> "Newbie Experience" picture

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> Over the next few quarters, we’re going to be taking a step back and re-evaluating how we deliver feedback to users about their questions. We want to make sure people are getting necessary feedback without feeling called out or publicly embarrassed.

My bet: they'll keep the mechanisms exactly the same and hide from the newbie user the information that their question has been flagged for closing, marked as a duplicate, etc., and show a 'temporary ghost score' capped at zero.