[wp-forums] something weird in the support forum

[Jackie McBride]

Understood. I'm sorry--I just have to laugh given the post I tagged
w/modlook this morning which contained the word "nude" & wasn't
caught, but my support post, which was perfectly legitimate, was
flagged. What else can you do but laugh?

Thanks for all your hard work.

On 11/20/14, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
> The thing about complex systems which use machine learning algorithms is
> that the results they give are not easily subject to simple analysis.
>
> In other words, it's not really possible to tell why Akismet flagged you.
> It just did. Unflagging you is easier than trying to figure out why. :)
>
>
>
> -Otto
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Jackie McBride <abletec at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Did I say something in my post to trip the spam filter? Clearly I'd
>> prefer that not happen.
>>
>> On 11/20/14, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>> > Your post was being held by the spam filter. When the spam filter is in
>> > effect, things get weird.
>> >
>> > Normally this clears up right after somebody goes and looks through the
>> > spams and clears it out. Not a huge deal, as such.
>> >
>> >
>> > -Otto
>> >
>> > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Jackie McBride <abletec at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Otto, thanks for replying, but please see this topic:
>> >>
>> >>
>> https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-not-getting-filtered-even-with-mathcaptcha-and-blacklist?replies=1
>> >>
>> >> It says this:
>> >>  Started 12 hours ago by abletec
>> >>  Latest reply from programmin
>> >>
>> >> But in reality, programmin started the topic, & the latest reply was
>> >> from abletec, i.e., yours sincerely.
>> >>
>> >> I suppose it's not all that important, but... Looks like someone got a
>> >> variable or 2 mixed up somewhere lol.
>> >>
>> >> On 11/20/14, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>> >> > No... that info is correct. Example here:
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-display-any-theme?replies=4
>> >> >
>> >> > Started 18 hours ago by garcanad
>> >> > Latest reply from Tara
>> >> >
>> >> > Looks fine to me.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > -Otto
>> >> >
>> >> > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 8:22 AM, Jackie McBride <abletec at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> In the heading that says 'About this Topic', there's an indicator
>> that
>> >> >> says started x hours ago by y. Once a reply to the topic is made,
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> started by field is populated w/the username of the member who
>> >> >> *replied*, not by the username of the member who actually started
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> topic. In addition, the 'latest reply' field is also populated in
>> >> >> error by the person who started the topic, not the 1 who replied.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Just thought someone might like to know.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Jackie McBride
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Jackie McBride
Author of the Upcoming Book
"Beyond Baffled: the Technophobe's Guide to Creating a Website"
www.brighter-vision.com Where Visionaries & Technology Unite
Jaws Scripting training
www.screenreaderscripting.com