Why does it SEEM like the Russia attack on Ukraine is a crime against humanity and yet the government and media barely pay that no never mind?

@Really

[quote]"Every one of what/whom? Are you talking about the universal 'them'? Why don't you identify your context? The way these 'threads' display it's impossible to tell who's talking to whom or about what."[/quote]

I was responding to the most recent prior comment of hippyjoe (clearly marked), and he asked me how many nazis I know personally.

@Thinkerbell Ah well, the way threads display on my computer it's near impossible to tell who's responding to what. That wouldn't be a problem if people had the courtesy/intelligence to make it clear in what they write.

Then there's the fact that Hippy's such a moron that I've blocked him so if you're referring to something of his, I won't know what. Until recently I think responses to his blocked posts would be tagged SW-user but I'm not seeing that any more; maybe i've got it wrong.

I think it's peculiar that people complain so much (and justifiably) about how the forum is 'organized' but are too dumb or lazy to make up for its shortcomings in the way they write their posts.

[quote]"Ah well, the way threads display on my computer it's near impossible to tell who's responding to what."[/quote]

Yes, that is a problem, especially if the user on one side of the discussion is blocked. That's one reason I've never blocked anyone, although maybe a dozen or so users have blocked me. 🤭

[quote]"Until recently I think responses to his blocked posts would be tagged SW-user but I'm not seeing that any more; maybe i've got it wrong."[/quote]

I never noticed that with respect to actual blocks by current users.
There is a trick of putting the person you are responding to at the end of a comment rather than at the beginning. If you do that, then the blocked person can at least see the user name of the person to whom you are responding.

For example, hippyjoe will be able to see your user name at the end of this comment, though not of course the content of your prior comment.
@Really

Why would you expect anything from him? He’s not capable. @Really

@Thinkerbell Thanks for the info about forum behaviour. There are plenty of things I don't understand about it, but if there's a user guide that explains the workings I've never found it. How would I know if anyone has blocked me, and who specifically?

@Really

Well, there is no list of people who have blocked you available to you.

I just find out about them if a person I have been having a difference of opinion with suddenly disappears. If I then do a search on that user name, it comes up blank. (rather than "no longer a member" or "taking a break"). Or if I see a user name at the end of a discussion that I can't see both sides of, and then I click on that name, it comes up "you are not allowed to view this profile."

Sometimes this sort of thing happens even if I have never interacted with the person who has blocked me. 🤭

One way around all this of course is to establish another profile whose only use and purpose is to look at posts and comments that would otherwise be invisible to your blocked profile, but I have never been sufficiently concerned to resort to that.

@Thinkerbell [quote]I have never been sufficiently concerned to resort to that.[/quote]Yes, some aspects of navigating & manipulating the forum become just too much to bother with.

Oh, well ..... I KNEW the internet wouldn't live up to its potential. Too many people got involved!