Bugs and Suggestions

7-Feb-23 6:41

If we ask really, really nicely... can CP implement a user blocking feature? The social aspect to CP is wonderful. We all love it. Unfortunately, there will be clashes. From my understanding, we've lost the soapbox for this very reason.

But, as an alternative to removing forums, would CP ever consider adding a user blocking feature? A lot of other social sites have that to deal with harassment issues, and it would be a good way to allow users to handle the situation quietly.

If you're uncertain if the public would want this (I bet they do)... can always ask the question in a poll.

Soooooo.... can we get this? Huh? Huh? Please please please?

Jeremy Falcon

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Nelek7-Feb-23 10:06

7-Feb-23 10:06

Short answer: No

Longer answer:
thread for the same request[^]
Chris' answer with some insider details[^]

M.D.V.

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Jeremy Falcon7-Feb-23 10:54

7-Feb-23 10:54

Nooooooooooooooooooooo. Say it isn't so. Cry | :((

The thread view part would be easy enough to address at least. If you have say 10 messages in a nested chain but you have a user blocked in that chain, then the net effect would still render correctly, it's just the conversation may seem off as another user who hasn't blocked the same person may seem to be replying to a ghost. But we're smart enough to figure out what's going on (I hope Smile | :)

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What if at the very least we're able to stop notifications and "gray" out the posts for a blocked user?

I could be wrong, but IMO I don't think you'll find or keep top talent on these boards if you cannot stop folks from getting angry in their responses.

Jeremy Falcon

Nelek7-Feb-23 11:01

7-Feb-23 11:01

Jeremy Falcon wrote:
What if at the very least we're able to stop notifications and "gray" out the posts for a blocked user?

You can switch notifications off in your settings and you can ignore the message writen by whoever pretty easily.

As it is said: Two don't discuss, if one doesn't want to

M.D.V.

Jeremy Falcon7-Feb-23 11:26

7-Feb-23 11:26

But that's all notifications rather than per user right? I mean I get it if nobody wants to make this feature. Actually, I don't get it, but it's not my site. lol

Every other social site has this feature, sans SO. But, a little more granular control isn't a bad thing. Forcing people to deal with angry, immature folks isn't a discussion. It's a waste of energy and time and only gets in the way of real chats.

Jeremy Falcon

Nelek8-Feb-23 20:35

8-Feb-23 20:35

Jeremy Falcon wrote:
But that's all notifications rather than per user right?

Yeah, that's right.

I agree with you, that deactivating notifications of a "black list" should be a bit easier than the other options and worth a try.

M.D.V.

Slacker0078-Feb-23 1:51

Slacker007

8-Feb-23 1:51

Nelek wrote:
As it is said: Two don't discuss, if one doesn't want to

Ah, but that is where imaginary friends and enemies come in. Laugh | :laugh:

Nelek8-Feb-23 20:36

8-Feb-23 20:36

You forgot multiple personalities... those are a bit complicated to ignore too (see Tyler Durden in "Fight Club")

M.D.V.

0x01AA8-Feb-23 11:41

0x01AA

8-Feb-23 11:41

That's exactly the point... so far, communication has mostly worked without a blocking function. This is because most members simply ignore messages that are not interesting or that constitute an attack.

What distinguishes CP from other - mostly stupid social forums - is that CP's members have common sense and are able to filter out unwanted messages on their own.

I experience you as a very communicative person and I am convinced that you can simply ignore unwanted posts.

Jeremy Falcon9-Feb-23 2:22

9-Feb-23 2:22

0x01AA wrote:
What distinguishes CP from other - mostly stupid social forums - is that CP's members have common sense and are able to filter out unwanted messages on their own.

Sorry man, we're just gonna have to agree to disagree. My CP experience here has been just as many silly arguments. Granted, I may be the common denominator here. Laugh | :laugh:

0x01AA wrote:
I experience you as a very communicative person and I am convinced that you can simply ignore unwanted posts.

Thanks man. I did spend quite a few years in my 30s intentionally overcoming my fears of talking to people. And I know what you're saying makes intellectual sense, but I'm just surprised to see folks so vehemently against a blocking feature.

Programmers aren't any better, wiser, smarter, have less issues than non-programmers. Sometimes it's quite the opposite. We're just talking about a blocking feature to quietly handle situations that won't stop otherwise.

Thanks for the real chat though.

Jeremy Falcon

0x01AA9-Feb-23 8:37

0x01AA

9-Feb-23 8:37

I'm trying to stay real in this virtual/impersonal world. It's the longer the more just a try Wink | ;)

Nelek10-Feb-23 8:59

10-Feb-23 8:59

Jeremy Falcon wrote:
but I'm just surprised to see folks so vehemently against a blocking feature.

I am not against it, but neither for it.

I just (think that I) know all what Chris and the team work on CP and I think there are things more important that the block function.
If they find the time to implement it and to roll it out, take it for granted that I will gladly use it too.

M.D.V.

Jeremy Falcon12-Feb-23 4:00

12-Feb-23 4:00

Nelek wrote:
If they find the time to implement it and to roll it out

Sure, but that's also the #1 excuse people use when they don't want to do something. Everyone has the time, it's just a matter of priority. I'd be curious to see what a poll says rather than assume what people want or don't want. Because, this site is supposed to be about the people.

I mean, clearly we'll never agree, but this feature would've saved the soapbox. And who doesn't love a good argument to drive you up a wall? Laugh | :laugh:

Jeremy Falcon

Nelek12-Feb-23 10:30

12-Feb-23 10:30

Jeremy Falcon wrote:
I'd be curious to see what a poll says rather than assume what people want or don't want

Suggest a poll in the weekly survey...

Jeremy Falcon wrote:
but this feature would've saved the soapbox.

I don't really think so, there were people that liked and wanted to have a verbal fight.

M.D.V.

Jeremy Falcon12-Feb-23 4:03

12-Feb-23 4:03

And yeah, I do realize CP probably has a limited staff. But if we're being honest, this site (on the FE side at least) hasn't been updated in over a decade. So, you know...

Jeremy Falcon

Nelek12-Feb-23 10:32

12-Feb-23 10:32

Jeremy Falcon wrote:
hasn't been updated in over a decade.

Are you sure we are speaking about the same CP? Because I have noticed quite a bunch of changes and new features and not even needing to go back 10 years.

M.D.V.

Jeremy Falcon13-Feb-23 8:40

Daily News is broken again

13-Feb-23 8:40

I plead the fifth. Suspicious | :suss:

Jeremy Falcon

steve.tabler31-Jan-23 4:26

steve.tabler

31-Jan-23 4:26

I look forward to Daily News when I get up in the morning and go through my inbox. Today, when I clicked on the entry to read "Daily News - The state of WebAssembly 2022 and 2023", my email reader presented me with a blank white page.

My next option when a reading problem like this comes up is to use a button in my email reader to send the entire message to my browser. I did that, and I saw another blank white page.

My next option is to view the pages source using the browser. From that, I can see that there is considerable source, so you haven't sent me a blank page. I guess that's something. I have yet to analyze the page, and I'd rather not do it. But I think you should know that something broke since yesterday (Jan 30, 2023), and I'd appreciate it if you could fix it and re-sent today's Daily News.

Thank you.

Dave Kreskowiak31-Jan-23 9:28

Dave Kreskowiak

31-Jan-23 9:28

The link worked fine for me. It'll go through the CodeProject news link tracker, then forwards on to the 3rd party URL.

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steve.tabler2-Feb-23 6:15

steve.tabler

2-Feb-23 6:15

Interesting. Oh well. Since the email address used is a gmail address, I was able to log into the gmail account from a browser, and the trash folder had the specific Daily News in it, and it was readable. I put it in a folder there marked 'archive'. Then I forwarded a copy of it to my outlook.com email address. I was able to look at it at outlook.com via browser, so that was a good sign. I then switched to my pop3 client and I was able to download and view the forwarded Daily News message.

It had not occurred to me to search the trashcan on gmail in this manner, but now that it's happened once with success, I'll keep this in my strategies. Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Matthew Dennis1-Feb-23 6:12

Matthew Dennis

1-Feb-23 6:12

What email reader are you using?

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

steve.tabler2-Feb-23 6:36

steve.tabler

2-Feb-23 6:36

Your not going to like my answer. But it is Eudora 7.1.0.9, with the update from the Hermes group who recently produced a way to put in TLS1.2 compliance, and proper handling of certificates. There are many possible candidates for a replacement email client, but I haven't found one yet that I'm willing to try, and I have 20 years worth of email in over 400 email folders within Eudora that I preserve. The junk and spam I delete, but I have my own reasons for saving things that way.

The Hermes Group was established to take on the job of updating Eudora with the Computer History Museum's release of the Eudora source code to the public. Right away a difficulty arose in that the source required some 3rd party libraries that are neither free, nor open source, and not particularly available any longer. That seems to have caused a huge slowdown in the project of producing a new replacement. I've read that they have a version that compiles, but is unstable. Before they got started on actual work, I was one person they contacted to work on the new project. I declined as I had just started a new, large project and didn't consider myself 'available'. I still have a time constraint, and am not yet available. And my work flow at present time is not very efficient.

Please forgive the boldface, but it is easier on my eyes.

Regards,
Steve Tabler