Visitor Messages to be purged Friday, June 10, 2011 at 06:00:00 GMT

Onkel Neal · 06-09-11, 01:38 AM

Please note: in order to complete the War on Spam, all visitor messages will be purged Friday, June 10, 2011 at 06:00:00 GMT.
Please take a moment to check your profile page, and if you have any visitor messages you wish to save, copy and paste to your local drive now.

Visitor messages are the note that appear on your public profile page, your Private Messages will not be affected.

Thanks,
Neal
SUBSIM

Sailor Steve · 06-09-11, 01:58 AM

Is it possible to, you know, like, turn them off altogether? 'Cuz people, you know, leave me questions and stuff, and I never know if I should answer them there or go answer them on their own Visitor Messages or what, and I get, like, all confused an' stuff, and no matter what I do I feel stupid and, like, it really doesn't seem to do anything and so I just ignore them, but then I feel all guilty and stuff and I can't seem to get it right no matter what I do, you know?

Onkel Neal · 06-09-11, 02:02 AM

Yes, I plan to disable VM altogether. They really serve no purpose over PMs, and threads. If you want a one-to-one discussion: PM. If you want to discuss publicly: Threads.

VMs are a terrible source for unreported spam.

Ducimus · 06-09-11, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Is it possible to, you know, like, turn them off altogether?

I believe i did this months ago. I forgot what option i checked, but im pretty sure i disabled vistor messages in my profile. Haven't recieved any, nor seen any of the old ones (at least the ones i didn't delete myself), for a very long time now.

frau kaleun · 06-09-11, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Is it possible to, you know, like, turn them off altogether? 'Cuz people, you know, leave me questions and stuff, and I never know if I should answer them there or go answer them on their own Visitor Messages or what, and I get, like, all confused an' stuff, and no matter what I do I feel stupid and, like, it really doesn't seem to do anything and so I just ignore them, but then I feel all guilty and stuff and I can't seem to get it right no matter what I do, you know?

UserCP>Edit Options

There's a section for Visitor Messaging, if the box there is checked VM is enabled. Just uncheck it. I think it may be enabled by default but I've had mine turned off since I realized there was an option for it.

Of course if Neal's gonna disable it entirely, that's an even better fix, but you can still turn it off in the meantime.

@Neal: if you can also disable the "Talk like a 14 year old girl" option in Steve's profile, the rest of us will be eternally grateful.

AVGWarhawk · 06-09-11, 10:05 AM

I better save all Jim's love letters I have stored there.

Jimbuna · 06-09-11, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

@Neal: if you can also disable the "Talk like a 14 year old girl" option in Steve's profile, the rest of us will be eternally grateful.

LOL

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I better save all Jim's love letters I have stored there.

Ya bastid

@Neal....That smiley/GIF is really cool, pinching it just about...now

Oberon · 06-09-11, 10:47 AM

Purges?

I smell Raptors hand in this...

Onkel Neal · 06-09-11, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

@Neal: if you can also disable the "Talk like a 14 year old girl" option in Steve's profile, the rest of us will be eternally grateful.

Lol, that option has two settings, "Talk like a 14 year old girl" or "Talk like a demi-god". Are u sure you want me to switch it?

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

LOL

Ya bastid

@Neal....That smiley/GIF is really cool, pinching it just about...now

Herr-Berbunch · 06-09-11, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Lol, that option has two settings, "Talk like a 14 year old girl" or "Talk like a demi-god". Are u sure you want me to switch it?

Do you have one that could randomly add gramatical/spelling errors to every post he, err, posts.

And take off the '20 seconds between searches', it was bad enough at 10 when I'd clicked the wrong thing, now my spam, sorry - post count will suffer.

Oberon · 06-09-11, 11:05 AM

No! Don't do that, he'd go into an infinite loop of mistake and correction!

Jimbuna · 06-09-11, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

No! Don't do that, he'd go into an infinite loop of mistake and correction!

You do realise he'll be jumping in on this like a dog at broth soon

frau kaleun · 06-09-11, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Do you have one that could randomly add gramatical/spelling errors to every post he, err, posts.

*grammatical

What?

TLAM Strike · 06-09-11, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

*grammatical

What?

I think you mean Grammathical...

Oberon · 06-09-11, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

*grammatical

What?

06-09-11, 01:38 AM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,289 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Visitor Messages to be purged Friday, June 10, 2011 at 06:00:00 GMT Please note: in order to complete the War on Spam, all visitor messages will be purged Friday, June 10, 2011 at 06:00:00 GMT. Please take a moment to check your profile page, and if you have any visitor messages you wish to save, copy and paste to your local drive now. Visitor messages are the note that appear on your public profile page, your Private Messages will not be affected. Thanks, Neal SUBSIM __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

06-09-11, 01:58 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Is it possible to, you know, like, turn them off altogether? 'Cuz people, you know, leave me questions and stuff, and I never know if I should answer them there or go answer them on their own Visitor Messages or what, and I get, like, all confused an' stuff, and no matter what I do I feel stupid and, like, it really doesn't seem to do anything and so I just ignore them, but then I feel all guilty and stuff and I can't seem to get it right no matter what I do, you know? __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-09-11, 02:02 AM	#3
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,289 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Yes, I plan to disable VM altogether. They really serve no purpose over PMs, and threads. If you want a one-to-one discussion: PM. If you want to discuss publicly: Threads. VMs are a terrible source for unreported spam. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

06-09-11, 10:05 AM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I better save all Jim's love letters I have stored there. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-09-11, 10:47 AM	#8
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Purges? I smell Raptors hand in this...

06-09-11, 11:05 AM	#11
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	No! Don't do that, he'd go into an infinite loop of mistake and correction!