Greg

Is that a joke? August has been around here nearly as long as me. @Rebound lets cut that type of talk out.

Ok, thanks looks like I’m gonna have to resize the VPS. thanks!

OK, I made some serious changes to the database this afternoon (which caused some downtime, sorry about that), and these changes should solve most of the problems we were having before. @Michael Hardner, @Contrarian can you revisit the Unread Content page, you should not be getting any 504 errors anymore. If anyone else wants to try, please visit this page: https://repolitics.com/forums/discover/unread/ And report back success or failure. Thanks!

OK, I'll be booking some downtime sometime this week. I'll be resizing the VPS, which shouldn't take longer than 30 min. I'll post a notice shortly before I begin the process.

Ok, thanks for keeping me in the loop. I may need to resize the VPS that the site is running on, it looks like we're getting more traffic, and that's impacting server load.

Strange, I can't get this error to happen for me. Can you two clear your browser caches and try again?

That's odd, I've never gotten a timeout from this section. I just rebooted the server, please give it a try again, and see if this timeout still happens. Please update the thread again if it happens, and the exact time that you got a timeout. I can then check that against the logs.

There are too many daily posts to make this a good idea. There is already a feature that provides this functionality, it's available under the Activity tab: https://repolitics.com/forums/discover/ You can adjust that stream or make a new one, which would contain whatever you want to see. Not really, as copying and pasting isn't something that the forum software can manipulate. Copy and past functionality is a OS and or browser dependent function. Maybe look for an extension that provides what you want in your browsers extension library.

I was skeptical when I approved the posting. If anyone does call and this is a scam, please inform me and I'll remove the posting. It doesn't technically doesn't break any rules...

Poor attempt at creating a thread. This thread has been locked.

I actually didn't take it negatively... I figured @Nefarious Banana comments were firmly tongue in cheek. For the record, I think Charles did a great job here, and I miss him.

Ha, and you guys are surprised Charles needed to take a vacation? You twats are a lot of work

That’s a fairly accurate description, but it’s less about salary and taxes (but those do help), and more about overall lifestyle that certain areas of the US can provide. Agreed, Charles has decided to take some time off.

I did, however no longer.

Canada's relationship with China...? why the hell would I care what you have to say about Canada's relationship with China? You do realize that this forum/website isn't hosted in Canada, nor do I even live in Canada. And it would be a cold day in hell that I allowed any government to tell me what can and cannot be posted in these forums. I'd pull the plug before I ever allowed that type of nonsense. @Rebound and @ExFlyer are likely correct, you could have just triggered the banned word filter. I hate to burst everyone's bubble, but there isn't any sophisticated AI automatically moderating your posts... it's literally a "bad" word filter - if you use a specific word, your post is flagged for editing. I could have the post flagged for moderation, but than that just adds to me work load. For those who are curious, here is the current list of bad words:

Hmm, there should be a limit on the amount of downvotes a single poster can make. I'll look into this issue.

This is NOT a thread on the effectiveness of the shots. Stay on topic, or I'll start to delete off-topic discussions.

This thread is pointless. This type of content belongs in a club, not in the main forums. I've closed this thread.

This thread is now a pointless drivel of insults and ignorance. It's closed. Everyone that participated in this nonsense, do it again and you'll be taking a vacation.

I'm not going to target anyone, my statement was rhetorical. Just cut out the insults and police your own statements. It's as simple as that.

So you'd like me to censor you whenever I feel you've taken someone's statements out of context? I can do that, but I doubt you'll like the result.

I don't read all the forum postings, and I never will. It's not my job to police "context", nor do I think anyone should want me to. Judging context is a subjective call, and to have someone try to surmise everyone's statements for context would be unmanageable and require a level of censorship I would never consider. If someone takes something you said out of context, then call them on it. I also think you're perfectly capable of mounting a defense of what you said without resorting to petty insults. If they continue to misquote you, then place them on ignore or take the high road.

Your recent posts were approved and your account has been elevated to full status. i try my best to approve new members postings as quickly as possible. Any other questions, please post in the support section of the forums.

It was a genuine question, I wasn't trying to make a point.

But what does it actually say? Expressing displeasure doesn't necessarily need to be divisive.