PC Hoarder Patrol wrote on 2026-02-26, 10:21:Your post count is likely still just under the threshold for allowing edits
Actually looks like it just went above threshold, as edit button appeared...
My suggestion is to maybe stop blocking CloudFlare WARP 1.1.1.1
Personally, I like WARP and I use it daily, but Vogons blocks traffic through WARP. What gives?
1. Someone pointed out that ls were indistinguishable from Is here - not great for a technical forum. I added the following filter to block fonts using uBlock origin which improves things:
https://www.vogons.org/styles/vogons199x/theme/fonts/
2. I also keep getting logged out
3. Plz add "reactions" or at least "thumbs up" for posts. Unless everyone enjoys scrolling through all the pages of "thanks" or "me too" replies that could've been a reaction instead of an entire reply. VCF forum has implemented it and so far nobody has gotten hurt. Also, in technical forums, "likes" are actually a decent measure of respect, unlike "number of posts" where those can hold zero value.
https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/xco … system.1241566/
4. Regarding HTTP (non-HTTPS) for old school browsers - Unfortunately turning off HTTPS for the forum will lead to search engines and browsers marking the site as "non-secure" even though there's no real "secure" data. Hackaday had an additional non-HTTPS version of their site - however I don't see much point for a forum, especially since there's proxies and other workarounds available now.
16ShadesOfOrange wrote on 2026-03-08, 11:38:3. Plz add "reactions" or at least "thumbs up" for posts. Unless everyone enjoys scrolling through all the pages of "thanks" or "me too" replies that could've been a reaction instead of an entire reply. VCF forum has implemented it and so far nobody has gotten hurt. Also, in technical forums, "likes" are actually a decent measure of respect, unlike "number of posts" where those can hold zero value.
I can answer that one. Many people have asked for this, and it is never going to happen. IIRC, "thanks" or "me too" replies are also eligible for mod deletion.
The point of it isn't that people will "get hurt" so much as that reaction buttons are a step towards social media that those with decision making power on the Vogons forum (ei, not me) do not wish to take.
If you go back through this thread, you can find any number of people making this "suggestion" and read mod responses.
7F20 wrote on 2026-03-17, 18:48:I can answer that one. Many people have asked for this, and it is never going to happen. IIRC, "thanks" or "me too" replies are […]
16ShadesOfOrange wrote on 2026-03-08, 11:38:3. Plz add "reactions" or at least "thumbs up" for posts. Unless everyone enjoys scrolling through all the pages of "thanks" or "me too" replies that could've been a reaction instead of an entire reply. VCF forum has implemented it and so far nobody has gotten hurt. Also, in technical forums, "likes" are actually a decent measure of respect, unlike "number of posts" where those can hold zero value.
I can answer that one. Many people have asked for this, and it is never going to happen. IIRC, "thanks" or "me too" replies are also eligible for mod deletion.
The point of it isn't that people will "get hurt" so much as that reaction buttons are a step towards social media that those with decision making power on the Vogons forum (ei, not me) do not wish to take.
If you go back through this thread, you can find any number of people making this "suggestion" and read mod responses.
How about a retro version of reactions...
My view is that reactions are not related to the boundary between social media and non-social media: If online persona links back to an IRL identity then you enter persistence and peer pressure, web addiction, suicide (according to post-2012 US data), ... Anonymous forums like this one present a different set of more benign challenges.
Reactions seem completely universal and appear in social media, forums, marketplaces, download sites, search engines / web indexes, etc. The original reaction was star ratings (I'm thinking of DMOZ users manually ranking websites), followed by "helpful/correct answer" flag (I'm thinking techie sites like StackOverflow etc.). It was also common to see automated reactions such as "hot topic" or other flag representing the rate of replies rather than total replies.
Maybe a button that flagged "helpful anonymous post" would be even more amenable to admin?
Another consideration is whether a Post is being flagged as helpful or if a Member is being flagged as helpful, because those are two different things.
100% agree that reactions are bad news, for the same reason that reaction images are disallowed. Lots of posts would just receive a bunch of thumbs up emojis and no useful discussion would be generated. You don't want to pave the path of least resistance.
Unrelated: I'm getting "sorry, you are not authorized to view this page" whenever I load VOGONS in a fresh tab. Clicking the "restart" button lets me into the site.
Machine:
MacOS 26.2
Ungoogled Chromium 144
Happens on both my home and work internet. Does not happen on other machines on the same network.
World's foremost 486 enjoyer.
keenmaster486 wrote on 2026-03-19, 14:33:100% agree that reactions are bad news, for the same reason that reaction images are disallowed. Lots of posts would just receive a bunch of thumbs up emojis and no useful discussion would be generated. You don't want to pave the path of least resistance.
I find many people here helpful, but can't ever express that. And they have not received my "gratefulness" signal either.
I don't think this is the best it can be...
"640K ought to be enough for anybody." - And i intend to get every last bit out of it even after loading every damn driver!
A little about software engineering: https://byteaether.github.io/
GigAHerZ wrote on 2026-03-19, 15:11:I find many people here helpful, but can't ever express that. And they have not received my "gratefulness" signal either.
I don't think this is the best it can be...
It's better for people to contribute without any possibility of reactions. Otherwise you get people posting any lame ideas they can think of, or simply running the problem through an AI and copy-pasting the response (which already frequently happens), just so they can be "ranked" higher than others. The signal-to-noise ratio falls and people with actual knowledge leave because of it. If you want an example, go look at any of the microsoft community-based forums - every question immediately gets responses from people copy-pasting the same rudimentary/unhelpful rubbish over and over just so they can get a worthless profile title like "MS Community Support Specialist".
Fair point. Maybe there is a middle ground where thanks is private courtesy, not public spectacle?
jmarsh wrote on 2026-03-19, 22:10:GigAHerZ wrote on 2026-03-19, 15:11:I find many people here helpful, but can't ever express that. And they have not received my "gratefulness" signal either.
I don't think this is the best it can be...It's better for people to contribute without any possibility of reactions. Otherwise you get people posting any lame ideas they can think of, or simply running the problem through an AI and copy-pasting the response (which already frequently happens), just so they can be "ranked" higher than others. The signal-to-noise ratio falls and people with actual knowledge leave because of it. If you want an example, go look at any of the microsoft community-based forums - every question immediately gets responses from people copy-pasting the same rudimentary/unhelpful rubbish over and over just so they can get a worthless profile title like "MS Community Support Specialist".
What "ranking"? What AI responses? What are you talking about?
You have added and invented a lot more on top of what I have suggested. Why would you do that to argue against my suggestion?
"640K ought to be enough for anybody." - And i intend to get every last bit out of it even after loading every damn driver!
A little about software engineering: https://byteaether.github.io/
It would be useful for Vogons to be mirrored on ProtoWeb then I can surf the forum on even windows 3.1 that way I don't have to switch PC's all the time.
zapbuzz wrote on 2026-03-20, 10:37:It would be useful for Vogons to be mirrored on ProtoWeb then I can surf the forum on even windows 3.1 that way I don't have to switch PC's all the time.
I don't think this needs any input from Vogons - it seems that is more a job (feature request) for ProtoWeb.
As for reactions, I really don't see a need for this at all. I'd rather someone post in a reply "Awesome! Thanks for ... that!". That's a more meaningful validation than a thumbs up (to me).
Yes, it has potential for cluttering threads but so far this hasn't happened yet in a terrible way.
And either way, it's not likely to happen as can be seen from previous replies, so beating a dead horse...
(and AFAIK reactions would require an external plugin for phpbb, which adds to maintenance workload)
I've been getting a lot of HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR messages when trying to access this site lately on some chromium-based browsers like Vivaldi and Chrome. Anyone else?
GulchWinder3D wrote on 2026-03-21, 22:33:I've been getting a lot of HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR messages when trying to access this site lately on some chromium-based browsers like Vivaldi and Chrome. Anyone else?
hmm does it happen in firefox based browsers?
twiz11 wrote on 2026-03-23, 21:34:hmm does it happen in firefox based browsers?
I just checked and it seems to work fine in FF 144. I usually am on Chrome 135 when I visit VOGONS, haven't updated the browser in about nine months (I know, I know! UGH! I know!), right before Google enforced Manifest V3. However, the site seems to work with no issues if I use a user agent switcher.
