Was the rabble.ca downgrade...er, uh, "upgrade"...worth it?

Flogging is in the pirates thread.

flagging means the mods can be more effective.

I know we have to act responsibly, but there's a huge temptation to 'go silly' and overuse that "flag offensive" button!

That's interesting.  When you click the link, it takes you to an abuse form, which it tells you to use "responsibly".  And I don't like the options on the abuse form, since it has "foul language" and "adult content", neither of which are against the rules on babble.  I would like them to change "racist or sexist language" to "oppressive language" since we're concerned with more than just those two "isms".  And they could include "personal attack" as well, to replace the "foul language" and "adult content" choices.

Also, it didn't notify me by e-mail, so I'm not sure who it notifies! :)  I've sent a request for those changes.  So for now, just e-mail oldgoat and I as usual if you have a problem with a post.

The 'Flag as Offensive' tool will definitely be abused, at the very least by trolls. There was talk at one point of getting the post excerpts back, where the first few lines of every post are visible on the TAT. Seems to me this would make moderating much more easy than a flag tool.

Thanks for bringing back the 'Go to New' button!

I know I'm really asking for it here, but just to help me test, and since I can't flag my own posts, could a few of you flag some posts of mine (no one else's, just mine) so I can try out the feature and see how the e-mail notification system and such works?

Thanks!

Hmm, weird - can anyone see my "I know I'm really asking for it here" post (#65)?

I just tried the "remove post" feature from the abuse moderation area, but I still see the post...do the rest of you see it too, still?  Or is it just because I have moderator status that I can still see it but the rest of you can't?

Perhaps we could change the name of the button "TIPS" or "Rat".

Michelle wrote:

Hmm, weird - can anyone see my "I know I'm really asking for it here" post (#65)?

I just tried the "remove post" feature from the abuse moderation area, but I still see the post...do the rest of you see it too, still?  Or is it just because I have moderator status that I can still see it but the rest of you can't?

I could see it right after you posted (except on my computer it was post #64).  Then my internet crashed and now that I am back online it is gone!

Oh but when I am looking at posts sometimes a whole post will appear blank and then I scroll down and when I scroll up it is back in it't proper place.

Wait, so flagging as offensive is pointless at this point?

HOT POOP!

oldgoat, check out your right-hand menu.  It says "Abuse moderation".  Click on that and you'll find the posts.  I guess it doesn't e-mail us.  Which might be better, actually.

Diogenes wrote:

Cut / Paste / Line-wrap

The cut & paste mechanism on this site is a bit weird (and unnecessary IMO).  I too have been annoyed at how the line-wrap disappears after using the cut/paste dialog box.  I found that clicking on the Preview Comment button restores the line wrap and formatting back to what you are used to. I'm sure this is a temporary glitch. If they can't fix this, I can help.

Please accept his offer. Please, please, please.

Whoa!  Something is amiss.

Is anyone seeing things here normally?

its a little bit like being drunk while surfing. -- Cueball

We've been invaded!!

Does babble have a staging server or a test server?  Or do the techies just experiment on the production server?  With all due respect to the good folk who keep babble running, it's kind of traditional in the industry to test changes on a different box before pushing them into production.

...and we're back. Wahoo!

Correction: It WAS so weird. 

Snert wrote:

Does babble have a staging server or a test server?  Or do the techies just experiment on the production server?  With all due respect to the good folk who keep babble running, it's kind of traditional in the industry to test changes on a different box before pushing them into production.

It's also "kind of traditional" to pay tens of thousands of dollars for a site like this.

remind wrote:

What has happened to the rich text formatting? As the quoted reply response formatting is all fucked up now!

Is it still messed up?  It is working for me right now.

Weird.  I am using IE (6 I believe) and mine is working fine.  Also just tried my Safari and it is working fine to.

Cutting and pasting to quote from various sources in a single post has become a very frustrating task, now. Even right-clicking the mouse (which we never had to do before), you often have to click below where you want to insert, to avoid highlighting the entire phrase preceding the insert, thereby inadvertently erasing and inserting in place of it. Using ctrl-v and then having to use the 'insert text' window is a completely unnecessary step and also weirds up the text format.

In short, cutting and pasting now involves several extra steps, sometimes that you have to correct and repeat to get it right, that were never required before - and for no apparent reason or benefit - !?