six × nine = ?

[hlehyaric]

@ybjrepnfr The same just happens to me.
I had forgotten about that silly feature.

[ybjrepnfr]

@hlehyaric oh, so you, dear stranger, already knew of it? it came as a complete shock to me. allegedly.

[hlehyaric]

@ybjrepnfr I understand that a brand new member can be horribly shocked by this appalling feature.

[ybjrepnfr]

@hlehyaric yes, this is true. it seems to me probable that simply nobody could have anticipated this quite heinous imposition.

[DoctorG]

@ybjrepnfr I switch to ruth to smash all these unfortunate expections. Or thowin' boot out of Windows.

[npro]

@TbGbe said in six × nine = ?:

I feel a disturbance in the force!!

The forum has felt that for sure as well

What an immense display of power, well done

[ybjrepnfr]

@npro i'm just pasting the current forum notification here, so that historically in future, your remark will make sense to others.

We've had an issue with our forum's database, and as a result, all data submitted between April 19th at 10:30 PM and April 20th at 11:45 AM (UTC) has been lost.

big whoopsie

[TbGbe]

We've had an issue with our forum's database

Nobody should blame any recent newcomers!!

[ybjrepnfr]

@TbGbe this is a worthy and demonstrably noble sentiment. shirley no simple stumbling noob should incur the wrath of the community, merely coz in their clumsiness they tripped over the power cord and disconnected the database server. coulda happened to anyone!

[ingolftopf]

@npro
Hello,
nice to see you here again!

[TbGbe]

@ybjrepnfr said in six × nine = ?:

incur the wrath of the community

Apart from the occasional blast of dragon fire, this is a wrath free zone.

Passive aggression and sarcasm work much better.

[ybjrepnfr]

@TbGbe said in six × nine = ?:

Passive aggression and sarcasm work much better

i've heard that multi-month sulks also can be effective. allegedly. told by a friend. well, i mean, i say friend, but really they're only...

[TbGbe]

@ybjrepnfr Friend?
Maybe they just need a hug

[nomadic]

@ybjrepnfr New users and even forum veterans that have been away for awhile should probably know that spammers have started trying to be sneakier in the last few months.

https://forum.vivaldi.net/post/660256

A tangentially relevant reply or an overly customer servicey sounding post from a new account is likely to either be edited with a spam link or just used to help make the account look more legitimate for later spam.

Pretty sure a few have even tried out using ChatGPT , but at least for now it's not too hard to notice.

[ybjrepnfr]

@nomadic golly! that link ... do you mean the post to which i had replied, & til just now had also originally upvoted, is in fact just spam? if so, why is it still online? do i need to take the forum down again for another day?

this is all too much for a confused nervous noob to assimilate.

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oh btw, my new thread yesterday on shrinking vertical tab height, & our little tête-à-tête ... now ofc all gone

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gonna go now and delete my reply to that post. feeling humiliated and stupid atm.

[TbGbe]

@nomadic said in six × nine = ?:

but at least for now it's not too hard to notice

Especially when "necro-posting" with a comment which had essentially been made earlier in the thread!

[ybjrepnfr]

@TbGbe yes, i had wondered about that. hmmm, really outta practice here. maybe one day i might become adequately discerning.

[nomadic]

@ybjrepnfr They are certainly being tricksy, but still always sounds out of place.

Of course this new user could be a perfectly legitimate time formatting enthusiast who's good name I am unjustifiably dragging through the mud...

[ybjrepnfr]

@nomadic aha, so maybe you're the baddie here!

#ThatMitchellandWebbLook

[Ayespy]

@ybjrepnfr It may be taken for granted that everyone is a baddie here, with the exception of one certain @ybjrepnfr .