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Ok i was wandering around Ao today, and i've realised that when i click on the Addicts Forum you know the one were you need 275 Posts or more to enter..
And anyhow i clicked on it without reading the finer print, and i was allowed to enter..
Now is this a Bug or can anyone enter that area now..??
Stacy
Odd, I've tested that and from what I've seen you should not be able to enter without the proper number of posts. Has anyone else seen this behavior?
- h
I tried it after seeing this post, and it didn't let me in.
Maybe ACD is getting preferential treatment??!
I don't think that the system has favorites or am i wrong ?Quote:
Originally posted here by Schrodinger
I tried it after seeing this post, and it didn't let me in.
Maybe ACD is getting preferential treatment??!
I don't rember exactly how I got access to view posts in the addicts forum before I got 275 posts but it was very rare that I could browse some of the posts from another post. it could be a glitch that happends on occasion
Damn computer, prolly server is trying to make friends :DQuote:
Maybe ACD is getting preferential treatment??!
I found one method that works for viewing parts of posts in the Addicts forum w/o the required number of posts. I'll work on plugging that hole.
- h
w00t. never saw you posting before Admin, maybe because you have one green dot and so i didn'y pay much attention to the Title.
edit: Are you part of the JM team or ?
No, he increased his post count to test some site-benefits, he's probably part of JM as he's supposed to fix bugs etc. -> got this info from various posts considering bugs which are now fixed.
Thx mnstrgrl
"He" is a "she" according to her profile. :DQuote:
Originally posted here by el-half
No, he increased his post count to test some site-benefits, he's probably part of JM as he's supposed to fix bugs etc. -> got this info from various posts considering bugs which are now fixed.
Thx mnstrgrl
Cheers:
I think mnstrgrl is a girl, not a guy. ie., monstergirl
ahh that doesnt mean anything anydays. But i agree she has done quite a nice bit of work for the past couple days.
PeacE
-BoB
Remember that in a month when the next round of bitching starts about them not doing anything for us.Quote:
Originally posted here by fl34bit3
ahh that doesnt mean anything anydays. But i agree she has done quite a nice bit of work for the past couple days.
PeacE
-BoB
Actually that was a nice bit of work, should stop the bitching for a while anyway, cheers guys ;)
Me thinks that Alt_Ctrl_Delete should proove that she has access to the Addicts Forum, by actually posting in one of the Threads or even start a new Thread..
cheers
creative
There were a few ways I discovered that a user could get access to posts or parts of posts in the Addicts forum without having true access. I've fixed one of those bugs. There's one more that I know about, but it's going to take a bit more work to fix, and it only allows a user to see a small chunk of a post, so it's not high on my list of priorities at the moment.
I don't believe it's possible for a user to start a thread or post a reply to the Addicts forum if they aren't supposed to have access. If there's a way to do it, please PM me w/details so I can fix it.
- h
I have not tried this in a while but there used to be a problem with the sticky threads in the addicts forum as well, just read some of the stickies ;)
mnstrgrl - You did a good job fixing it up. I tried a few techniques I knew that used to work about 6 months to a year ago, and none of them worked. I even came up with a few more, and sure enough it didn't get me in.
I was able to get names of the threads under the Addicts Forum, but in a different way than using Search. But my technique relies on search..., so...
BTW, will any Addicts Checkout the thread "400 - Posts today" and scroll to the bottom and look for me? mnstrgrl - that was the only thing I could do in there :)
Kewl.. you can subscribe to the thread. :D
Well, yeah :D
I can't seem to find any options in the profile to e-mail the entire reply though. So I can subscribe, but I can't read it :(
Edit:
Well, I might as well list what I tried:
Quoting Addict Post into Normal Thread Like This One (Tried for the first time) - Didn't work
Printing Thread / Post Feature (This used to work) - Didn't work
Send to Friend featuture (Tride for the first time) - Got Title, Didn't work
Tried to go straight to post reply, replacing thread ID (Never worked) - Still didn't work
and now Subscribe to thread (Only thing that worked, but you still can't read it, only learn who replies) - Learn who posted, didn't work
and yes, I know about the preview thing that mnsgrl mentioned. (works)
Subscribe to thread/forum no longer works for users without permission :)
- h
As of this exact moment:
Oh, the hilarity. Although I don't think my absence due to this is any different from my sabbaticals.
Oddly, when the link does NOT reference the www prefix, I can access it just fine.
The first link is the one used under 'earned site benefits' on the main page.
Terr - Sorry to completely steal your spotlight right now man, but w00t! I'm good! :D
Yes, this means that I did gain access to the AntiOnline Addicts page. And yes, I do have proof of this. No posting, though.
I had to muck around to find a long enough post to prove that I didn't get this from the preview text thing. So, here is my proof:
AO Addicts - Checkout the thread - Final Request.. posted 11-20-2003 08:02 PM by creative_32X_mx
Later on, creative_32X_mx goes on to post:Quote:
Ok it's like this..<snip>Or do i just stop<snip> for the final time.<snip>
I <snipped> stuff so members who haven't made it to Addict status won't get an insight to the Addict's fourm through me, lol. Plus that was the longest thread I could find in a few hurried minutes.Quote:
Ok i'm<snip>last month,<snip>So i've decided that<snip>are looking good<snip>So until then. .
creative
I'll PM mnstrgrl about this. I wonder who will find these things when I finally get to view that fourm? :rolleyes:
I've fixed Tim_axe's access method.
Terr - are you still seeing that error message? It sounds cookie-related to me. That's the only reason I can think of that the code would behave differently without the "www". But then, we only set "antionline.com" cookies, no "www.antionline.com" cookies... although I think the site has used www for some cookies in the past. You might try logging out, removing the site cookies and logging back in. Let me know if that fixes this.
- h
I haven't logged out and back in, but it works now, oddly enough.
Please ignore this post, as it is a test. This test attempts to close the thread. Smilies are used for control purposes, and if they show then most likely this test won't work. Also, a rating of 1 may be applied. Yes, I know it does not deal with a post in the Addicts Forum, but since I could not find another way in, I decided to try this... If it succeeds then mnstrgrl will be PMed... Otherwise, please ignore this post.
Edit:
Test failed. Security seems good. And I even forgot to include the smiles for control purposes... Although I see that it shows Disable Smilies...
I haven't managed to find any other ways into addicts, despite Office's (Ratman's) claims... Hopefully however he managed it will be fixed :confused: