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in General Discussion 1 year and 1 month ago
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850mph | 1 year and 1 month ago
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Not working with Ipad Mini or OLDER desktop macs.

randolph | 1 year and 1 month ago
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the ability to edit a post or comment is also gone.

randolph | 1 year and 1 month ago
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when you sort by TRENDING or MOST POPULAR it puts posts from 12 years ago at the top that have not been actively commented on for almost as long.

randolph | 1 year and 1 month ago
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you also cannot click on a user name and see what other comments or posts they have made.

randolph | 1 year and 1 month ago
string(1) "1" object(WP_User)#5116 (8) { ["data"]=> object(stdClass)#4937 (12) { ["ID"]=> string(5) "26171" ["user_login"]=> string(8) "randolph" ["user_pass"]=> string(34) "$P$Bkj16FushDhH.ZkZpciKBwc2QcqOxt." ["user_nicename"]=> string(8) "randolph" ["user_email"]=> string(29) "andrewdouglasgrieve@gmail.com" ["user_url"]=> string(30) "http:///forums/users/randolph/" ["user_registered"]=> string(19) "2009-02-26 15:39:31" ["user_activation_key"]=> string(0) "" ["user_status"]=> string(1) "0" ["display_name"]=> string(8) "randolph" ["spam"]=> string(1) "0" ["deleted"]=> string(1) "0" } ["ID"]=> int(26171) ["caps"]=> array(2) { ["subscriber"]=> bool(true) ["bbp_participant"]=> bool(true) } ["cap_key"]=> string(15) "wp_capabilities" ["roles"]=> array(2) { [0]=> string(10) "subscriber" [1]=> string(15) "bbp_participant" } ["allcaps"]=> array(4) { ["read"]=> bool(true) ["level_0"]=> bool(true) ["subscriber"]=> bool(true) ["bbp_participant"]=> bool(true) } ["filter"]=> NULL ["site_id":"WP_User":private]=> int(1) }
also – i guess you cannot “like” a comment anymore?

randolph | 1 year and 1 month ago
string(1) "1" object(WP_User)#5115 (8) { ["data"]=> object(stdClass)#5114 (12) { ["ID"]=> string(5) "26171" ["user_login"]=> string(8) "randolph" ["user_pass"]=> string(34) "$P$Bkj16FushDhH.ZkZpciKBwc2QcqOxt." ["user_nicename"]=> string(8) "randolph" ["user_email"]=> string(29) "andrewdouglasgrieve@gmail.com" ["user_url"]=> string(30) "http:///forums/users/randolph/" ["user_registered"]=> string(19) "2009-02-26 15:39:31" ["user_activation_key"]=> string(0) "" ["user_status"]=> string(1) "0" ["display_name"]=> string(8) "randolph" ["spam"]=> string(1) "0" ["deleted"]=> string(1) "0" } ["ID"]=> int(26171) ["caps"]=> array(2) { ["subscriber"]=> bool(true) ["bbp_participant"]=> bool(true) } ["cap_key"]=> string(15) "wp_capabilities" ["roles"]=> array(2) { [0]=> string(10) "subscriber" [1]=> string(15) "bbp_participant" } ["allcaps"]=> array(4) { ["read"]=> bool(true) ["level_0"]=> bool(true) ["subscriber"]=> bool(true) ["bbp_participant"]=> bool(true) } ["filter"]=> NULL ["site_id":"WP_User":private]=> int(1) }
one other note – on the page of all the listing it counts the post itself as one of the comments, so for ex. a post with no comments will have a 1 under it and then when you click through there is just the post and a 0 and no comments. weird and confusing

randolph | 1 year and 1 month ago
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maybe it will just take come getting used to, but i am finding this new forum design confusing. something about it makes it hard to see the different posts and I really miss how the comments used to load on the same page whereas now it takes you to a new page and then you have to go back. also not really sure what better functionality has been added???

brooklynpizzaman | 1 year and 1 month ago
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Thanks for the update!