h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

But nobody else is currently online.

Sory it was me. I'll repost with naughty word removed.

I'm someone who sometimes gets irritated when someone barges in on a message thread. But it's just that; when someone 'barges' in, with a clear motivation to be rude and disruptive and make trouble. I've no problem with people joining in with politeness and good motivations. Same as real life. You can be at a party having a conversation in public, but if some 'naughty person!!!' pushes in and is rude and disruptive, I'm going to say exactly what I think of them and their behaviour. I'm less fussy than I was about it, but I'm still going to give someone short shrift if they barge into a basic one to one thread with nasty motivation.

Reading messages is completely different from posting. I frequently read message threads. As has been pointed out this is a public forum.

Hello Effers


We all understand that feeling too.

Mystery solved.

Yes, I felt so embarrassed. There was me barging in, and getting yikesed.........

But that was gone in a flash, wasn't it? I never even got to glimpse at it.

If there was a swear word that managed to get passed the filther, it's possible the secondary filther picked it up..

Well there were plenty of asterisks in it. It seems to be a grey area.......And it wasn't the worst word in the world; quite a humorous one in my vocab. But I played *very* safe, second time round; 'naughty person'

I should say the email was instantaneous. So it probably was automated.

Well, that's sorted the mystery

Oh, an automated email.

The Phantom Yikeser? </>

lil wossa "filther"

I agree with you bel. I came across that list the other day and I didn't think it had been there before... glad to know I'm not losing the plot. Number 1 on the list was a convo between two researchers which, from the few posts I read, seemed to be a chat but I felt it was personal and it made me feel a bit uncomfortable that some of my chats could end up on the FP list.

I understand that this place isn't private but that doesn't mean that it should be impersonal. My PS has been linked to the FP even when I haven't said 'aye' (I think the italics are punishing me for being cheeky to them ) and I'm comfortable with the access that gives people to my PS but I wouldn't want anyone to 'barge in' to what is obviously a convo between two people (any more than I would in RL.) But linking to the FP can only give some people an excuse to do so IMHO.

Van

It's TiT's spelling of filter.

Like 2legs' famous "teh"?
Except I never saw it before

Sorry, I'm missing Eurovision

Van, I bet somebody else said aye in your place and the eds didn't notice it wasn't you.

GB, you haven't missed much so far, but the Fins were good.

Could be but they also kept me on for two weeks running without warning