Whaddaya mean, "no new comments"? December 15, 2007 7:13 AM Subscribe
Yesterday when I visited MeFi for the first time, I got "no links and no comments posted since your last visit." I figured it was some momentary glitch. But the same thing happened today, so I'm wondering if anybody else has this problem. When I go to MetaTalk and AskMe, it has the correct number of new posts/comments. (Firefox 2.0.0.11 on Windows XP.)
That's what happens when you obsessively load and reload the site, isn't it?
Short of that, delete your cookies.
posted by Dave Faris at 7:37 AM on December 15, 2007
Short of that, delete your cookies.
posted by Dave Faris at 7:37 AM on December 15, 2007
THEY'RE COMING FROM INSIDE YOUR COMPUTER!
posted by dersins at 7:40 AM on December 15, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by dersins at 7:40 AM on December 15, 2007 [1 favorite]
Meanwhile, when I refresh AskMe, it's still telling me that threads I've already read are still new. Is this how it always is, and I just haven't noticed? (IE 60.0.2900somethingsomething, Windows 2000.)
posted by lizzicide at 7:45 AM on December 15, 2007
posted by lizzicide at 7:45 AM on December 15, 2007
We've changed it to only tally links and comments that meet your high standards, is all.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:51 AM on December 15, 2007 [7 favorites]
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:51 AM on December 15, 2007 [7 favorites]
Every time I look at AskMe there's about 80 new questions. It's restricting me male answer syndrome and I demand redress!
Sorry I have nothing useful to add to resolving your problem lh, other than another data point of someone it's not happening to (same FF on Ubuntu 7.10)
posted by Abiezer at 8:51 AM on December 15, 2007
Sorry I have nothing useful to add to resolving your problem lh, other than another data point of someone it's not happening to (same FF on Ubuntu 7.10)
posted by Abiezer at 8:51 AM on December 15, 2007
Meanwhile, when I refresh AskMe, it's still telling me that threads I've already read are still new. Is this how it always is, and I just haven't noticed?
There's a delay on the (new) system; we've talked about fixing it to really be realtime, but the current fuzzy solution (it works great if you visit only occasionally) is a lot less taxing than most of the alternative ideas we've seen, I think.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:52 AM on December 15, 2007
There's a delay on the (new) system; we've talked about fixing it to really be realtime, but the current fuzzy solution (it works great if you visit only occasionally) is a lot less taxing than most of the alternative ideas we've seen, I think.
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:52 AM on December 15, 2007
We've changed it to only tally links and comments that meet your high standards, is all.
No languagehat seems to be onto something. If I open Metafilter (automatically logging on with the cookie stored on my machine) I get "2 links and 65 comments posted since your last visit." (I have no standards at all so every new link counts with me.)
OK. So I close my browser (IE version whatever is the latest) and then immediately re-open it it should say "0 links and 0 comments posted" or at least (likely) some other number than "2 links and 65 comments" which is what the page returns.
Refreshing seems to work, and if I wait a bit before re-opening the page, it seems OK.
I assume closing the browser and re-opening it (and logging on with my cookie) registers with Matt's server as a new visit?
posted by three blind mice at 9:03 AM on December 15, 2007
No languagehat seems to be onto something. If I open Metafilter (automatically logging on with the cookie stored on my machine) I get "2 links and 65 comments posted since your last visit." (I have no standards at all so every new link counts with me.)
OK. So I close my browser (IE version whatever is the latest) and then immediately re-open it it should say "0 links and 0 comments posted" or at least (likely) some other number than "2 links and 65 comments" which is what the page returns.
Refreshing seems to work, and if I wait a bit before re-opening the page, it seems OK.
I assume closing the browser and re-opening it (and logging on with my cookie) registers with Matt's server as a new visit?
posted by three blind mice at 9:03 AM on December 15, 2007
On preview, cortex explains it.
posted by three blind mice at 9:04 AM on December 15, 2007
posted by three blind mice at 9:04 AM on December 15, 2007
We've changed it to only tally links and comments that meet your high standards, is all.
Well, that's a relief! I've only been asking for that pony for five years.
posted by languagehat at 10:13 AM on December 15, 2007
Well, that's a relief! I've only been asking for that pony for five years.
posted by languagehat at 10:13 AM on December 15, 2007
I know how you feel. The first time I visited MeFi seems like yesterday to me, too.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 10:14 AM on December 15, 2007
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 10:14 AM on December 15, 2007
Yesterday when I visited MeFi for the first time
Newb.
posted by srboisvert at 10:54 AM on December 15, 2007
Newb.
posted by srboisvert at 10:54 AM on December 15, 2007
It's spelled "noob," noob.
posted by Dave Faris at 10:56 AM on December 15, 2007
posted by Dave Faris at 10:56 AM on December 15, 2007
She turned me into a newb!
posted by yhbc at 11:18 AM on December 15, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by yhbc at 11:18 AM on December 15, 2007 [1 favorite]
i thought it was n00b.
posted by SeizeTheDay at 11:20 AM on December 15, 2007
posted by SeizeTheDay at 11:20 AM on December 15, 2007
Newbie, newb, noob, n00b - the variety of spellings reflects the marvelous diversity of the MetaFilter community. Or the inability to agree on anything.
posted by Cranberry at 12:00 PM on December 15, 2007
posted by Cranberry at 12:00 PM on December 15, 2007
Yes. He has to admit it. He's getting better all the time.
He couldn't get no worse.
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:13 PM on December 15, 2007
He couldn't get no worse.
posted by cortex (staff) at 2:13 PM on December 15, 2007
What, for I should call it n00b, nu?
posted by Falconetti at 8:30 PM on December 15, 2007
posted by Falconetti at 8:30 PM on December 15, 2007
For anyone who's having trouble reading that, replace it by 牛B. Hope that helps.
posted by languagehat at 10:49 AM on December 16, 2007
posted by languagehat at 10:49 AM on December 16, 2007
n(oYo)bies!
posted by flabdablet at 9:37 PM on December 16, 2007
posted by flabdablet at 9:37 PM on December 16, 2007
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posted by ersatz at 7:25 AM on December 15, 2007