r/conspiracy: Test post, please ignore, will be down soon.

1 CelineHagbard 2017-08-04

test comment

1 RecoveringGrace 2017-08-04

Why are you testing me like this??? Lol.

Thanks for your work, guys.

1 CelineHagbard 2017-08-04

One of the other mods was having trouble stickying a comment in the contest thread, so I was seeing if it were possible. It is! He's on mobile, so it could just be a limitation of the app.

1 RecoveringGrace 2017-08-04

I was just teasing.

I'm sort of discombobulated, though. I've been a huge contest mode pusher, but have been out of the loop for a couple days. Are we really going to try it???

1 CelineHagbard 2017-08-04

Try what? There's a thread in contest mode up as we speak. I'm not a huge fan of it to be honest, though.

1 RecoveringGrace 2017-08-04

I get why you don't care for it. There is definitely a dynamic that is lacking. But, we aren't here for votes, right?

1 CelineHagbard 2017-08-04

I don't give a fuck about the votes—that's not my concern. My issue with it is that it essentially shuts down any conversation that was happening. It's not much different in my opinion than just locking the thread; it's just a way to do it with (slightly) less criticism.

1 RecoveringGrace 2017-08-04

What does that say to you, though? Conversation was only here for votes?

1 CelineHagbard 2017-08-04

No, conversation is here for threads that (on average) tend to filter the best arguments and counterarguments to the top. I like seeing the best arguments and evidence from both sides so I can weigh it and make a more informed analysis. With contest mode on a large thread, especially one that's going to have a lot of shit thrown from all sides, the chances of seeing good content of either argument towards the top of a random sort approaches nil. And you don't even know how many comments are hidden, so you're left with either clicking on a bunch of comment replies or not getting anything out of the thread.

I don't even know if I'd really mind the hiding of the scores and randomization if they didn't auto-collapse everything.

1 CelineHagbard 2017-08-04

second comment

1 CelineHagbard 2017-08-04

third comment

1 CelineHagbard 2017-08-04

sub comment

1 AIsuicide 2017-08-04

sub sub comment...whatsssub?

1 CelineHagbard 2017-08-04

Sub what?

1 AIsuicide 2017-08-04

Someone slipped some LSD into my LSD.

1 RenaKunisaki 2017-08-04

Nonsensical statement involving plankton.

1 munchkin_9382 2017-08-04

Test test

1 NOcomedy 2017-08-04

testosterone

1 Teknos3 2017-08-04

Why no third comment? I see what you are trying to do here!

1 Definitely-Not-CIA 2017-08-04

They got him.

1 AIsuicide 2017-08-04

we did...will you please take them back? Gotta Ransom of Red Chief situation here.

1 Putin_loves_cats 2017-08-04

I shalt not ignore. You cannot tell me what to do!!

1 CelineHagbard 2017-08-04

I told you no such thing; I merely implored, I beseeched, pleaded even! And you took no heed!

While you're here though, is this sorting in normal contest mode for you? Even logged out it's showing the comments sorted by old for me, and some of the chains aren't collapsed. Weird. Although I think some people were mentioning reddit was having some server traffic issues, so it might just not be updating.

1 Putin_loves_cats 2017-08-04

I told you no such thing; I merely implored, I beseeched, pleaded even! And you took no heed!

Well, sir....

lol. Anyways, yes.. It has been in contest mode since I've made my comment.

1 CelineHagbard 2017-08-04

Gotcha. Now that I look at it, only the thread branches where I've replied are expanded, the rest are collapsed. I wonder if it matters that I'm OP. And now it is randomized, so it might have just been a fluke or it took some time for the servers to process everything.

1 Putin_loves_cats 2017-08-04

Maybe OP or maybe because your a mod?

1 CelineHagbard 2017-08-04

I don't think it's just because of being a mod, because the other contest posts this week have looked the same as non-mod (we can sort the comments, but they're all collapsed.)

I just checked on the other browser, and some of the comments are still expanded for me. Same IP though, so who knows.

1 Putin_loves_cats 2017-08-04

Hmm, now that I look at it, there are some sub comments that are expanded. Reddit was fucky earlier, maybe this is a residual of something on the back end?

1 CelineHagbard 2017-08-04

That'd be my guess at this point if you're seeing it too.

1 RecoveringGrace 2017-08-04

Stuff was super fucky earlier. Look in my history and see the odd exchange u/Mastigia and I had. Really weird.

1 1-800-GOFUCKYOURSELF 2017-08-04

Who's the bastardless father who fucking gilded this post?

1 CelineHagbard 2017-08-04

It matches my pretty apple! But yeah, I have no idea who gilded it.

1 AIsuicide 2017-08-04

that's a very unique way of saying someone can't get laid. I'm stealing it.

1 RenaKunisaki 2017-08-04

Doesn't it just imply they have children and aren't a deadbeat? Doesn't even seem like an insult.