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GoatBoy

"Code Monkey"

Joined Nov 2000
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TX, USA

Posted: 8/28/2019 11:28:23 PM EDT

Sorry these haven't been as regular as before, there are a LOT of things on the to do list and a number of things being completed.

This is actually stuff that has been released little by little the last few weeks.

- Staff and Mod changes (As you have probably noticed!)
Many thanks to those who have joined up to receive a lot of grief to help the community out. There are a few more changes on the table I believe, so please welcome new mods and staff as they join the ranks!

- Amazon Linking fixed.
- User profile bug fixed.
- image bug fixed. (link issue)
- increased file upload size limit.
- increased "my board" limit.
- increased staff mention limit to 25 per post. (Only staff increase.)
- new icons ready for GOA, SAF, Ham Crew (Yes I said it.)
- upgrades to site content engine for authors (coming soon!)
- upgrades and finally an IG fix for new info/company pages (also coming soon!)
- removed the NRA recruitment link
- fixed twitter embed bug.
- misc fixes (styles, spelling, etc.)

MOBILE USERS
- Menu image now will show an icon over it when you have new IM messages.

That's just about all from this update. More to come as there is a lot being finished up!

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medicmandan Member Joined Jun 2002 Posts 27313 EE 100% (20) UT, USA	Posted: 8/28/2019 11:51:55 PM EDT [#1]

DevOps Joined Apr 2019 Posts 317 EE 0% (0) USA	Posted: 8/28/2019 11:55:14 PM EDT [Last Edit: DevOps] [#2] Removed NRA link. Lol. Nice.

RandyBroshankle Constitutional Kentuckian Joined Jun 2011 Posts 10617 EE 100% (27) KY, USA	Posted: 8/29/2019 12:02:31 AM EDT [#3] Quote History Originally Posted By DevOps: Removed NRA link. Lol. Nice. View Quote Fuck yes. Actual improvement.
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RobertL NorCal Call Sign Moss Joined Jan 2005 Posts 13345 EE 100% (218) MO, USA	Posted: 8/29/2019 12:09:03 AM EDT [#4] Who do we email to get our GOA and SAF Life Member icons?
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Bobbybananas Joined Apr 2019 Posts 806 EE 100% (5) FL, USA	Posted: 8/29/2019 12:12:14 AM EDT [#5] Can you remove the Facebook associated ad network tracking script? I can’t help but notice I viewed a post about nuclear reactor cooling during power loss events here earlier today and suddenly Facebook is feeding me ads with “nuclear power” as key phrases. You're essentially telling Facebook every post we look at which is really cool.

fish223 Vox Clamantis in Deserto Joined Sep 2004 Posts 13413 EE 100% (7) NY, USA	Posted: 8/29/2019 12:12:27 AM EDT [#6] Quote History Originally Posted By RobertL: Who do we email to get our GOA and SAF Life Member icons? View Quote New bling for me too.
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davisac

crazy; toys in the attic

Joined Apr 2009
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NJ, USA

Posted: 8/29/2019 1:20:06 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By Bobbybananas:
Can you remove the Facebook associated ad network tracking script? I can’t help but notice I viewed a post about nuclear reactor cooling during power loss events here earlier today and suddenly Facebook is feeding me ads with “nuclear power” as key phrases. You're essentially telling Facebook every post we look at which is really cool.

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I doubt Goatboy would any sort of FB tracking and I see no connections to any associated FB addresses logged in or out.

The more likely scenario (and the one that's actually happening here because that's what FB does) is they're tracking you through browser cookies and like buttons, Facebook 3rd party logins, etc. Nothing to do with Arfcom in particular.

And now the weather. Tomorrow will be cloudy with scattered showers spreading from the east with an expected high of 4000 degrees Celsius.

aeroworksxp 01001110 01000101 01010010 01000100 Joined Dec 2012 Posts 15749 EE 100% (7) OH, USA	Posted: 8/29/2019 7:27:07 AM EDT [#8] Good work goat. Makes me happy to be a paying member.
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Wangstang

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Posted: 8/29/2019 7:32:25 AM EDT

[Last Edit: Wangstang] [#9]

Still say you need a quick clock feature that will ignore all posts except for OPs post in a thread so people can quickly catch up on a multi-page thread without having to scroll through every page looking for highlighted posts.

Thanks for the continued work.

Edit:
https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/A-way-to-view-only-OP-posts-in-a-thread/2-2181934/

GoatBoy

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Posted: 8/29/2019 11:21:03 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By Wangstang:
Still say you need a quick clock feature that will ignore all posts except for OPs post in a thread so people can quickly catch up on a multi-page thread without having to scroll through every page looking for highlighted posts.

Thanks for the continued work.

Edit:
https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/A-way-to-view-only-OP-posts-in-a-thread/2-2181934/

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On the list.

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GoatBoy

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Joined Nov 2000
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Posted: 8/29/2019 11:22:42 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By Bobbybananas:
Can you remove the Facebook associated ad network tracking script? I can’t help but notice I viewed a post about nuclear reactor cooling during power loss events here earlier today and suddenly Facebook is feeding me ads with “nuclear power” as key phrases. You're essentially telling Facebook every post we look at which is really cool.

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We don't do any facebook tracking or api usage of any kind. We have twitter tie in for embeds, but no tracking on that as it's behind the scenes. Amazon tie in is just us as well being loaded from a cached DB on our end with their data.

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GoatBoy "Code Monkey" Joined Nov 2000 Posts For Sale EE 100% (2) TX, USA	Posted: 8/29/2019 11:23:27 AM EDT [#12] Quote History Originally Posted By RobertL: Who do we email to get our GOA and SAF Life Member icons? View Quote Nobody has been assigned to this yet. Please be patient.
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Bobbybananas

Joined Apr 2019
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FL, USA

Posted: 8/29/2019 11:26:43 AM EDT

[Last Edit: Bobbybananas] [#13]

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Originally Posted By davisac:

I doubt Goatboy would any sort of FB tracking and I see no connections to any associated FB addresses logged in or out.

The more likely scenario (and the one that's actually happening here because that's what FB does) is they're tracking you through browser cookies and like buttons, Facebook 3rd party logins, etc. Nothing to do with Arfcom in particular.

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That is not what’s happening. The ad network that jams the ads between posts is exchanging data with Facebook (or already owned by Facebook). Facebook can’t go access arf com cookies to track me here and I’m pretty sure there’s no like/share buttons embedded on arf com pages. This leaves the ad script.

Edit: I do this crap for a living and know when I’ve been noticed by an ad network from a search or content I’ve browsed. Either Facebook completely broke its internal ad system and its coincidentally gave me an ad with keywords highly associated with the niche topic I was browsing only on arf com 5 minutes prior or the arf com ad script is exchanging data with facebooks ad system.

GoatBoy

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Posted: 8/29/2019 11:52:31 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By Bobbybananas:

That is not what’s happening. The ad network that jams the ads between posts is exchanging data with Facebook (or already owned by Facebook). Facebook can’t go access arf com cookies to track me here and I’m pretty sure there’s no like/share buttons embedded on arf com pages. This leaves the ad script.

Edit: I do this crap for a living and know when I’ve been noticed by an ad network from a search or content I’ve browsed. Either Facebook completely broke its internal ad system and its coincidentally gave me an ad with keywords highly associated with the niche topic I was browsing only on arf com 5 minutes prior or the arf com ad script is exchanging data with facebooks ad system.

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Hmmm that could be possible. Do you know which ad network is doing that? We broke it down to top/mid/bottom and they are all different. None should be doing this, but the top network is running a new system. We can reach out to them once we know where the issue is.

You only live once, but if you live right.. once is enough.

fish223 Vox Clamantis in Deserto Joined Sep 2004 Posts 13415 EE 100% (7) NY, USA	Posted: 8/29/2019 12:41:14 PM EDT [#15] Quote History Originally Posted By GoatBoy: On the list. View Quote As is the color change for the user notes icon when it is used?
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davisac crazy; toys in the attic Joined Apr 2009 Posts 26674 EE 100% (1) NJ, USA	Posted: 8/29/2019 2:19:06 PM EDT [#16] I just tried a 3.7mb jpg to try the image upload changes and get a file size error. 2160x2160 dimensions.
	And now the weather. Tomorrow will be cloudy with scattered showers spreading from the east with an expected high of 4000 degrees Celsius.

Zack3g Good camera, no skill. Joined Aug 2004 Posts 35474 EE 100% (12) PHL	Posted: 8/29/2019 2:55:47 PM EDT [#17] Speaking of icons....
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Bobbybananas

Joined Apr 2019
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FL, USA

Posted: 8/29/2019 7:25:52 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By GoatBoy:

Hmmm that could be possible. Do you know which ad network is doing that? We broke it down to top/mid/bottom and they are all different. None should be doing this, but the top network is running a new system. We can reach out to them once we know where the issue is.

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Sorry I don’t know which ad network it is specifically. I suppose a way to test would be to spin up a vm with a virgin browser, on a new ip if possible. Setup a few dev branches of arf com forums, each with only a single ad network included. Browse arfcom, go to Facebook, log in, and see if any ads pop in your feed related to the threads you just viewed vs your Facebook accounts associated interests. Ie the ham radio stuff might be distinct enough. Hop over to a new vm with fresh browser etc and jump to the next branch of arfcom with the next ad network etc, browse another unique forum/threads (different from last session). Avoid using search engines etc on these vms as well to remove any chance of their ad networks influencing the Facebook served ads.

I have no clue what ad networks Facebook has their fingers in these days, but assume it’s 25%+. And it’s not always readily apparent who they own or have a stake in for data sharing. This is why I suggested that tedious process to zero in on it manually.

disorientedpilot Member Joined Jun 2004 Posts 18525 EE 100% (8) USA	Posted: 8/29/2019 7:27:58 PM EDT [#19] Thanks!

cornhskr When in doubt, empty the magazine Joined May 2009 Posts 14129 EE 100% (55) WA, USA	Posted: 9/3/2019 12:04:33 PM EDT [#20] I see the Ham Crew icon has a point of contact. Still no point of contact for SAF or GOA? I'm trying to get to 37 pieces of flair!!!
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Martlet Alma 46:12 Joined Feb 2004 Posts 4910 EE 100% (2) NH, USA	Posted: 9/24/2019 7:54:42 PM EDT [#21] Quote History Originally Posted By cornhskr: I see the Ham Crew icon has a point of contact. Still no point of contact for SAF or GOA? I'm trying to get to 37 pieces of flair!!! View Quote Where are the contacts for any of these?

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