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errc says

So where do you go for Real News, free of partisan bullshit?

RT (Russia's Today)

Patrick says

OK, I pushed the original post content down a bit. Better?

Good by me! Thanks.

Hey @Partick was scrolling through and saw the new comment notification. Clicked in and it was my last post from a couple of days ago. Screen shot below from just now w/ the notification thingy. There a reason I'd see the notification on the home page with no new comment? Deleted anon post or that Oil user that I'm pretty sure is the Hong Kong bot?

Patrick says

errc says

So where do you go for Real News, free of partisan bullshit?

This is indeed a problem.

I read a lot of foreign news to see their take on US politics. Chinese, Indian, Russian.

Can't believe I am saying it but I recommend Al Jazeera English. Unlike US news which spews leftie rightie crap to trigger us into ratings gold, AL Jazerra covers just enough of the US to keep you informed.

The problem for them is "straight news" is boring, and since consumers sadly prefer tribal infotainment like Fox/MSNBC legit news like this is dying. They recently had to shut down their TV channel because of this.

Point being if you want quality journalism YOU must "vote with your eyeballs" and give them a gander or two.

WookieMan says

Hey Partick was scrolling through and saw the new comment notification. Clicked in and it was my last post from a couple of days ago. Screen shot below from just now w/ the notification thingy. There a reason I'd see the notification on the home page with no new comment? Deleted anon post or that Oil user that I'm pretty sure is the Hong Kong bot?

Seems like a bug. You should not get a new comment blinky for your own comment.

@Patrick, too many old users with new accounts and therefore names, not sure how to solve that one....

"Sniper" is the most recent one.

justme says

"Sniper" is the most recent one.

That's Me123, aka "piggy", CIC, ironman, etc. Patrick did mention charging money for username switches, which I think makes sense. I don't get the point of switching a username. Own what you type.

I've been harping on it for the last couple of weeks, but the anonymous posters have been bugging me. There needs to be a way to identify them and allow users to ignore a specific anon.

Working on it. I have a real job as a node developer now, which is rapidly improving my skills, but limits me to the weekend for big changes.

Anyone who wants to help please see the source code link in the footer.

Looks like anonymous feature with username anon_HEXHASH format is working. There is only one problem: Sometime people just forgot to login and then accidentally "out themselves" by following up on a discussion they were already in. Not me, hehe. Others take the opportunity to say what they really feel :-)

@Patrick, is the HEXHASH based on the ip address or what? I did not see an announcement, I may just have missed it.

@justme yes, it's just part of the hash of their ip address.

LOL outing my own anon name here.