[Closed] Mods:Slow down you move too fast.

Boooo

So when posting on one thread then flipping tabs to post on another

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Do you rack all the threads up then go for a 147?

Drac whats the issue with that?
Josh yeah Of course.

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THE INTERNET NEEDS TO KNOW MY THOUGHTS RIGHT [u][b]NOW[/b][/u] GODDAMMIT!!!

NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yes whatever peter, its just to do with how fast you type/think.

Have you tried chamomile tea @dbc?

I did, but that stopped the keyboard from working at all. (Unless that was an oblique reference to having the painters in?)

Go for quality rather than quantity.

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Unless that was an oblique reference to having the painters in?)

eh, you what now?

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yes whatever peter, its just to do with how fast you type/think.

I wasnt aware that it was a race.

I wasnt aware that it was a race.

pfft, loser.

ive just read every thread on the front page.

ive prepared one word answers to each

ive got all the tabs ready.

Drac whats the issue with that?

No issue. Why are you in such a hurry that you need so may tabs open and feel the need to respond to each one?

Some of use just have a lot to give, baby.

This thread doesn't seem to tally with his posting history.

Yes I thought that too ^^ which says more about me than him/her sadly...

dbcooper != "feeling groovy"

Why are you in such a hurry that you need so may tabs open and feel the need to respond to each one?

Just have a break from work so have a quick browse and then bash a few replies out.

Anyway look it's not a major problem, sometimes you type fast, sometimes you don't. I am not sure why my personal morals come in to this. I just want to be able to reply at the pace that suits me. Your timer makes that lag sometimes, which is annoying and boring, you have the power to change that, is it too much to ask?

Re posting history - I have replied since so it wipes the time difference.
But there was a history on the hubs, this, and vice threads which was all around the same time.

Your timer makes that lag sometimes, which is annoying and boring, you have the power to change that, is it too much to ask?

The timer exists to stop spam bot and members overloading the forum. You only have to wait a short while before you can rush out that vital lol.

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The timer exists to stop spam bot and members overloading the forum. You only have to wait a short while before you can rush out that vital lol.

I originally thought the 'slow down' thing was to help prevent double posts, but yeah, it's probably an anti-spam measure. Without it a bot (or disgruntled user) could readily flood the forum with thousands of junk messages. For that reason alone I can't see it being removed.

However,

you have the power to change that

... even if I thought it was a good idea to remove it, we really don't have that power at all. The best we could do is ask the tech guys to review it (and you could do that yourselves if you so desired).

You sound very angry. Like one of those people who makes loads of noise when your typing.

Ever thought of slowing down a bit? I think you move too fast.

For that reason alone I can't see it being removed.

I said

but do you guys think you could reduce the delay time?

and you could do that yourselves if you so desired

Is that not what I did?

Slow down; you move too fast.

Bloody hell, you're a grumpy gills.

Translation=Get stuffed I can't be arsed to address user concerns.

Oh get over yourself. The translation is that it's there for a good reason which is critical to the stability of the forum and thus far more important than one person's impatience, and we've "addressed user concerns" by explaining this to you.

Translation=Get stuffed I can't be arsed to address user concerns. I weas considering paying for premier, not so sure now.

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Cougar - Moderator

Translation=Get stuffed I can't be arsed to address user concerns.

Oh get over yourself. The translation is that it's there for a good reason which is critical to the stability of the forum and thus far more important than one person's impatience, and we've "addressed user concerns" by explaining this to you.

I read that more as a comment on the quality of Drac's response, as opposed to your more reasonable explanation of why its there.

Oh get over yourself. The translation is that it's there for a good reason which is critical to the stability of the forum and thus far more important than one person's impatience, and we've "addressed user concerns" by explaining this to you.

What bollocks. I said at the beginning that

[b]I appreciate its an anti robot thing,[/b] but do you guys think you could reduce the delay time?

What you got was a query.

Oooh! You added a bit.

I hadn't considered it I reenforced why it exists.

But instead I got an electronic Eff U.

You really didn't did you?

What I got from drac was dissaproval and sarcasm.

there was more but he typed it too fast

I hadn't considered it I reenforced why it exists.

Calm down ; you mood too fast.

Back to Rationalworld Forum.

Which reinforces my translation.

OoooooK! 😐

Not in a mood, just mild irritation at being treated with contempt.

Is that not what I did?

Not to my knowledge. Let me explain.

The Moderators - whom you addressed in the title of the thread - do not have the power to fulfil your request, even if we agreed that it was a good idea, which I for one don't.

The Technical team - the ones who (unlike the volunteer Moderators) are actually paid by Singletrack to maintain and develop their web sites - do have this ability. You can email them directly at the tech@ address with your "concerns" should you require to be told "no" by the people who would actually be involved in making that decision rather than those who are just providing explanations and opinions.

[b]should you require to be told "no" by the people who would actually be involved[/b] in making that decision rather than those who are just providing explanations and opinions.

Jeebus! More contempt. Thanks. Please accept my apologies for asking a question. 😥

Look dude, the thing is it [i]is[/i] necessary for the forum, helps support the quality of the community/posts, and isn't a more than a minor inconvenience for the few people who encounter it.

Therefore, wholly reasonably, it's not going anywhere.

C'est la vie.

I didn't ask for it to be removed.

Don't want to derail a serious issue, but are embedded YouTube videos coming up as "this plugin not supported" for anyone else today/yesterday?

Ok lets put it another way.

We have 1000s of members on here who post regular, lots post several times in an hour. Yet you are the first person to express a problem with the anti-spam timer that is on the forum. You post infrequently but expect us to look at changing it for you. You then come up with the classic, "I was going to be a premier member but not now" which we see every now and then from people who either get a warning or get upset as the forum doesn't go their way.

So unless we start getting a lot of requests from different members to extend the anti-spam time I can't see the tech guys or the owners changing that.

I didn't ask for it to be removed.

OK - so how's about you suggest a value you think might work and then send that to the codemonkeys. In my experience you are likely to get either a reply of some sort or maybe, just maybe, your suggestion may get implemented.

Bear in mind that there is a reasonable chance the forum would get broken/spammed if the value was set too low and therefore there's going to be a very conservative attitude taken to such suggestions.

Is that not what I did?

I weas considering paying for premier, not so sure now.

Yet you are the first person to express a problem with the anti-spam timer that is on the forum.

I was going to renew my Premier account but dbcooper has put me off.

So unless we start getting a lot of requests from different members to extend the anti-spam time I can't see the tech guys or the owners changing that.

You could have said it was the tech guys he needed to email in the first place?

For what its worth, it annoys me when i spot a error in my post and hit edit, but need to wait a while before i can hit re-submit (by which point someone will no doubt have pointed it out), not annoying enough to start a post about it tho.

he may be the first to report it but certainly not the first to experience it

Yup I've experienced it. I just waited a bit.

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Don't want to detail a serious issue, but are embedded YouTube videos coming up as "this plugin not supported" for anyone else today/yesterday?

S/He could have said, "the timer has been proven to be excatly the right time to be fast enough for the user experience but slow enough to prevent the bots, we can't do anything about it sorry". IE proving that he had considered it.

No, he couldn't, because he doesn't know that (I don't think). He could have said, "the timer has been set by the site owners and is outside our control." Anything else beyond that is guesswork.

He doesn't owe you and your vapourware subscription any "proof," he's doing you a favour in replying at all. Of course he considered it, that's what we do.

We could raise it with the site owners, of course. However I trust that the timing has been set for a good reason, and I believe it works because if it was a real problem then we'd be sat here going "oh god, not this bloody issue [b]again[/b]". Therefore, in my opinion it's a non-issue and the Tech bods have far more pressing issues to be working on, so I shan't be bothering them with it.

Should other Moderators disagree - and they might, I only speak for myself - then they may well make a different decision and pass it on. But as I said earlier, if you don't like that decision, you can ask them directly yourself.

Android here too. Hmm. Ok, thanks, Phiiil.

I post a lot. I often see the 'too fast' message. I just wait, it's only about 30s I have to wait.

it annoys me when i spot a error in my post and hit edit, but need to wait a while before i can hit re-submit

Does it actually do that? I can't immediately see why that would be desired behaviour, that sounds more like a bug to me if so.

I'm keeping an eye [url= http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable ]over here[/url] for a follow up thread.

Oh well STATO, it could be worse 😉

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How to make friends and influence people!

The OP needs to cut down on his speed intake.
The OP also needs to realise that this forum is [b]free [/b]and is not just for their benefit.
Sure its a PITA to be told to slow down, but I understand the reasons why. Why get all het up about it like its a personal vendetta against them?

Does it actually do that?

Jeebus! More contempt. Thanks.

That's not contempt, it's sarcasm for humorous effect. Trust me, you'd know if it was contempt, I'd probably end up having to ban myself.

Don't mock premature postjaculation...it affects 11% of all stw non subscribers.

yep

Ok, that I am going to query, that sounds odd.

Don't want to derail a serious issue, but are embedded YouTube videos coming up as "this plugin not supported" for anyone else today/yesterday?

I thought Chrome has dropped support for Flash?

Hmmm! Not seen it happen with the edit post and I edit a lot due to my shit spelling and grammar.

win7/firefox 31.1.1 ESR here (in case it matters)
Hmm just tried to recreate the problem, loads of quick edits, no slow down message!

TBH you have misunderstood me. I'm not het up about the lag timer issue. I asked a question, a reasonable answer would have sufficed. I'm a bit taken a back by the contemptuous response thats all. For something that seems to be a non issue that there is little time to solve, the mods are happy to put lots of effort in to telling me why I am wrong to ask.

RE the premier issue. I'm a bit new here,only a year or so I think, and I didn't post that much. I started posting a lot more recently and thought I should give something back. I am a helpful person, many of my posts have been giving information and many asking for help. I always thank those who ahve helped me. Nevertheless I felt that a subscription might not be a bad idea. But if you get treated with contemept you think twice before handing your cash over. Yes it might seem petulant, maybe it is. But would you part with your hard earned cash if someone pissed you off?
Cougar - as a mod you are pretty rude you should wind it in.

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nah still fine

gofasterstripes - Member
Oh well STATO, it could be worse

Also, why do smilies not quote?

Don't know the context of that video still?

<edit>*as a quick glance at the title bar confirms 😉

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Just add a space either side of the 😀 or wharreva.

For a new bloke the OP is so STW that I think he deserves a gifted premier sub.

Just out of interest OP, do you usually have pudding after dinner?

Just add a space either side of the or wharreva.

Meant when you copy the persons text, it doesnt copy smilies, suppose technically that not a quote but copy issue. Can we start (another) thread bemoaning the lack of a proper quote function 😆

I can't decide if I prefer this thread or the 'angry bus user' thread from a few days ago. They are both pretty entertaining!

EDIT - Immediately edited to check if it allowed me - it did. No delay to editing of spelling misteaks, or other updates.

If the mods lock this thread, I'm cancelling my premier sub.

No delay to editing of spelling misteaks, or other updates.

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the mods are happy to put lots of effort in to telling me why I am wrong to ask.

You're not wrong to ask. You're wrong to expect volunteers to ask "how high" just because you say "jump."

Cougar - as a mod you are pretty rude you should wind it in.

Hm. As a [i]User[/i] I'm pretty rude, as a [i]Moderator[/i] I try very hard not to be.

I don't recall being rude on this thread other than arguably "get over yourself" which in hindsight was probably excessive. Sorry about that.

Meant when you copy the persons text, it doesnt copy smilies, suppose technically that not a quote but copy issue. Can we start (another) thread bemoaning the lack of a proper quote function 😆 ?

Fine here. Must be another part of the functionality that's stripped out for non-premier members.