Dean Lee
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Dean Lee
Posts: 133
7/21/2016
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I just thought the number/topic combo was cute/funny
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Kittenpox
Posts: 869
7/21/2016
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Dean Lee wrote:
I just thought the number/topic combo was cute/funny
It was, so don't be discouraged by the conversation which has followed. ^_^
(Though I'd often been wondering about that stuff myself, as I could never quite figure out how it decided when I'd read topics that had been updated.)
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Grenem
Posts: 2067
7/21/2016
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Kittenpox wrote:
Dean Lee wrote:
I just thought the number/topic combo was cute/funny
It was, so don't be discouraged by the conversation which has followed. ^_^
(Though I'd often been wondering about that stuff myself, as I could never quite figure out how it decided when I'd read topics that had been updated.)
my guess is a lot of arbitrary things.
I think it has the following bugs:
A) it's sensor for having read the thread is often inaccurate. whatever it is in doubt, it fails unread, rather than read. fair enough, but not how i'd want it. Multitabbing often casts it into doubt, as well as other things.
B) The developer of the forum didn't want new accounts to have [entire history of the forum] unread topics, and may have wanted X time unit purges as well, or accidentally included purges for the same reason. Some accounts never trip this, others trip it daily. probably related to browser, net provider, or something similar, since mine purges nightly, even if i stay logged in, while others do other things.
There's probably more things, but we know the forum is sub-optimal. take [the word that will wake you from the dream]. try to make a post with it- see what happens. That one is deliberate, but there are probably a lot of hasty patches like that one- like how, if you make a post, make a second post, edit the first one to contain [the word that will wake you from the dream], it will apparently delete the second post, instead of the first!
Dean Lee wrote:
I just thought the number/topic combo was cute/funny
It is. Personally, I have little love for "cute/funny", but then, if I were in charge of the forums, there'd be a subforum for analysis of /profitability/efficiency/optimization/, and most people go TL;DR for that stuff- I have no right to judge! If you'd have liked to read a thread on X, feel free to make one. As long as it's not on the decensored form of K*t*h*n supplies. in that case, don't make that. make one on cooking supplies in the neath instead.
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Belgravia
Posts: 4
7/21/2016
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I happened to send my very first ever post to the fl community in the middle of that __storm...
...mine was a fl beginner's question about economies...
... which got left unanswered and with my reputation ruined at 1 -1.
Happy days. I'm back to being consigned as a passive reader.
And, yes, I would like to read a subforum on the analysis of profitability/efficiency/optimisation, if such a forum existed.
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A Dimness
Posts: 613
7/20/2016
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That just means you should go through the forums more frequently.
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Grenem
Posts: 2067
7/20/2016
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Infinity Simulacrum wrote:
That just means you should go through the forums more frequently.
it resets daily, though, or my number would be much higher than 15 (since it includes SS forums, and i don't actually go there.) As such, hitting 77 is unusual and notable. It's still a silly post, but i don't think that mean either you or i have the right to rain on their parade.
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Mordaine Barimen
Posts: 670
7/20/2016
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If you have the forums tab closed, then quit out of your browser and restart, it will reset you to 0 unread topics. I use it when the number gets high enough to unreasonably irritate me.
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