So I wanted to reply in the ‘eclipse’ thread. In what I wrote, I named a website (first word Space) with the usual punctuation (2nd word ‘com’) and there was a “URLS not allowed in posts” message just below the typing box. So I made it read, “The Space website” with no other changes. Same stupid message. Yesterday, I’m reasonably sure I named the site and it posted. I guess the rule is “once flagged, forever flagged”—which of course translates to “programmer(s) who couldn’t be bothered to do it right”.
The post GC simply refused to accept—no “It has banned word(s)” message or similar—was about as long a this one of yours I’m replying to. I tried to post it from work; I tried from my machine at home; I modified it a bit. No joy, so I tried the abbreviated form above and that went through. I’ve seen this mode of failure from GC before, but the others were mostly my usual snark.
If anyone wants more information, Shelly recorded a message yesterday telling the sad story. I had a longer post, but GC over and over didn’t let that post—the “comment” button turns lighter blue and the message doesn’t go through. I hate that idiocy.
So I wanted to reply in the ‘eclipse’ thread. In what I wrote, I named a website (first word Space) with the usual punctuation (2nd word ‘com’) and there was a “URLS not allowed in posts” message just below the typing box. So I made it read, “The Space website” with no other changes. Same stupid message. Yesterday, I’m reasonably sure I named the site and it posted. I guess the rule is “once flagged, forever flagged”—which of course translates to “programmer(s) who couldn’t be bothered to do it right”.