Replies

1. 
   JDRHI | Sep 16, 2003 05:14am | #1

   You got more than one screen name here at BT? Had a buddy use my computer to access BT the other day....took almost twenty four hours for his thread to post. I`ve never had any such problems in the past, usually takes minutes. Dunno if it has anything to do....just an observation.

   J. D. Reynolds

   Home Improvements

   "DO IT RIGHT, DO IT ONCE"

1. 
   Frankie | Sep 16, 2003 05:51am | #2

   I don't have more than one identity at Breaktime. But I did get a new computer this summer (IMAC). I am posting this post with my old umit to see if I get different results.

   Thanks for the idea.

   F

1. 
   AndyEngel | Sep 16, 2003 03:02pm | #6

   We have filters in place that require a moderator to approve the first post of any new poster. If we have any doubts about that poster, we leave the filter on and approve their individual posts until we're satisfied. During business hours, first posts usually aren't delayed for more that a couple of hours. After 5 and on weekends, unless one of us happens to check in, new posters won't see the light of cyberspace until the next business morning.

   New posters can also be old regulars who haven't checked in for a time. We're sorry for the inconvenince, but these steps were necessary to cut down on trolling.Andy Engel, The Former Accidental Moderator

1. 
   JDRHI | Sep 16, 2003 03:33pm | #8

   So long as I`ve got your attention, perhaps you could explain a problem I`m having of late. When logging in, I direct the menu to "unread messages to me". For the past month or so, one by one, threads with messages to me but are inactive are popping up along with the new ones. I currently have three "dead" discussions appearing every time I access the "unread" section. Initially I tried putting the threads on ignore, to no avail. Its the same three, hauntiing me daily. Any suggestions?

   Thanks!J. D. Reynolds

   Home Improvements

   "DO IT RIGHT, DO IT ONCE"

1. 
   IMERC | Sep 16, 2003 04:22pm | #12

   Me too. 

   Who ever invented work didn't know how to fish....

2. 
   AndyEngel | Sep 16, 2003 04:26pm | #13

   I've asked Mark to look into the problem. Remember, I'm not the techie here. Andy Engel, The Former Accidental Moderator

3. 
   JDRHI | Sep 16, 2003 06:44pm | #15

   Thanks Andy...I only asked you because I really didn`t know where else I might direct such a question....and `cause I figgered you probably have nothing better to do anyhow.  {G}J. D. Reynolds

   Home Improvements

   "DO IT RIGHT, DO IT ONCE"

4. 
   Luka | Sep 16, 2003 08:25pm | #16

   I had the same experience, back when Boss posted for the first time about the same sort of experience.

   I got rid of the threads by opening them, and taking the time to scroll down through the entire thread without re-reading it. The software doesn't care whether you take a half second to "read" an entire screen, or ten minutes. It just has to be convinced that you did indeed, look at the entire thing.

   A good heart embiggins even the smallest person.

   Quittin' Time

5. 
   JDRHI | Sep 17, 2003 03:32pm | #18

   Thanks Luka....I`ll give that a try, although I`m almost certain I tried that with at least one of the threads.

   As for coming across messages posted to me that are not listed as such..I used to notice that prob. quite often, not so much anymore. That one used to annoy me a bit as I don`t want someone to think I`m intentionally ignoring them.J. D. Reynolds

   Home Improvements

   "DO IT RIGHT, DO IT ONCE"

6. 
   Luka | Sep 18, 2003 12:11am | #25

   That's exactly the reason it bothers me.

   I don't want to miss something that someone has gone to the trouble of posting to me, and I really don't want them to think I am intentionaly ignoring them.

   Otherwise, I really wouldn't care so much. It would just be a matter of adjusting.

   A good heart embiggins even the smallest person.

   Quittin' Time

7. 
   JDRHI | Sep 18, 2003 07:03pm | #26

   Tried the "scroll through" discussion attack.....even placed threads on ignore....to no avail, except now when they pop up under "unread messages to me", they carry the thumbs down (ignore) stamp. Actually kind of humorous.J. D. Reynolds

   Home Improvements

   "DO IT RIGHT, DO IT ONCE"

8. 
   Luka | Sep 19, 2003 12:03am | #27

   ROFLOL

   Well, I'm at a loss.

   I think you need to offer the super, (Mark), a bribe. Did you forget to give him a christmas present last year ?

   : ) 

   A good heart embiggins even the smallest person.

   Quittin' Time

9. 
   Luka | Sep 16, 2003 08:32pm | #17

   BTW: I check the "messages to me" immediately, every time I come in here, as well.

   While I no longer have the above problem, I am seeing posts to me... not show up in that search.

   I do the search, and it finds one, a few, or none, whatever. I read what it presents, then move on to an "all" threads. In reading through, I am as likely as not, to find another post to me in there somewhere. A post that is hours old, (sometimes, days...), not just the minutes that it took for me to do what I have just done...

   A good heart embiggins even the smallest person.

   Quittin' Time

10. 
    GoldenWreckedAngle | Sep 17, 2003 03:56pm | #19

    That's been happening with me since the switch to heightened security too.Kevin Halliburton

    "I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity."  - I.M. Pei -

11. 
    BossHog | Sep 17, 2003 04:15pm | #20

    Seems to that MY posts are getting in slower also.

    But I figure they're just keeping an eye on me after the "Tree Hugger" picture.............(-:How do you tell a Communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin. [Ronald Reagan]

2. 
   marv | Sep 16, 2003 03:51pm | #9

   What's trolling?"It doesn't take a lumber jack to climb a fallen tree"

   Marv

1. 
   BossHog | Sep 16, 2003 04:18pm | #11

   A troll is a troublemaker - Someone who comes in with the deliberate attempt to disrupt the forum.

   We've had a lot of proplems in these forums.

   Here are a couple of links:

   http://members.aol.com/intwg/trolls.htm

   http://www.lisaviolet.com/cathouse/troll.html

   http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/troll.htm

   ANYONE in YOUR organization is ALWAYS right if opposed by an outsider. Even if your soldier is wrong, he is right; that can be straightened out between the two of you later [V, in "The Mafia Manager"]

3. 
   BossHog | Sep 16, 2003 04:14pm | #10

   Seems like the new moderation policy has worked well. No problems for some time.

   BTW - I'm having the same problem as Jaybird.I was thinking I might be ignorant or apathetic. But I don't know and I don't care.

4. 
   BillHartmann | Sep 16, 2003 05:00pm | #14

   Last week (Thursday or Friday I think) I went to start a new thread in the Tavern. It did not show up and thinking that I made a mistake reposted about 45 min later. Then about an hour later the first one shows, but the 2nd one was still MIA. It was about another hour before the 2nd one showed up.

   I wonder if from time to time the "newbie" flag is getting set for non-new persons.

5. 
   rjw | Sep 17, 2003 06:40pm | #21

   Andy-

   FWIW, sometimes I have posts (responses) get posted immediately -sometimes it seems to take awhile (>a few minutes.)

   Also, sometimes it seems to take much longer for the server to dish up a page.

   I wonder if your host's servers are edging towards overload?

   _______________________

   Why Don't Blind People Like To Sky Dive?

   Because it scares the bejabbers out of the dog

   Your mileage may vary ....

1. 
   Piffin | Sep 17, 2003 06:54pm | #22

   I can pretty well gaurantee that is the case, Bob.

   It goes much faster at 1;30 AM than at 3:30 PM. Sometimes I have to hit the post button four or five times lately to get it up..

   Excellence is its own reward!

2. 
   Mugsy | Sep 17, 2003 07:52pm | #23

   It goes much faster at 1;30 AM than at 3:30 PM. Sometimes I have to hit the post button four or five times lately to get it up.

   I bet if you put a nice picture above that post button, you'll get it up much quicker!!

3. 
   Piffin | Sep 17, 2003 08:24pm | #24

   Groan!

   Either I'm a genius at subliminal meassaging or somebody has a dirty mind.

   ;).

   Excellence is its own reward!

2. 
   JDRHI | Sep 16, 2003 03:23pm | #7

   That being the case, along with Andy E`s post, perhaps the filter was having trouble recognizing your old PC.J. D. Reynolds

   Home Improvements

   "DO IT RIGHT, DO IT ONCE"

2. 
   Ruby | Sep 16, 2003 06:02am | #3

   Sites can have filters in action that will delay posts with words that don't pass them and wait until a moderator will look at them and approve them for posting.

   That may be why, if this site has such filters, some posts take longer to post than others.

   Just a guess.:-)

1. 
   ccal | Sep 16, 2003 09:52am | #5

   I think that they did something like that here but it only effects new posters, but that could have been another site im thinking of.

3. 
   andybuildz | Sep 16, 2003 09:48am | #4

   Thats weird......everytime I post something it comes up first saying, "you again"?...lol

    The way we regard death is critical to the way we experiance life.

   When your fear of death changes, the way you live your life changes.

   http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM