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[Kerbinchaser]

1 hour ago, Vanamonde said:

Note that system admins can read anything on the forum, whether reported or not. 

A report cannot be attached to a member account. Only to a specific post or PM. 

Aha okay. So would that include you or not because you're a "lead moderator?"

[Vanamonde]

Maybe. 

[Lisias]

Has the amount of likes 'per day' changed lately? I'm not exactly trigger happy on "liking" things, but I'm getting a lot of "Sorry, you cannot add any more reactions today." in the last two days, and it's a long time since I saw that for the last time.

(wondering if that painkillers for the tooth are affecting me and turning me into… A SOCIAL BEING?????)

[Vanamonde]

1 hour ago, Lisias said:

Has the amount of likes 'per day' changed lately? I'm not exactly trigger happy on "liking" things, but I'm getting a lot of "Sorry, you cannot add any more reactions today." in the last two days, and it's a long time since I saw that for the last time.

(wondering if that painkillers for the tooth are affecting me and turning me into… A SOCIAL BEING?????)

Count them next time. Shouldn't have changed. 

[Delay]

1 hour ago, Lisias said:

turning me into… A SOCIAL BEING?????

I'm sorry, that's not allowed here.

[StrandedonEarth]

On 4/12/2019 at 11:14 AM, adsii1970 said:

Not quite like that, although a good idea.
I think they felt it would be easier to bring me on board the moderator team so they could keep an even better eye on me. Oh, and to force me to behave now since I'm a moderator and because of that, I wear a more prominent target!

In all seriousness, however, it is a tremendous honor to have been recruited to be a moderator for this community. I'm glad to be able to give back to an Internet-based society which has come to mean so much to me.  We are Kerbals!

Ah, the government way. If you can’t beat’em, recruit’em!

[RealKerbal3x]

Are the notifications that come up on the 'featured livestreamers' box automatic, or do the forum admins do it themselves?

[Ultimate Steve]

Who manages the @SQUAD account?

[Vanamonde]

3 hours ago, RealKerbal3x said:

Are the notifications that come up on the 'featured livestreamers' box automatic, or do the forum admins do it themselves?

I think it can be automated or done manually. 

1 hour ago, Ultimate Steve said:

Who manages the @SQUAD account?

Several Squad staffers have access to it, but the posts are usually written and submitted by the CMs. 

[HansonKerman]

When are posts pinned?

[Vanamonde]

12 minutes ago, HansonKerman said:

When are posts pinned?

When we decide something is of enough interest to enough people to warrant making them easier to find. 

[Guest]

Hello, is it possible for a moderator allow someone to edit a specific post that isn't theirs? I'd like to add game masters to my number wars post, but the Game masters must be able to edit it

[Vanamonde]

41 minutes ago, Aperture Science said:

Hello, is it possible for a moderator allow someone to edit a specific post that isn't theirs? I'd like to add game masters to my number wars post, but the Game masters must be able to edit it

Nope. That is not within our abilities. 

[Geonovast]

I don't suppose it's possible to disable nested spoilers.

[Vanamonde]

48 minutes ago, Geonovast said:

I don't suppose it's possible to disable nested spoilers.

No, but you could just opt not to click on them.  

[Mr. Peabody]

19 hours ago, Vanamonde said:

No, but you could just opt not to click on them.  

Not click on a nested spoiler? No human alive can resist that... Therefore we now recognize you to be a robot.

[StrandedonEarth]

19 hours ago, Vanamonde said:

No, but you could just opt not to click on them.  

Oh sure, it may as well be labelled "Don't Click this!"

[CatastrophicFailure]

47 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said:

Oh sure, it may as well be labelled "Don't Click this!"

That would mean it was locked, tho. 

[qzgy]

Oh hey question - what happened to the great forum test thread? It appears to have just disappeared...

[FleshJeb]

On 4/15/2019 at 5:15 PM, StrandedonEarth said:

Ah, the government way. If you can’t beat’em, recruit’em!

Agents of S.Q.U.A.D.?

[Dman979]

1 hour ago, qzgy said:

Oh hey question - what happened to the great forum test thread? It appears to have just disappeared...

It is now the Pretty Good Forum Test Thread.

[Superfluous J]

23 hours ago, Vanamonde said:

No, but you could just opt not to click on them.  

How do you know it's nested without clicking it?

How about a number that tells how many spoilers they nested? Then we know to just keep walking by.

[Guest]

I'm unsure about whether anyone is allowed to disclose this (very likely not), but can we users be assured our accounts' passwords are not stored in plain-text? I've been reading up on how leaks happen, the amount of websites that store user info in plain text is ridiculous, if not scary.

[Vanamonde]

Passed your question along. 

[Gargamel]

13 hours ago, Aperture Science said:

I'm unsure about whether anyone is allowed to disclose this (very likely not), but can we users be assured our accounts' passwords are not stored in plain-text? I've been reading up on how leaks happen, the amount of websites that store user info in plain text is ridiculous, if not scary.

While waiting for the response from the ones that officially maintain the forums, I will say the forums are powered by a commercial "off the shelf" forum engine, Invision (linked at the bottom of most pages).  This is a commercial product they produce, and a lot of places use this software to run their forums.  I would think that Invision would not have many buyers if it was known that their users' security was vulnerable.