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Getting Started with Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

A guide for Recognized Members.

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  • What is Collectives™ on Stack Overflow?
  • What user roles exist in a collective? What privileges do they have?

Engaging with Questions & Answers

  • How to get started as a Recognized Member using the Actions for You dashboard
  • How will other users know I'm an employee or Recognized Member?
  • How do I recommend an answer?
  • What are average response & answer rates? Why are they important to the collective?

Articles

  • What are Articles? How do I create one?
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  • How to review and approve Articles
  • Will I earn reputation for Articles?
Last updated January 25, 2022

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