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CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,444 Points:1,561,975 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 3:46:45 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse FYI: If you post more than 79 identical characters in a row in a forum msg, the text is replaced by "text deleted". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and one more gives text deleted

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scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,170 Points:3,249,620 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: May 31, 2012 6:52:39 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse "but by no means should it be moved to JFF." Then where because it doesn't belong here.
kwzh Champion Author San Jose Posts:20,631 Points:3,679,550 Joined:Jul 2001	Message Posted: May 31, 2012 5:18:38 AM Ignore kwzh Report Abuse Since the thread in question was not recent, it doesn't surprise me that the offender(s) had been forcibly removed. And since it's a non-current thread in the JFF category, it's already effectively dead -- there's no point in taking any further action about it. As for this thread, it was originally an issue about anomalous site behavior, though the details of the anomaly turned out to be incomplete. If there's nothing more to say about it, then we can stop discussing it and let this topic sink -- but by no means should it be moved to JFF.
SUVFan Champion Author Columbus Posts:13,879 Points:1,630,650 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: May 30, 2012 4:37:49 PM Ignore SUVFan Report Abuse I followed maxstar's link and note that we will not be seeing any more posts from the gbs listed in GasBuddy's post: We're Sorry. We can not find member profile "MdManII". We're Sorry. We can not find member profile "CryBabyOH". We're Sorry. We can not find member profile "flagman".
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,444 Points:1,561,975 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: May 30, 2012 3:47:51 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse A string of hypens, for example, could be used as a separator between parts of a posting. Not knowing the rule, I did that only to find a few days later that what I had posted was "text deleted". Knowing the rule would have prevented that. Hence I published it. Just tuck it away in that part of your brain where you have saved "never put your elbow in your ear." maxstar: That LOL post doesn't fit the rule, because it holds only for strings of over 79 chars that have no spaces in them. kwzh is right; the rule does not require repeated characters; any string whatsoever exceeding 79 that does not have embedded spaces will trigger the rule. [Edited by: CampKohler at 5/30/2012 3:52:09 PM EST]
GoGoGoodyear Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:2,048 Points:505,335 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: May 30, 2012 5:24:07 AM Ignore GoGoGoodyear Report Abuse String limits are a common safety feature for many programs that expect user input. The limit prevents a possible exploit of the program code that could result from purposely overflowing the buffer area that stores the user input. GB also removes extra consecutive spaces in inputs. It's unfortunate because there is no way to format a post, GB does not accept html other than a url and no graphics. All that plus no decent search system and only displaying the most recent ~400 posts makes me think that GB does not really want too much posting or user to user communication as much as displaying prices. As to the link (repeats) posted by maxstar, why hasn't that user and all it's aliases been blown away along with all those useless posts? I consider it a violation of the GB TOS (to use the website or it's features in a way that interferes with the operation of the site) regardless that those posts are in JFF.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,170 Points:3,249,620 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: May 30, 2012 5:14:18 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse "If you mean the one in maxstar's link, it seems it's already in JFF. If you mean the topic we're currently posting to, I see no grounds for that." Yes I mean this one. What does this have to do with "Talk Back To Us"? Who posts 79 identical characters in a row in any category but JFF? And honestly, who cares? [Edited by: scoutmaster at 5/30/2012 5:14:46 AM EST]
kwzh Champion Author San Jose Posts:20,631 Points:3,679,550 Joined:Jul 2001	Message Posted: May 30, 2012 1:28:39 AM Ignore kwzh Report Abuse Actually, it still is any long string of non-blank characters. CK's observation was just a special case of it. [Edited by: kwzh at 5/30/2012 1:28:46 AM EST]
jrsva Champion Author Virginia Posts:9,835 Points:1,609,325 Joined:Jan 2006	Message Posted: May 30, 2012 1:01:03 AM Ignore jrsva Report Abuse It used to be that any string of 80 or more characters without a space would result in “text deleted.” This meant that many URLs were not allowed, forcing folks to use tinyurl.com if they wanted to post a link to a long URL. I suspect that a programming update changed it from any 80-character string to an 80-same-character string. Why such a rule is necessary at all eludes me.
kwzh Champion Author San Jose Posts:20,631 Points:3,679,550 Joined:Jul 2001	Message Posted: May 30, 2012 12:53:46 AM Ignore kwzh Report Abuse Gas_Buddy writes, > I'm fascinated by three members' posting. Actually, they seem to be three incarnations of a single person. scoutmaskter writes, > Moderators please move this to JFF. If you mean the one in maxstar's link, it seems it's already in JFF. If you mean the topic we're currently posting to, I see no grounds for that.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,170 Points:3,249,620 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 10:33:41 PM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse Well, this should be in the same category as those other moronic topics. Moderators please move this to JFF.
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:25,948 Points:3,030,065 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 9:03:12 PM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse I was going to ask why would anyone want to/need to/feel the need to post more than 79 identical characters in a row but thpen I checked the link maxstar posted. I'm fascinated by three members' posting. mdmanil Posts:153 Points:500 CryBabyOH Posts:414 Points:785 flagman Posts:684 Points:500 I'm not sure what's worse; the points to posts ratio, or simply the inane repeititious posting. Not that I75at7AM's repeated posts and containing the repeated posting of the number "42" is any better, but at least I75at7AM has posted gas prices. That's not, however, justification for the inane posting. Somewhere along the way, the moderators need to do something with those members and that thread, but I don't want to appear like I'm imposing my will suggesting anything like that.
maxstar Champion Author Chicago Posts:18,465 Points:806,620 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 6:47:06 PM Ignore maxstar Report Abuse That still would not stop topics like that below from being "discussed", but it would be nice if it did. Hard to believe server space is wasted saving that stuff. repeats [Edited by: maxstar at 5/29/2012 6:49:47 PM EST]
MARIOWERX Champion Author Vancouver Posts:15,910 Points:1,635,760 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 5:10:15 PM Ignore MARIOWERX Report Abuse Do you have something to post 80x or more in a row?