Tally: Forum Annoyances II

Saccadic wrote:

4,5,6,11

neb-c wrote:

nothing really

I don't think there is enough censorship, the most annoying posts are those that are supposed to be banned, recentlly we have had religious forum topics and one on drugs.

Artfizz wrote:

xMenace wrote: Youtube video embedding

They can be somewhat intrusive.

Loomis wrote:

1 and 2. To some degree 4.

Here's another one. People who post puzzles that aren't puzzles. There can be a number of things wrong with them:

-- no solution coded in the puzzle

-- no unique solution

-- the solution moves aren't even good moves

kco wrote:

Loomis wrote;

-- no solution coded in the puzzle

 I thought that was ok, is a bit like a puzzle from newspaper. Use your head to work it out. Or would you prefer someone say " mate in one", "white win in three moves" etc..?

Loomis wrote:

It's fine to post a diagram as a puzzle without giving the solution. But if you use the puzzle utility, it looks like there will be a solution coded in. So, when I think I have it solved, I try to make the move on the board and it says "incorrect". So I try to figure out what was wrong with my move. Eventually, I can't figure out this puzzle! It must be a super tough one! No, it just doesn't have the solution coded in, I had the thing solved 10 minutes ago, but thought I was wrong because it told me "incorrect".

lilybetrice wrote:

Arty admit it, you are fanatical...

artfizz wrote:

If the OP deletes his or her original post, all of the subsequent discussion is lost. Equally, if the OP closes his or her account, the same thing happens.  

Spiffe wrote:

Too many people posting just to create drama needlessly, and to hear themselves talk.  Case in point.

And the moderators do a fine job.  Far better to ban the trolls than let them continue to poison an otherwise pleasant community.

artfizz wrote:

Spiffe wrote: Too many people posting just to create drama needlessly, and to hear themselves talk.  Case in point. ...

I'll just add myself to the list of annoyances.

kco wrote:

Art if some people's post is deleted, understandable that the discussion is lost, but some posts maybe necassary be removed because it may contained offensive materials/languages.

At the same time I do agreed when someone closed theirs account, theirs whole posts goes with them, I do find it annoying.

aadaam wrote:

I'll vote for number nine but they're all good points.

artfizz wrote:

A very annoying bug when posting in the forums is that URLs sometimes disappear.  This seems particularly prone to happening when EDITing an existing post, and when the fontsize used for the link is smaller than the fontsize used for surrounding text.

There are a number of workrounds that I have found:

1. Any post that is using links, create it in MS Word - so that you have a master copy - then paste it in. (You may need to reedit it after submission to remove HTML gunk).
2. Make sure all of the text and the links are the same size, and the same font (e.g. Verdana, size 3 [about 12 point])
3. Try separating the links from the text
4. References to certain websites seem particularly sensitive. They may be being blocked explicitly by chess.com. Alternatively, the URL may contain dodgy characters. In these cases, remove the linkage and just leave the link in plain text e.g. http: //photo.net/philosophy-of-photography-forum/00DnuX  (sometimes, these get converted automaically back into links. In that case, leave a space after the ':')
5. Attach the link to some neutral text. So, instead of using http://www.chess.com directly in the text of the article, just use chess.com. Then use the forum editor to associate a link with that text.

artfizz wrote:

19. Creation, update & quoting of TABLES is poorly supported.

20. If someone deletes his or her post from the MIDDLE of a discussion, there is no record of it and subsequent posts get renumbered and may no longer make sense.

artfizz wrote:

21. If you click back through a topic in the middle of creating a post, everything that you have written gets thrown away.

Loomis wrote:

artfizz wrote:

21. If you click back through a topic in the middle of creating a post, everything that you have written gets thrown away.

This is why Jesus (or some other smart guy) invented "open in new tab".

Although my experience is that if I navigate away from a post I'm making and use the back button to get back to the page I was posting on, everything I've written is still there. I wouldn't rely on this behavior, but it has saved me after an "oops" moment.

CzarWithinMoons wrote:

"Who's your favorite player?"

"do you mean the best or my favorite?"

"Good point, there might be a distinction."

"I choose THE SAME TEN PLAYERS THAT ARE LISTED EVERY TIME SOMEONE ASKS THIS QUESTION."

Loomis wrote:

CzarWithinMoons wrote:

"Who's your favorite player?"

"do you mean the best or my favorite?"

"Good point, there might be a distinction."

"I choose THE SAME TEN PLAYERS THAT ARE LISTED EVERY TIME SOMEONE ASKS THIS QUESTION."

You're wrong, it's Fischer.

artfizz wrote:

22. The titles of forum topics cannot be subsequently corrected or changed.

(Actually they can - it's just hidden! pdela wrote:  Manage Content from your Profile page;  action->edit)

(but the URL doesn't change).