So, today is Black Bar Day?

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09/27/2016 at 11:06 • Filed to: black bar

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Has there been any rhyme or reason to when the bar appears and when it doesn’t? Or do they like to keep us guessing?

Also, this might be what a black bar looks like, depending on where you live.

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DISCUSSION (20)


Kinja'd!!! for Michigan > ttyymmnn
09/27/2016 at 11:14

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For me, it shows up on fp and that’s it. At least in Chrome in my Nexus 9 running Android 7. Haven’t gotten to my desktop yet today.


Kinja'd!!! For Sweden > ttyymmnn
09/27/2016 at 11:17

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Open Bars before Black Bars


Kinja'd!!! HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn
09/27/2016 at 11:17

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I’ve seen 3 different versions of kinja lately, I suspect they are either doing random A/B testing or they are migrating and there are caching issues.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > for Michigan
09/27/2016 at 11:17

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That’s the funny thing, it’s all over the place. If they’re going to do it, do it and get it over with. I’m not bent out of shape about it, because the content is why I come, not the site design. That said, it’s a drag on mobile, because it hides notifications under a second button push. First world problems, I know.


Kinja'd!!! jimz > ttyymmnn
09/27/2016 at 11:18

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My only guesses are either they have multiple servers and the changes haven’t completely rolled out, or it’s just a caching issue somewhere in the chain.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > For Sweden
09/27/2016 at 11:18

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I had an open bar at my wedding reception. It was a very bad idea. I got hammered.


Kinja'd!!! Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > ttyymmnn
09/27/2016 at 11:19

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Sometimes it’s on my laptop, sometimes on my phone, sometimes on both and sometimes on neither.

Really I have no clue.


Kinja'd!!! TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > HammerheadFistpunch
09/27/2016 at 11:20

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Caching issues normally happen on the CDN side of things, they probably have Level3...


Kinja'd!!! For Sweden > ttyymmnn
09/27/2016 at 11:21

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It’s your wedding you can get as hammered as you like.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > For Sweden
09/27/2016 at 11:24

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Yes, but it led to moments I’m not particularly proud of. Though I did have fun. I think.


Kinja'd!!! 404 - User No Longer Available > ttyymmnn
09/27/2016 at 11:31

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Somewhat happens on mobile as well. Notifications gets tucked inside your avatar menu if it’s the black bar.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > 404 - User No Longer Available
09/27/2016 at 11:33

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Exactly. It’s a backwards step on mobile functionality.


Kinja'd!!! Takuro Spirit > For Sweden
09/27/2016 at 11:36

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6 Schlitzes before sick kinja’ds.


Kinja'd!!! for Michigan > ttyymmnn
09/27/2016 at 11:36

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Yeah, two clicks to get to my notifications is annoying.

On desktop it’s everywhere, but I also don’t have to get to a sub-menu to see my notifications.


Kinja'd!!! Urambo Tauro > ttyymmnn
09/27/2016 at 11:37

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I’m sure they’re just fine-tuning things, trying to get the bugs out.

“How do we get this new layout working correctly?”

“Have you tried turning it off and back on again?”

“Great idea!” *switches it off and on several times a week*


Kinja'd!!! bhtooefr > HammerheadFistpunch
09/27/2016 at 13:15

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And I know I’ve seen A/B tests before - I’ve actually seen a version of the left hand bar on Jalopnik that outright said in its URL it was the B version of an A/B test. (IIRC it was something like, switching between the top articles on the Gawker network, and articles that it thought I would specifically be interested in.)


Kinja'd!!! Brian, The Life of > ttyymmnn
09/27/2016 at 13:25

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So did I. I agree, terrible idea. All my friends got hammered and my poor father-in-law got the $11K bar bill (oof).


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Brian, The Life of
09/27/2016 at 13:45

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$11K? Holy shit. That’s a lot of booze. I have no idea what the tab was at my wedding. I think my groomsmen and I did the majority of the drinking, though. Somebody had the bright idea of drinking thumpers, which were described to me as some sort of liquor, mixed with 7-up, then thumped on the bar to make it fizz. Carbonation does the dirty work. The other problem was that I was so busy that I never ate much at all. This is the scene of the crime. That’s me in the black bow tie, 26 years ago.

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Kinja'd!!! Brian, The Life of > ttyymmnn
09/27/2016 at 14:05

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I’ll never forget him ordering a martini when he sat down with the bill at the end of the night, looking at it and then telling the bartender, “Actually, you’d better make that a double.”


Kinja'd!!! gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ttyymmnn
09/27/2016 at 21:10

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black barred?

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