Going Out of Style (Front Page)
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Today's article:
I just took a look, and there were 32 comments. Most were from random anonymous names that I don't recognize. There were two that I noticed from logged in users. One was someone I didn't recognize and the other was @Nagesh.
I know that a lot of you current people used to inhabit the front page nearly exclusively, but probably now never notice front page articles any more (like I never do). Here's an experiment to start a discussion on the FP article.
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I used to read Sidebar & front page. I still read front page sometimes, but not every day like I used to.
Also, cssphp files... shudder.
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I read it when I remember.
I have the Article category muted although those posts never reliably showed up for the ones which have comments on here anyway.
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There is something I have noticed in other forums: when a community has lots of in-jokes, "famous" users, etc. it's less likely for outside people to contribute. Of course it could also be the other way around.
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TDWTF is kind of insular, and Jeff was almost right about it, but it is possible for new blood to join, even if @blakeyrat don't like it.
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We've discussed that before. However, I've noticed more new (to the forums) faces recently as front page users trickle in.
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Likewise. You know they're new when they post a giant WTF IS THIS DICSOURSE SHIT and we're all, "CLOSED WONTFIX, that's so 3 months ago."
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I'm pretty sure there's a TVTropes thing about that, but I CBA'd to look for it because@Arantor said:
TDWTF is kind of insular, and Jeff was almost right about it, but it is possible for new blood to join, even if @blakeyrat don't like it.
I don't want to go spend the next 48 hours there.
Oh, by the way, I definitely had my cursor at the front of the post before clicking Quote and Discourse stuck it in the middle anyway.
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Last day without Discourse Bugs: null <t3387p8>
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I saw what you did there ninjaman
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There's not much to say on that story. It's not one of the better WTFs, in that the code is not actively demented, just a bit misguided…
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I generally still read the FP articles, I just haven't found anything worth commenting on in a while. In fact, the most recent one that was worth a comment (@blakeyrat's topic on his workplace) had already been discussed pretty extensively in the forum.
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I read it when I remember.
Yeah. I keep it open in a tab, but I don't always remember to look at it.
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TDWTF is kind of insular, and Jeff was almost right about it, but it is possible for new blood to join, even if @blakeyrat don't like it.
To be honest I must be the exception. I've been lurking around for a while and the Discourse switch is what made me finally register. Well, I did do it mostly to see if it FUBARs itself horribly in the process... Does that make me a bad person ?
Offtopic: What the hell is up with those smilies? ':(' looks like the poor guy just shat his pants...
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Offtopic: What the hell is up with those smilies? ':(' looks like the poor guy just shat his pants...
No the current meme is that he just walked in on his mother and/or father during an "intimate" encounter.
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No the current meme is that he just walked in on his mother and/or father during an "intimate" encounter.
I would post another smiley to respond to that but considering there is no (logical and accessible) way to bring up a list of them I shall not...
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I would post another smiley to respond to that but considering there is no (logical and accessible) way to bring up a list of them I shall not...
I think I linked to them in my profile if you click my name above this post.
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http://what.thedailywtf.com/t/full-list-of-currently-supported-emoji/605
Edit: DiscoRaceConditions. That showed up before @mott555's, but the order is reversed after reloading. Anyway, what I came back to say is that I keep that open in a tab for easy reference.
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To be honest I must be the exception. I've been lurking around for a while and the Discourse switch is what made me finally register. Well, I did do it mostly to see if it FUBARs itself horribly in the process... Does that make me a bad person ?
Offtopic: What the hell is up with those smilies? ':(' looks like the poor guy just shat his pants...
Me too, same reason. I believe @faoileag is in much the same category, going from front page anon-poster to actual member.
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@discoursebot you can't get a null from an integer field, @codinghorrorbot, do your thing.
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@Matches Is Doing It Wrong™<t3387p20>
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Dammit @codinghorrorbot.