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the old pppp had the ability to bump a thread without posting in it

Post by Void Chicken (?) » Mon Oct 30, 2017 11:02 pm

and nobody ever noticed

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Re: the old pppp had the ability to bump a thread without posting in it

Post by Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon Oct 30, 2017 11:04 pm

I could count on my hands the number of times it got used. I'd search the mod logs to be sure but they're gone now :rip:
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Re: the old pppp had the ability to bump a thread without posting in it

Post by drunkill (?) » Mon Oct 30, 2017 11:15 pm

*bump*
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Post by Mr. Big (?) » Mon Oct 30, 2017 11:18 pm

SomethingAwful used to have "shadow bans", where a user would be banned, but they wouldn't be notified about it, and they could still post, but nobody else would ever see them.

Once they figured this out, they realized that they could bump old threads, even if nobody sees their posts. So they started bumping years old threads in huge numbers.

SomethingAwful immediately got rid of shadow bans soon after :twi:

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Post by Quanta (?) » Mon Oct 30, 2017 11:19 pm

You call it a "shadow ban"; I call it "ghost posting" :ghost:
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Re: the old pppp had the ability to bump a thread without posting in it

Post by Perrydotto (?) » Tue Oct 31, 2017 6:19 am

I've been a mod in this place since ... I think 2013 or 14? And I never noticed this either. I'm a smart.
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Post by RIP Syndrome (?) » Sat Feb 02, 2019 1:48 pm

The newwwer pppp has a ability to bump threads while posting in them
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Re: the old pppp had the ability to bump a thread without posting in it

Post by The Ghost of Ember (?) » Sat Feb 02, 2019 3:21 pm

this just confirms my belief that phpbbs ui is garbage
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Re: the old pppp had the ability to bump a thread without posting in it

Post by Bigdog (?) » Sat Feb 02, 2019 7:31 pm

The Ghost of Ember wrote:
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this just confirms my belief that phpbbs ui is garbage
what do you expect when the name is also onomatopoeia for a fart

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Post by Skipper (?) » Sun Feb 03, 2019 12:44 am

That's some nasty-sounding farts my man.

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Re: the old pppp had the ability to bump a thread without posting in it

Post by Nautilee (?) » Wed Feb 06, 2019 7:07 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:
Mon Oct 30, 2017 11:04 pm
I could count on my hands the number of times it got used. I'd search the mod logs to be sure but they're gone now :rip:
ok but legit question, which your hand? irl you's hand or your sona's hands? :P

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Re: the old pppp had the ability to bump a thread without posting in it

Post by Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Feb 06, 2019 10:45 pm

Nautilee wrote:
Wed Feb 06, 2019 7:07 pm
ok but legit question, which your hand? irl you's hand or your sona's hands? :P
I remember it being used once in 2017, likely only once in PPPP before that, and possibly once way the hell back in LYAT. I wasn't intending to be cute with my wording back when I wrote that post, but even if I had I'd still be right. :twiright:
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Re: the old pppp had the ability to bump a thread without posting in it

Post by SlateSlabrock (?) » Thu Feb 07, 2019 6:17 am

The old PPPP had the ability to post as fast as you could mash submit using the quick reply.

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Re: the old pppp had the ability to bump a thread without posting in it

Post by Momo (?) » Thu Feb 07, 2019 1:05 pm

Bring back infinite quote nesting

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Post by Fizzbuzz (?) » Thu Feb 07, 2019 6:16 pm

Momo wrote:
Thu Feb 07, 2019 1:05 pm
Bring back infinite quote nesting
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Post by Nautilee (?) » Fri Feb 08, 2019 4:21 pm

LYAT just brings back horrible shivers for me, that was a miserable day.

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Re: the old pppp had the ability to bump a thread without posting in it

Post by ToastGhost (?) » Fri Feb 08, 2019 4:36 pm

I think I missed it having quit the forums by that point. :pinkieshrug:
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Re: the old pppp had the ability to bump a thread without posting in it

Post by Nautilee (?) » Thu Feb 14, 2019 6:37 pm

hrm, this is about to fall off the front page

noooope.

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