Toaster inconsistency
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I don't know if this has been reported before or not, it isn't something I have spent vast quantities of time Discosearching for.
If you have a topic say 10 days old, replying to it normally will give you the toaster.
Quoting a post or whatnot does not produce the toaster.
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No repro.
I tested on this:
http://what.thedailywtf.com/t/just-testing/1853Clicking the bottom Reply button, the posts’ Reply buttons, or selecting and quoting all produce the dreaded toaster. It only appears when the reply box pops up, tough; not on subsequent quoting/replying operations if it was closed in the meantime.
Am I missing something?
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Oh wait, I just checked.
In this case, I was replying to a post from 10 days ago, but the topic itself was only 5 days old at its last post.
So my bad for getting this one wrong - but there's still a question: if you're replying to a post that old, it is still inconsistent to not get a toaster, surely?
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So my bad for getting this one wrong - but there's still a question: if you're replying to a post that old, it is still inconsistent to not get a toaster, surely?
I think that depends on the site settings. You'll have to ask our only currently active admin about that.
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I think the current way is good. The low (7 day) threshold we have is more or less a joke about the thing to begin with.
I mean, I guess there's necroing an old thread and replying to something early from an active thread. They're similar, but different.
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Yes, but my point is that it seems Discoursistent. I suspect it is merely an edge case Jeff didn't think of rather than a deliberate design decision.
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Yes, but my point is that it seems Discoursistent.
I know, and I'm disagreeing with you on this one.
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Fair enough.
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The low (7 day) threshold we have is more or less a joke about the thing to begin with.
It is. The default is 180 days.
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You may be running into the part where it will only tell you once.
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No, Boomzilla's explanation was correct on this one.