Favorite comment/post bug

January 31, 2007 4:11 PM

If someone marks post number x as a favorite, and someone else marks comment number x as a favorite, they both end up on the same "n users marked this as a favorite" page, even though they're referring to different items.
posted by chrismear to Bugs at 4:11 PM (5 comments total)

For example, The PinkSuperHero marked post 13586 as a favorite. I then marked comment number 13586 (from post 1220) as a favorite.

Because the URL scheme has no way of distinguishing between a post number and a comment number, both favorites end up on this page: http://metatalk.metafilter.com/favorited/13586. And the 'Return to post' link now goes back to the old comment 13586 rather than the recent post 13586.
posted by chrismear at 4:11 PM on January 31, 2007

I prostrate myself for typing your name so shoddily in my excitement, ThePinkSuperhero.
posted by chrismear at 4:13 PM on January 31, 2007

::purses lips::
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 4:21 PM on January 31, 2007 [1 favorite]

Ah, I guess I didn't think collisions were likely, but I'll make a small change to fix that.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:37 PM on January 31, 2007

You really didn't think there would be collisions? U CANNOT B SERIOS.
posted by blasdelf at 11:39 PM on February 1, 2007