Remember when Kinja would take you directly to the comment somebody "saved" so you could remember what you said that they liked?

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 10/16/2019 at 17:02 • Filed to: None

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Yeah, those were the days. 

CB > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 17:05

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Back when it was a functioning platform? I miss those days.

As much shit as we gave Kinja, I liked it. Now? Eh... we don’t matter to the overlords.

RPM esq. > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 17:07

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Now you have to comment I SAVED YOUR POST, THAT MEANS I LIKE IT. As I did here.

shop-teacher > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 17:08

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Pepperidge Farm remembers.

ttyymmnn > CB 10/16/2019 at 17:09

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Hey hey hey there, big fella, “Functioning?” Don’t go crazy now.

Seriously, though, Kinja sucked hard when it first came out, and slowly it morphed into something relatively usable. I still think that it’s editor is pretty stout, and I write all of my big aviation posts directly in Kinja. But since they tried to make a jack of all trades, it is now very much a master of none. 

ttyymmnn > shop-teacher 10/16/2019 at 17:09

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I read that in that old guy’s voice. 

Thomas Donohue > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 17:10

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It’s a total mess. Clicking on reply, then sorting staff/community, then it never takes you to your actual comment.

Exhausting.

I just found out I was COTD last week.  Who knew?

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 17:11

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Pepp eridge Farm remembers.

ttyymmnn > Thomas Donohue 10/16/2019 at 17:11

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Congratulations! I didn’t know. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 17:12

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I really, really miss being able to see what post/comment was starred/saved in notifications...

ttyymmnn > Chariotoflove 10/16/2019 at 17:12

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You and shop-teacher need to get a room.

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 17:13

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yeah, saw and starred just after.  If you want a better class of comment, you have to post more interesting stuff.

$kaycog > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 17:15

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I remember. The good old days.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 17:15

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i remember those.... back then i still saw parts of the f1 races replying to comments

vicali > RPM esq. 10/16/2019 at 17:15

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shop-teacher > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 17:16

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I said it in his voice too :)

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 17:17

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I don’t want to know what Front Page people liked.  I don’t need that kind of negative reinforcement for my bad takes.

vicali > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 17:18

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Composing posts..

CB > Chariotoflove 10/16/2019 at 17:23

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If he wants a better class of comment, he probably needs to leave this forum.

Chariotoflove > CB 10/16/2019 at 17:24

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You get what you pay for after all.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 17:27

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I remember the days when Kinja would include a preview of the post that was liked in the notification.

ttyymmnn > Chariotoflove 10/16/2019 at 17:29

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Tuesdays and Fridays, 12:25  Eastern time

Thomas Donohue > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 17:31

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Neither did I. Happened to be looking for a different post from last week. How would anyone know?  

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Thomas Donohue 10/16/2019 at 17:32

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Yeah, so frustrating, and worse, basically unusable, on mobile.

Thomas Donohue > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 17:34

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Also, it was not worthy, that’s why I was a bit shocked. Only got 28 stars. I’ve had two posts today that had more.

https://jalopnik.com/comment-of-the-day-turbo-edition-1838983565

Chris Clarke > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 17:37

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Kinja gonna kinjad

Brian, The Life of > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 17:43

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It still does but the link’s “target” is no longer the entire cell, it’s just on “your reply” and the date now

Brickman > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 17:51

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Remember when Kinja worked? Oh I don’t think it has :P

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 17:52

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Touche.

Chariotoflove > For Sweden 10/16/2019 at 17:56

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Yeah, you get plenty of that here.

ttyymmnn > Brickman 10/16/2019 at 18:11

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There was that short time between the other times when it didn’t work.

ttyymmnn > Brian, The Life of 10/16/2019 at 18:12

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Right. And clicking either one of those things takes me to the top of the thread, with no way of knowing which comment inside that thread that I made got saved. 

Brian, The Life of > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 18:14

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I noticed that behavior often when using my phone but never on desktop

ttyymmnn > vicali 10/16/2019 at 18:15

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TBH, I think this is the one place where Kinja does well. I do all of my 4,000+ word aviation history posts directly inside the Kinja editor. In fact, I switched years ago from Firefox back to Safari because Safari supported autocorrect inside Kinja where FF didn’t. So writing isn’t an issue for me. It’s following comment threads and finding things of mine that people liked.

ttyymmnn > Brian, The Life of 10/16/2019 at 18:17

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I clicked directly on the time stamp of your comment and Kinja took me here:

Had to scroll down to see your newest comment. I suppose it could be a browser issue. I am on somewhat older tech, but others clearly have similar issues.

vicali > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 18:20

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I browse between firefox and safari on my iphone.. Writing in more reliable in firefox but it has loading problems 60% of the time. Safari layout on the mobile is garbage.

It’s kind of like half the projects on Oppo, not really running right but it’ll do.

ttyymmnn > vicali 10/16/2019 at 18:25

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Oh, you mean composing on the phone. Yeah, that’s a shitshow. 

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 18:27

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Kinja design decisions are incredibly strange

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 18:38

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I always just use desktop mode in chrome on mobile , even if that isnt exactly convenient either.

McMike > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 19:18

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I remember when the url of your “liked” comment had the first five or six words of the comment in it. You didn’t even need to click on it.

ttyymmnn > McMike 10/16/2019 at 19:54

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I think that still works for me. I’ll have to check when I get home.

Edit: never mind. I understand what you mean now. 

McMike > ttyymmnn 10/16/2019 at 20:58

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“Joe and 34 others liked something you did, didn’t say anything, but you have to click on the link to see what they liked”

:)

Old-Busted-Hotness > ttyymmnn 10/17/2019 at 06:50

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Remember when “load more comments” worked?

Remember when you could post a reply and see it published, instead of dancing dots?

ttyymmnn > Old-Busted-Hotness 10/17/2019 at 07:40

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You mean that one time?

user314 > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 10/17/2019 at 09:58

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Accurate representation of Gawkmodo’s decision making process: