How many questions are there on Stack Exchange?

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    how many questions on Stack Exchange? too many.
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    @micsthepick Once it's solved, I'm gonna remind you of this comment :-D
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  • Bold would probably be better. Can't really see it as it stands. Unless the idea is for it to be hard to find, but that doesn't seem like much of a puzzle at all, just something that will artificially make it take longer to solve.
    – NotThatGuy
    Aug 31 at 11:42











  • @NotThatGuy Yes, the idea is to make it just slightly more challenging. I didn't want the letters to immediately stand out in a very obvious way, but OTOH I know the users of this site are experienced enough to look for such things.
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 31 at 12:35










  • The experienced users are probably experienced enough. The people who like to just occasionally pop in to take a minute or so to try to figure out some of the easier puzzles ... not so much. This should perhaps be part of a broader discussion of how accessible we should try to make the site to new users / puzzlers (?) (which is not to say "make the puzzles easier", but rather "don't complicate puzzles by adding things not part of the 'core' puzzle which experienced users will find trivial and inexperienced users may find very difficult").
    – NotThatGuy
    Aug 31 at 12:43















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    how many questions on Stack Exchange? too many.
    – micsthepick
    Aug 30 at 1:01






  • 3




    @micsthepick Once it's solved, I'm gonna remind you of this comment :-D
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 30 at 1:02










  • Bold would probably be better. Can't really see it as it stands. Unless the idea is for it to be hard to find, but that doesn't seem like much of a puzzle at all, just something that will artificially make it take longer to solve.
    – NotThatGuy
    Aug 31 at 11:42











  • @NotThatGuy Yes, the idea is to make it just slightly more challenging. I didn't want the letters to immediately stand out in a very obvious way, but OTOH I know the users of this site are experienced enough to look for such things.
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 31 at 12:35










  • The experienced users are probably experienced enough. The people who like to just occasionally pop in to take a minute or so to try to figure out some of the easier puzzles ... not so much. This should perhaps be part of a broader discussion of how accessible we should try to make the site to new users / puzzlers (?) (which is not to say "make the puzzles easier", but rather "don't complicate puzzles by adding things not part of the 'core' puzzle which experienced users will find trivial and inexperienced users may find very difficult").
    – NotThatGuy
    Aug 31 at 12:43













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  • 6




    how many questions on Stack Exchange? too many.
    – micsthepick
    Aug 30 at 1:01






  • 3




    @micsthepick Once it's solved, I'm gonna remind you of this comment :-D
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 30 at 1:02










  • Bold would probably be better. Can't really see it as it stands. Unless the idea is for it to be hard to find, but that doesn't seem like much of a puzzle at all, just something that will artificially make it take longer to solve.
    – NotThatGuy
    Aug 31 at 11:42











  • @NotThatGuy Yes, the idea is to make it just slightly more challenging. I didn't want the letters to immediately stand out in a very obvious way, but OTOH I know the users of this site are experienced enough to look for such things.
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 31 at 12:35










  • The experienced users are probably experienced enough. The people who like to just occasionally pop in to take a minute or so to try to figure out some of the easier puzzles ... not so much. This should perhaps be part of a broader discussion of how accessible we should try to make the site to new users / puzzlers (?) (which is not to say "make the puzzles easier", but rather "don't complicate puzzles by adding things not part of the 'core' puzzle which experienced users will find trivial and inexperienced users may find very difficult").
    – NotThatGuy
    Aug 31 at 12:43













  • 6




    how many questions on Stack Exchange? too many.
    – micsthepick
    Aug 30 at 1:01






  • 3




    @micsthepick Once it's solved, I'm gonna remind you of this comment :-D
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 30 at 1:02










  • Bold would probably be better. Can't really see it as it stands. Unless the idea is for it to be hard to find, but that doesn't seem like much of a puzzle at all, just something that will artificially make it take longer to solve.
    – NotThatGuy
    Aug 31 at 11:42











  • @NotThatGuy Yes, the idea is to make it just slightly more challenging. I didn't want the letters to immediately stand out in a very obvious way, but OTOH I know the users of this site are experienced enough to look for such things.
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 31 at 12:35










  • The experienced users are probably experienced enough. The people who like to just occasionally pop in to take a minute or so to try to figure out some of the easier puzzles ... not so much. This should perhaps be part of a broader discussion of how accessible we should try to make the site to new users / puzzlers (?) (which is not to say "make the puzzles easier", but rather "don't complicate puzzles by adding things not part of the 'core' puzzle which experienced users will find trivial and inexperienced users may find very difficult").
    – NotThatGuy
    Aug 31 at 12:43








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how many questions on Stack Exchange? too many.
– micsthepick
Aug 30 at 1:01




how many questions on Stack Exchange? too many.
– micsthepick
Aug 30 at 1:01




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3




@micsthepick Once it's solved, I'm gonna remind you of this comment :-D
– Rand al'Thor
Aug 30 at 1:02




@micsthepick Once it's solved, I'm gonna remind you of this comment :-D
– Rand al'Thor
Aug 30 at 1:02












Bold would probably be better. Can't really see it as it stands. Unless the idea is for it to be hard to find, but that doesn't seem like much of a puzzle at all, just something that will artificially make it take longer to solve.
– NotThatGuy
Aug 31 at 11:42





Bold would probably be better. Can't really see it as it stands. Unless the idea is for it to be hard to find, but that doesn't seem like much of a puzzle at all, just something that will artificially make it take longer to solve.
– NotThatGuy
Aug 31 at 11:42













@NotThatGuy Yes, the idea is to make it just slightly more challenging. I didn't want the letters to immediately stand out in a very obvious way, but OTOH I know the users of this site are experienced enough to look for such things.
– Rand al'Thor
Aug 31 at 12:35




@NotThatGuy Yes, the idea is to make it just slightly more challenging. I didn't want the letters to immediately stand out in a very obvious way, but OTOH I know the users of this site are experienced enough to look for such things.
– Rand al'Thor
Aug 31 at 12:35












The experienced users are probably experienced enough. The people who like to just occasionally pop in to take a minute or so to try to figure out some of the easier puzzles ... not so much. This should perhaps be part of a broader discussion of how accessible we should try to make the site to new users / puzzlers (?) (which is not to say "make the puzzles easier", but rather "don't complicate puzzles by adding things not part of the 'core' puzzle which experienced users will find trivial and inexperienced users may find very difficult").
– NotThatGuy
Aug 31 at 12:43





The experienced users are probably experienced enough. The people who like to just occasionally pop in to take a minute or so to try to figure out some of the easier puzzles ... not so much. This should perhaps be part of a broader discussion of how accessible we should try to make the site to new users / puzzlers (?) (which is not to say "make the puzzles easier", but rather "don't complicate puzzles by adding things not part of the 'core' puzzle which experienced users will find trivial and inexperienced users may find very difficult").
– NotThatGuy
Aug 31 at 12:43











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The answer is:




LOTS




this is why:




The italicised letters are i, g, d, and r. The only word that makes sense that you can make from these letters is grid. This suggests we are looking for a grid


Where can we find such a grid?, at https://stackexchange.com/sites.
If we start drawing lines from each sites icon, the letters, L, O, T and S are spelled out
LOTS







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    See, I said your first comment was on point :-P
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 30 at 1:11










  • love this puzzle <3
    – micsthepick
    Aug 30 at 1:15










  • Yep, you got it.
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 30 at 1:15










  • fixing up the pics now
    – micsthepick
    Aug 30 at 1:38






  • 8




    this reminds me to a puzzle I wrote in a Christmas card for a girl I liked. It was never responded
    – Ooker
    Aug 30 at 16:46

















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When you single click on a stack exchange site (i.e. Stack overflow) it gives you the number of questions on that site. enter image description here



I just did this with every site and added them all up. The answer is there are 21,716,700 (approximately) questions on stack exchange






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    Ummm, I'm not sure what to do with this answer. You've certainly responded to the literal question in the title, but you haven't solved the puzzle. Remember this is Puzzling SE, not Meta Stack Exchange :-) Ah well, have a +1 anyway.
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 30 at 10:09






  • 9




    Oh. Sorry. I thought you were just curious and didn't know which site to put it on.
    – William Pennanti
    Aug 30 at 10:10






  • 5




    If you can make this answer update dynamically, then... Cool.
    – Carl
    Aug 30 at 11:48






  • 1




    While that might be a noble endeavor, it'd also be a misplaced one here. (And there are certainly easier ways to get this information with less manual effort anyway, but this entire conversation is off-topic so I'll leave it at that hehe)
    – Rubio♦
    Aug 30 at 12:20






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    When I read the puzzle I immediately became curious about the literal answer so +1
    – Dan Anderson
    Aug 30 at 14:47










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up vote
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The answer is:




LOTS




this is why:




The italicised letters are i, g, d, and r. The only word that makes sense that you can make from these letters is grid. This suggests we are looking for a grid


Where can we find such a grid?, at https://stackexchange.com/sites.
If we start drawing lines from each sites icon, the letters, L, O, T and S are spelled out
LOTS







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  • 2




    See, I said your first comment was on point :-P
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 30 at 1:11










  • love this puzzle <3
    – micsthepick
    Aug 30 at 1:15










  • Yep, you got it.
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 30 at 1:15










  • fixing up the pics now
    – micsthepick
    Aug 30 at 1:38






  • 8




    this reminds me to a puzzle I wrote in a Christmas card for a girl I liked. It was never responded
    – Ooker
    Aug 30 at 16:46














up vote
105
down vote













The answer is:




LOTS




this is why:




The italicised letters are i, g, d, and r. The only word that makes sense that you can make from these letters is grid. This suggests we are looking for a grid


Where can we find such a grid?, at https://stackexchange.com/sites.
If we start drawing lines from each sites icon, the letters, L, O, T and S are spelled out
LOTS







share|improve this answer


















  • 2




    See, I said your first comment was on point :-P
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 30 at 1:11










  • love this puzzle <3
    – micsthepick
    Aug 30 at 1:15










  • Yep, you got it.
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 30 at 1:15










  • fixing up the pics now
    – micsthepick
    Aug 30 at 1:38






  • 8




    this reminds me to a puzzle I wrote in a Christmas card for a girl I liked. It was never responded
    – Ooker
    Aug 30 at 16:46












up vote
105
down vote










up vote
105
down vote









The answer is:




LOTS




this is why:




The italicised letters are i, g, d, and r. The only word that makes sense that you can make from these letters is grid. This suggests we are looking for a grid


Where can we find such a grid?, at https://stackexchange.com/sites.
If we start drawing lines from each sites icon, the letters, L, O, T and S are spelled out
LOTS







share|improve this answer














The answer is:




LOTS




this is why:




The italicised letters are i, g, d, and r. The only word that makes sense that you can make from these letters is grid. This suggests we are looking for a grid


Where can we find such a grid?, at https://stackexchange.com/sites.
If we start drawing lines from each sites icon, the letters, L, O, T and S are spelled out
LOTS








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answered Aug 30 at 1:11









micsthepick

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  • 2




    See, I said your first comment was on point :-P
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 30 at 1:11










  • love this puzzle <3
    – micsthepick
    Aug 30 at 1:15










  • Yep, you got it.
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 30 at 1:15










  • fixing up the pics now
    – micsthepick
    Aug 30 at 1:38






  • 8




    this reminds me to a puzzle I wrote in a Christmas card for a girl I liked. It was never responded
    – Ooker
    Aug 30 at 16:46












  • 2




    See, I said your first comment was on point :-P
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 30 at 1:11










  • love this puzzle <3
    – micsthepick
    Aug 30 at 1:15










  • Yep, you got it.
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 30 at 1:15










  • fixing up the pics now
    – micsthepick
    Aug 30 at 1:38






  • 8




    this reminds me to a puzzle I wrote in a Christmas card for a girl I liked. It was never responded
    – Ooker
    Aug 30 at 16:46







2




2




See, I said your first comment was on point :-P
– Rand al'Thor
Aug 30 at 1:11




See, I said your first comment was on point :-P
– Rand al'Thor
Aug 30 at 1:11












love this puzzle <3
– micsthepick
Aug 30 at 1:15




love this puzzle <3
– micsthepick
Aug 30 at 1:15












Yep, you got it.
– Rand al'Thor
Aug 30 at 1:15




Yep, you got it.
– Rand al'Thor
Aug 30 at 1:15












fixing up the pics now
– micsthepick
Aug 30 at 1:38




fixing up the pics now
– micsthepick
Aug 30 at 1:38




8




8




this reminds me to a puzzle I wrote in a Christmas card for a girl I liked. It was never responded
– Ooker
Aug 30 at 16:46




this reminds me to a puzzle I wrote in a Christmas card for a girl I liked. It was never responded
– Ooker
Aug 30 at 16:46










up vote
43
down vote













When you single click on a stack exchange site (i.e. Stack overflow) it gives you the number of questions on that site. enter image description here



I just did this with every site and added them all up. The answer is there are 21,716,700 (approximately) questions on stack exchange






share|improve this answer
















  • 14




    Ummm, I'm not sure what to do with this answer. You've certainly responded to the literal question in the title, but you haven't solved the puzzle. Remember this is Puzzling SE, not Meta Stack Exchange :-) Ah well, have a +1 anyway.
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 30 at 10:09






  • 9




    Oh. Sorry. I thought you were just curious and didn't know which site to put it on.
    – William Pennanti
    Aug 30 at 10:10






  • 5




    If you can make this answer update dynamically, then... Cool.
    – Carl
    Aug 30 at 11:48






  • 1




    While that might be a noble endeavor, it'd also be a misplaced one here. (And there are certainly easier ways to get this information with less manual effort anyway, but this entire conversation is off-topic so I'll leave it at that hehe)
    – Rubio♦
    Aug 30 at 12:20






  • 4




    When I read the puzzle I immediately became curious about the literal answer so +1
    – Dan Anderson
    Aug 30 at 14:47














up vote
43
down vote













When you single click on a stack exchange site (i.e. Stack overflow) it gives you the number of questions on that site. enter image description here



I just did this with every site and added them all up. The answer is there are 21,716,700 (approximately) questions on stack exchange






share|improve this answer
















  • 14




    Ummm, I'm not sure what to do with this answer. You've certainly responded to the literal question in the title, but you haven't solved the puzzle. Remember this is Puzzling SE, not Meta Stack Exchange :-) Ah well, have a +1 anyway.
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 30 at 10:09






  • 9




    Oh. Sorry. I thought you were just curious and didn't know which site to put it on.
    – William Pennanti
    Aug 30 at 10:10






  • 5




    If you can make this answer update dynamically, then... Cool.
    – Carl
    Aug 30 at 11:48






  • 1




    While that might be a noble endeavor, it'd also be a misplaced one here. (And there are certainly easier ways to get this information with less manual effort anyway, but this entire conversation is off-topic so I'll leave it at that hehe)
    – Rubio♦
    Aug 30 at 12:20






  • 4




    When I read the puzzle I immediately became curious about the literal answer so +1
    – Dan Anderson
    Aug 30 at 14:47












up vote
43
down vote










up vote
43
down vote









When you single click on a stack exchange site (i.e. Stack overflow) it gives you the number of questions on that site. enter image description here



I just did this with every site and added them all up. The answer is there are 21,716,700 (approximately) questions on stack exchange






share|improve this answer












When you single click on a stack exchange site (i.e. Stack overflow) it gives you the number of questions on that site. enter image description here



I just did this with every site and added them all up. The answer is there are 21,716,700 (approximately) questions on stack exchange







share|improve this answer












share|improve this answer



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answered Aug 30 at 10:05









William Pennanti

739116




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  • 14




    Ummm, I'm not sure what to do with this answer. You've certainly responded to the literal question in the title, but you haven't solved the puzzle. Remember this is Puzzling SE, not Meta Stack Exchange :-) Ah well, have a +1 anyway.
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 30 at 10:09






  • 9




    Oh. Sorry. I thought you were just curious and didn't know which site to put it on.
    – William Pennanti
    Aug 30 at 10:10






  • 5




    If you can make this answer update dynamically, then... Cool.
    – Carl
    Aug 30 at 11:48






  • 1




    While that might be a noble endeavor, it'd also be a misplaced one here. (And there are certainly easier ways to get this information with less manual effort anyway, but this entire conversation is off-topic so I'll leave it at that hehe)
    – Rubio♦
    Aug 30 at 12:20






  • 4




    When I read the puzzle I immediately became curious about the literal answer so +1
    – Dan Anderson
    Aug 30 at 14:47












  • 14




    Ummm, I'm not sure what to do with this answer. You've certainly responded to the literal question in the title, but you haven't solved the puzzle. Remember this is Puzzling SE, not Meta Stack Exchange :-) Ah well, have a +1 anyway.
    – Rand al'Thor
    Aug 30 at 10:09






  • 9




    Oh. Sorry. I thought you were just curious and didn't know which site to put it on.
    – William Pennanti
    Aug 30 at 10:10






  • 5




    If you can make this answer update dynamically, then... Cool.
    – Carl
    Aug 30 at 11:48






  • 1




    While that might be a noble endeavor, it'd also be a misplaced one here. (And there are certainly easier ways to get this information with less manual effort anyway, but this entire conversation is off-topic so I'll leave it at that hehe)
    – Rubio♦
    Aug 30 at 12:20






  • 4




    When I read the puzzle I immediately became curious about the literal answer so +1
    – Dan Anderson
    Aug 30 at 14:47







14




14




Ummm, I'm not sure what to do with this answer. You've certainly responded to the literal question in the title, but you haven't solved the puzzle. Remember this is Puzzling SE, not Meta Stack Exchange :-) Ah well, have a +1 anyway.
– Rand al'Thor
Aug 30 at 10:09




Ummm, I'm not sure what to do with this answer. You've certainly responded to the literal question in the title, but you haven't solved the puzzle. Remember this is Puzzling SE, not Meta Stack Exchange :-) Ah well, have a +1 anyway.
– Rand al'Thor
Aug 30 at 10:09




9




9




Oh. Sorry. I thought you were just curious and didn't know which site to put it on.
– William Pennanti
Aug 30 at 10:10




Oh. Sorry. I thought you were just curious and didn't know which site to put it on.
– William Pennanti
Aug 30 at 10:10




5




5




If you can make this answer update dynamically, then... Cool.
– Carl
Aug 30 at 11:48




If you can make this answer update dynamically, then... Cool.
– Carl
Aug 30 at 11:48




1




1




While that might be a noble endeavor, it'd also be a misplaced one here. (And there are certainly easier ways to get this information with less manual effort anyway, but this entire conversation is off-topic so I'll leave it at that hehe)
– Rubio♦
Aug 30 at 12:20




While that might be a noble endeavor, it'd also be a misplaced one here. (And there are certainly easier ways to get this information with less manual effort anyway, but this entire conversation is off-topic so I'll leave it at that hehe)
– Rubio♦
Aug 30 at 12:20




4




4




When I read the puzzle I immediately became curious about the literal answer so +1
– Dan Anderson
Aug 30 at 14:47




When I read the puzzle I immediately became curious about the literal answer so +1
– Dan Anderson
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