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The Stack Overflow moderator strike has come to some agreements! https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/391847/moderation-strike-results-of-negotiations This seems like a good outcome, and it should help communication going forward. I can't think of any other cases where volunteers have successfully run strikes in tech before.

On the challenge of measuring spam prevalence externally, because historical data tends to be cleaner:

One habit I've picked up from blogging is putting *important statements in bold*. It's a really helpful technique, in moderation. It doesn't seem to be common in print media though.