These are the Win changes since the last update post:
- fixed pagination in search (previously would lose the sort option)
- switched caching from Caffeine to Redis (and then dealt with the intermittent issues it caused in various places such as inbox and, rarely, posts)
- improved title suggest function (it's a bit slower, but supports a wider variety of sites, including those protected by Cloudflare)
- fixed issue where embeds would double instead of close if 'expanded' when auto expand embeds is enabled
- adjusted the image uploading error messages to better indicate what is wrong, as well as allow you to try uploading again without refreshing the page
- fixed issues with some servers being unable to connect to the media upload server
- csrf changes to reduce error rates when submitting content after extended periods of inactivity (fetch csrf from cookie rather than HTML, in case cookie was updated after page load in another tab)
- fixed an issue where you could potentially jump between servers every 30 minutes or upon IP change (now you will stick to one server unless it goes offline, by cookie)
- fixed an issue where expanding a comment thread would also try to jump it into view - expanding a comment thread should not jump the page.
- following an issue with the above change, later fixed issue where collapsing a comment thread would jump way further down (the point to which it should jump to was being calculated prior to the thread collapsing)
- fixed an issue where the site would be temporarily unavailable for 1-2 minutes every few hours for automated backups (which, at high traffic times, could have a knock-on effect when a flood of users are trying to get back in)
- updated ToS wording
We're also working on the stability during press briefings. Beyond the automated backups which were mentioned in the above changelogs, performance has remained good for the past two days of briefings.
Another update will be coming tomorrow.
Leave your feedback, bug reports, and suggestions in the comments. Upvote the suggestions that you agree with most. We'll use this as an indicator of what's most important.
SHILLS/TROLLS:
They are very clever. They stay under the radar as Trump supporters, while they sabotage us with their obnoxious behavior. I'm so tired of encountering their snarky, insulting, contentious, mean-spirited comments!
They get plenty of downvotes, and deports, but they are still much too visible. On reddit, we had a downvote threshold, where downvoted comments would not display. Default was -4.
I'd like to have a site-wide default of -4, and if it's -10, an automatic removal.
I seriously think we need to limit and discourage this childish, obnoxious bickering in the threads; it's a really bad look and gets to the point where it's discouraging to read and contribute to the comments.
Watching the shills get shit on is fun though. I know when I see a -40 comment I'm going to see a bunch of hilarious replies afterwards.
LOL I know, well we can still shit on them a bit before they go under. (Guilty secret: I have once or twice, upvoted them so I could mess with them a little more)
Could a shill with lots of accounts/a bunch of shills game the system, targeting a specific comment and have it automatically removed through down-votes? If so, I am not certain about that being a good change.
Not displaying is not as bad.
That's not impossible, but from my close and constant observation, it is very nearly impossible. Good comments get upvotes; hardly ever see them go negative. But you have a good point.
I’d be in favor of giving users the ability to selectively shadow ban other users based on negative points.