Subtle changes, bugs and feedback

The header has gone a bit rogue

I think it was a blip while switching from light to dark. Ctrl+F5 to reload will sort it if it hasn't already fixed itself on your display.

Helped a bit on desktop but mobile is still off. Not a big issue though

Something broken a few mins ago?

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I never seem to get a notification if a new post, or a post I am following gets added/updated in the Cities & Places_Bristol section of the site. Is that some kind of bug or am I doing something wrong?

You only get an email notification if you tick "Notify me by email" otherwise follow just means it appears on your following page.

That option is checked for all of the Bristol section and for example the individual nightlife thread, I don't get an email for any new subject or any of the nightlife replies

Following a forum and asking for updates only tells you about new items in the forum.

You need to follow an item itself to get updates about the changes to the items themselves.

I made it that way to give people control and prevent it being overwhelming. Otherwise for most forums it's a constant stream of notifications with no controls to pick what you want to be updated about.

Would you mind putting a test post in this conversation please? Despite following it I am pretty sure I never received an email informing me of updates:

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/379384/#comment16760272

Database says it was sent.
Sendgrid says it was delivered.

Note also that email notifications are only sent once since you last visited a thread.

So... follow a thread and it gets a reply... what happens next is a choice:

1. You visit the thread... so the next reply also gets an email notification.
   
2. You do not visit the thread... so the next reply does NOT get an email notification.
   
   

The notification is "Has there been a reply since you last visited the thread?"... so if you don't visit the thread we have already sent the email for the first reply.

Got it thanks, apologies for what appears to have been a waste of time!

Black Logo?
I couldn't spot any posts about commemorating anything, maybe I just missed it.
Tried a couple hard refreshes.
Could also be one of my firefox plugins although they never used to be a problem? (ublock origin, privacy badger, privacy possum, decentraleyes, facebook container)

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https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/311907/?offset=200#16767016

Thanks for the reply. That's very sad indeed.

The link in this post points to somewhere else.

The link in this post looks the same, but goes to the correct place.

It's always been an issue with the forum that you don't know where links point to. Given how hot velocio is on security normally it's a bit surprising that the problem still exists.

this is nothing to do with that, this is a joke being played in the syntax of the post by the person who posted it.

It's because the links are obfuscated that they can do it though.

Oh.

Seems like it could be fairly easy to make that more malicious - it's not as if it's easy to check if the URL written is the one linked.

Because URL shorteners don't exist and someone making a joke would never use them 🤔

Sure

But at least you're then aware it may be a dodgy URL and can choose not to click it.

Hi guys, it has been a while but I just tried to read the forum from Russia and it seems like without the use of a VPN I don’t have the necessary permissions, why is that?

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https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16433997/

Blocking spam using location? Sorry but sounds like BS to me.