• who turns off comments?

    From J. P. Gilliver@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 17 11:00:52 2023
    I always assumed it was the poster who turns off comments, but I've just
    seen one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScELaXMCVis) where "Comments
    are turned off.", but the text starts "Please keep comments"…, so
    obviously the poster was expecting comments; so, what gives?
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    Parkinson: "What caused your conversion to women - was it the love of a good one?" George Melly: "No the love of several bad ones" (Lizbuff in UMRA '01-4-25)

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  • From wugi@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 17 12:33:04 2023
    Op 17/11/2023 om 8:00 schreef J. P. Gilliver:
    I always assumed it was the poster who turns off comments, but I've just
    seen one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScELaXMCVis) where "Comments
    are turned off.", but the text starts "Please keep comments"…, so
    obviously the poster was expecting comments; so, what gives?

    And who impedes commenting???
    My comments don't get through. (Once I tried various times, in vain, and
    got a spam warning from YT. I'm a regular contributor, moreover!)

    --
    guido wugi

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  • From J. P. Gilliver@21:1/5 to wugi on Fri Nov 17 17:11:36 2023
    In message <uj813h$2rjd7$3@dont-email.me> at Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:33:04,
    wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> writes
    Op 17/11/2023 om 8:00 schreef J. P. Gilliver:
    I always assumed it was the poster who turns off comments, but I've
    just seen one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScELaXMCVis) where >>"Comments are turned off.", but the text starts "Please keep
    comments"…, so obviously the poster was expecting comments; so, what gives?

    And who impedes commenting???
    My comments don't get through. (Once I tried various times, in vain,
    and got a spam warning from YT. I'm a regular contributor, moreover!)

    Mine mostly do. I've occasionally had an "if you post like that we may
    ...", or even a day's ban - but they don't tell you which comment
    triggered it, so it's not very informative. (The last time, I definitely couldn't think what I'd done in the last few hours which could possibly
    have been naughty; most of my comments were informative.)

    I'm also puzzled why it often shows a number of replies higher than the
    number of replies it shows (including sometimes showing there is a
    reply, but when you click all that happens is the little blue arrow
    turns round, no reply actually appears; even if someone had somehow
    entered a null one, it ought to show their username).
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    1. If it's green, it's biology
    2. If it smells, it's chemistry
    3. If it doesn't work, it's physics.

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  • From wugi@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 17 23:04:03 2023
    Op 17/11/2023 om 14:11 schreef J. P. Gilliver:
    In message <uj813h$2rjd7$3@dont-email.me> at Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:33:04,
    wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> writes
    Op 17/11/2023 om 8:00 schreef J. P. Gilliver:
    I always assumed it was the poster who turns off comments, but I've
    just  seen one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScELaXMCVis) where
    "Comments  are turned off.", but the text starts "Please keep
    comments"…, so  obviously the poster was expecting comments; so, what >>> gives?

    And who impedes commenting???
    My comments don't get through. (Once I tried various times, in vain,
    and got a spam warning from YT. I'm a regular contributor, moreover!)

    Mine mostly do. I've occasionally had an "if you post like that we may
    ...", or even a day's ban - but they don't tell you which comment
    triggered it, so it's not very informative. (The last time, I definitely couldn't think what I'd done in the last few hours which could possibly
    have been naughty; most of my comments were informative.)

    I'm also puzzled why it often shows a number of replies higher than the number of replies it shows (including sometimes showing there is a
    reply, but when you click all that happens is the little blue arrow
    turns round, no reply actually appears; even if someone had somehow
    entered a null one, it ought to show their username).

    Thank you. Yet another example of "your questions and complaints can be
    sent... nowhere (we can send you ours, however)".

    --
    guido wugi

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to J. P. Gilliver on Sun Nov 19 08:41:00 2023
    On 11/17/23 05:00, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
    I always assumed it was the poster who turns off comments, but I've just
    seen one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScELaXMCVis) where "Comments
    are turned off.", but the text starts "Please keep comments"…, so
    obviously the poster was expecting comments; so, what gives?

    My guess is that the video was marked as "For Kids", which turns off the comments and fills the sidebar with garbage. Either that or it somehow
    violated the ToS.
    --
    user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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