For users preferring the ⏳ Old Chronological Feed layout: ❓
Are you aware that you can adjust (Customize) you're Post Feeds settings, to have almost the same experience as the Old Feed? [i](Asking, as we have been seeing users complaining about this for a long time.)[/i]
Not the problem really and that is my main feed setting. It's the missing posts that are the problem which are quite noticeable through several methods.
All posts chronologically is wanted accepting blocks and such. Note I don't block or mute anyone.
Note I just received a PM the other day, by an unknown user, asking how to get all posts. So it's not only just my concern.
Please note that also based on other user's interactions or habits, some users may not want to associate very much (or have their posts seen frequently) by other users they may not get along well with. (Without blocking those users)
If you are referring to users you regularly have good interactions with, then it would be odd if their posts are not appearing to you.
With that setting in effect, there can still be some slight shifting of post order.
In order to give all users as fair and balanced of an experience as we can, we try to slightly balance exposure for users who may not be very popular, or do not have many friends/connections on SW.
There are several reasons for the slight rebalancing, but for the most part, posts seen in your feed, with that setting on, should be generally chronological.
@DeWayfarer 1) I've been replying to you and other users up to Midnight last night, obviously Admins need rest also.
2) Admins also have numerous users to respond and to attend to, and we won't always be able to attend to each and every comment/query immediately.
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As for that link you posted, [b]I can "Guarantee" that you did not try visiting that link, just before (or at the time) you posted it in this conversation.[/b]
This link was already disabled / patched before you posted it here.
No one disabled that link, in response to you posting it here.
That page was not meant to be a publicly accessible link in the first place (it allowed users to get around protection settings, blocks, content inappropriate for minors, etc..), for obvious reasons, that page (flaw) needed to be patched, and removal of access to that page, was already planned long ago.
I'm not sure of the "exact" time the page became disabled, but I am at least sure that it was done before you commented here.
@Andrew had to have been within the last day or two at the latest. As I said I gave that Link to someone else and of course I checked it then. Didn't see a reason to check it again so soon.
As to how I got it, it was in your html code once years ago. In fact I've had it in my SW FAQ which Nuno once comment on. Saying my group links needed to be changed in the FAQ like first and second post in SW.
@DeWayfarer I understand. Yes, it isn't necessary that you check that the link is working each time, I was just explaining that we did not disable this page in response to you mentioning it here.
The page could basically serve as an "Exploit" for certain users with the wrong intention to get around limitations and restrictions, or even for someone to "Scrape" all posts/contents of this site.
There are numerous important reasons as to why such public loopholes need to eventually be patched.
Both admins were aware of the existence of this page long ago, but we only recently patched that public exploit.
@DeWayfarer I understand. As we do have to read and attend to many posts and comments of users, your mention of that link in your post, may have been glossed over at the time we read it.
I can vaguely recall your post, but I'm sure that we did not, in our minds, "Disapprove" of you sharing what you saw as useful advice to users.
