people I've helped live in? I know that there is a map, but I was wondering if there was a list.
• Community discussion: what makes an answer great on Socratic?
• What do you think of our great answer criteria?
• Can we please have a topic in Calculus for the Intemediate Value Theorem. It belongs in Limits right after Continuous Functions?
• Question #10709
• Question #4019e
• Question #54cfb
• How can I draw diagrams that I can add to my answers?
• How does the "Top contributors this week" section work?
• Which browsers does Socratic support?
• Are there any astronauts on Socratic?
• Is there a way to "disable" graphs from auto-updating when writing an answer?
• Can I request an answer to a question I already asked?
• Is there socratic in other languages?
• What is the best approach for editing a question that is flagged "needs more explanation"? If substantial additional information is required, it may become an entirely new answer. Is it better to overwrite the original answer, or provide a new one?
• How are featured answers selected?
• I want my answers to be featured! What should I consider when writing them?
• Should we have a topic "Average Value" in Calculus -- Applications of Definite Integrals? I keep seeing questions asking for average value posted under average rate of change.
• Is there a way to determine if a question has been modified?
• I'm seeing at least one question posted under my name which I did not ask; earlier this morning I saw a question supposedly by someone at a level below what I would expect for this person. Is there a problem? Is someone hacking this site?
• How useful is Socratic?
• Suggestion?
• How can someone become others collaborator?
• How does this thing even work this website and also how do I do a picture for when I answer someone??
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