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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:45:28 AM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By wakeboarder: Disable post count next  Having seen the great post count reset unfold live, I'll just say: Some men just want to watch the world burn...
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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:49:43 AM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By DK-Prof: This is an outrage!!  https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1715/6196E3CF-3D4B-4402-8011-EF6E9D45AA3C-1101315.jpg Haha, now you’re a pleb just like the rest of us.
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FL, USA
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Posted: 1/14/2021 12:45:02 PM EST
[Last Edit: 1/14/2021 12:48:31 PM EST by Wizardali]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fox2008: It will save the site a fortune in bandwidth though  Bandwidth? This site forum code wastes a ton of bandwidth when it puts post title in the URL. Amazon uses this same "feature". The URL's below are the exact same thread. So by adding in the thread title into the URL (which can be any chars btw) you waste bandwidth server/hosting side, and, the useless text in the URL also chews up your data plan at home (almost all cell phones have bit plan, some home ISP's still offer unlimited). You get the point. Same thread for all three URL's, but one URL much smaller than the others. https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/So-uh-what-s-a-good-cartridge-for-hunting-say-and-Elk-/5-2414729/ https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/./5-2414729/ https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/GoatBoy-luvs-ARFCOM-and-will-never-ever-give-it-up-even-when-the-commis-come-knocking/5-2414729/ Side note - ever wonder why your cell phone data plan gets used up so fast? Well, what if 50% of every page you look at is javascript code on the page, of which you never see, it's just there to do whatever. Or what if 80% of the page you are looking at (bit count wise) is just random useless text inside a HTML remark tag. Hence, those sites in cahoots with ISP's can inflate your data usage w/o you even thinking about it, or in other words, make your wallet lighter and theirs fatter. |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 12:48:35 PM EST
[Last Edit: 1/14/2021 12:49:21 PM EST by Iggyort]
@Goatboy
Remove State location too |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 1/14/2021 12:50:00 PM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By Iggyort: @Goatboy Remove State location too Don't remove State, just randomize it. 
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Posted: 1/14/2021 12:54:51 PM EST
[Last Edit: 1/15/2021 4:47:46 AM EST by Iggyort]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Wizardali: Don't remove State, just randomize it. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Wizardali: Originally Posted By Iggyort: @Goatboy Remove State location too Don't remove State, just randomize it. Every post a Country flag : 🇨🇳 China 🇨🇳
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Posted: 1/14/2021 1:02:23 PM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By Iggyort: @Goatboy Remove State location too Naw man. Some of us are proud to be where where we are from. We even shot fuckers in the face over it a couple of times. 
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FL, USA
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Posted: 1/14/2021 1:03:41 PM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By Iggyort: Every pone put Country : 🇨🇳 China 🇨🇳 Why even have country label? The backend has it via registration process, but no need to advertise it in the gui. Or, make ever user country AUS, this will make AUS govt panic, seeing all these Aussi users who show their evil AR's.
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Posted: 1/14/2021 1:04:39 PM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By Wizardali: Bandwidth? This site forum code wastes a ton of bandwidth when it puts post title in the URL. Amazon uses this same "feature". The URL's below are the exact same thread. So by adding in the thread title into the URL (which can be any chars btw) you waste bandwidth server/hosting side, and, the useless text in the URL also chews up your data plan at home (almost all cell phones have bit plan, some home ISP's still offer unlimited). You get the point. Same thread for all three URL's, but one URL much smaller than the others. https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/So-uh-what-s-a-good-cartridge-for-hunting-say-and-Elk-/5-2414729/ https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/./5-2414729/ https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/GoatBoy-luvs-ARFCOM-and-will-never-ever-give-it-up-even-when-the-commis-come-knocking/5-2414729/ Side note - ever wonder why your cell phone data plan gets used up so fast? Well, what if 50% of every page you look at is javascript code on the page, of which you never see, it's just there to do whatever. Or what if 80% of the page you are looking at (bit count wise) is just random useless text inside a HTML remark tag. Hence, those sites in cahoots with ISP's can inflate your data usage w/o you even thinking about it, or in other words, make your wallet lighter and theirs fatter. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Wizardali: Originally Posted By fox2008: It will save the site a fortune in bandwidth though Bandwidth? This site forum code wastes a ton of bandwidth when it puts post title in the URL. Amazon uses this same "feature". The URL's below are the exact same thread. So by adding in the thread title into the URL (which can be any chars btw) you waste bandwidth server/hosting side, and, the useless text in the URL also chews up your data plan at home (almost all cell phones have bit plan, some home ISP's still offer unlimited). You get the point. Same thread for all three URL's, but one URL much smaller than the others. https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/So-uh-what-s-a-good-cartridge-for-hunting-say-and-Elk-/5-2414729/ https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/./5-2414729/ https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/GoatBoy-luvs-ARFCOM-and-will-never-ever-give-it-up-even-when-the-commis-come-knocking/5-2414729/ Side note - ever wonder why your cell phone data plan gets used up so fast? Well, what if 50% of every page you look at is javascript code on the page, of which you never see, it's just there to do whatever. Or what if 80% of the page you are looking at (bit count wise) is just random useless text inside a HTML remark tag. Hence, those sites in cahoots with ISP's can inflate your data usage w/o you even thinking about it, or in other words, make your wallet lighter and theirs fatter. I feel like you took my joke a little to serious
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Posted: 1/14/2021 1:16:23 PM EST
[Last Edit: 1/14/2021 1:17:27 PM EST by scuba_steve]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fox2008: I feel like you took my joke a little to serious Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fox2008: Originally Posted By Wizardali: Originally Posted By fox2008: It will save the site a fortune in bandwidth though Bandwidth? This site forum code wastes a ton of bandwidth when it puts post title in the URL. Amazon uses this same "feature". The URL's below are the exact same thread. So by adding in the thread title into the URL (which can be any chars btw) you waste bandwidth server/hosting side, and, the useless text in the URL also chews up your data plan at home (almost all cell phones have bit plan, some home ISP's still offer unlimited). You get the point. Same thread for all three URL's, but one URL much smaller than the others. https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/So-uh-what-s-a-good-cartridge-for-hunting-say-and-Elk-/5-2414729/ https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/./5-2414729/ https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/GoatBoy-luvs-ARFCOM-and-will-never-ever-give-it-up-even-when-the-commis-come-knocking/5-2414729/ Side note - ever wonder why your cell phone data plan gets used up so fast? Well, what if 50% of every page you look at is javascript code on the page, of which you never see, it's just there to do whatever. Or what if 80% of the page you are looking at (bit count wise) is just random useless text inside a HTML remark tag. Hence, those sites in cahoots with ISP's can inflate your data usage w/o you even thinking about it, or in other words, make your wallet lighter and theirs fatter. I feel like you took my joke a little to serious And for the record, they really don't use any extra bandwidth. The site uses a single sprite sheet for many icons, and uses your client-side horsepower to display the appropriate icon in the appropriate location by selecting one of the icons from that sheet.  You need that sprite sheet even if there weren't any badges for other UI iconography...and you download the sheet once and cache it client side. Now fight me! 
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Posted: 1/14/2021 1:55:58 PM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By scuba_steve: And for the record, they really don't use any extra bandwidth. The site uses a single sprite sheet for many icons, and uses your client-side horsepower to display the appropriate icon in the appropriate location by selecting one of the icons from that sheet. https://www.ar15.com/images/2016/sprites-flat.png You need that sprite sheet even if there weren't any badges for other UI iconography...and you download the sheet once and cache it client side. Now fight me!  |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 2:20:57 PM EST
I’ll miss my hidden badge: Oh wait,,,,,,,,
Jay |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 2:21:14 PM EST
[Last Edit: 1/14/2021 2:21:48 PM EST by AZCOP]
Double Tap
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FL, USA
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Posted: 1/14/2021 4:55:53 PM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By fox2008: I feel like you took my joke a little to serious I did. My bad. I was just noting my observation. 
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Posted: 1/14/2021 5:59:52 PM EST
I always thought VCDL was a bit of a marker.
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Posted: 1/14/2021 6:08:42 PM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By wakeboarder: Disable post count next 
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Posted: 1/14/2021 6:35:04 PM EST
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Posted: 1/14/2021 9:51:00 PM EST
Delete the archives
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Posted: 1/14/2021 10:11:55 PM EST
Muh Bling!
Is it fair to assume AWS has copies of the board in their archives? I'd expect they are applying AI technology to cross reference to other online presence |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 10:24:55 PM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By TNC: Muh Bling! Is it fair to assume AWS has copies of the board in their archives? I'd expect they are applying AI technology to cross reference to other online presence No, they wouldn't. They provide IaaS and PaaS but it's on you to provide your own backup if you're looking for more than their HA redundancy. That said, most of the board, including the archives, has been wide open to the internet for quite some time and I'm sure it's been scraped by other parties. You can't unring that bell. |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 10:41:22 PM EST
Well I apologize for starting a thread in team.
Maybe if I got out of active topics every now and then, I'd have seen this yesterday. |
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Posted: 1/14/2021 11:31:03 PM EST
[Last Edit: 1/14/2021 11:33:43 PM EST by cavedog]
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Posted: 1/15/2021 12:03:29 AM EST
What are group icons
 @me |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 12:46:20 AM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By DK-Prof: This is persecution!! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DK-Prof: Originally Posted By DimaChado: Is this equality? This is persecution!! equitably redistributing that flair |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 12:49:39 AM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By GoatBoy: Listen folks. We are all part of this community and have done nothing illegal to worry about. The doxxing threat is always there no matter what. Just be careful what you say and where. This does not only apply to the forums, but to life. The actions we are taking are simply to make it a little tougher for folks who want to engage in illegal activities like doxxing and targeting others. I have never hid my information and don't plan to start now. I am a patriot of this great nation and I am a gun owner. I believe in the Constitution and freedom of speech. I have been discriminated against for being Hispanic and sadly, I fully expect to be discriminated against for being a conservative. (Constitutionalist to be more exact.) Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GoatBoy: Originally Posted By NUCdt04: while we're getting off topic a bit (my bad) The feds know you're here local cops can find out you're here there's nothing much you're going to do to stop that what you can stop are the "activists" who think they're doing good deeds for their overlords. I see all sides of the threat, some of them you're not defeating by removing group icons or using bitcoin (still won't btw) - cut off the levels you can for now. The point isn't 100% or nothing - it's doing the best we can with what we have Listen folks. We are all part of this community and have done nothing illegal to worry about. The doxxing threat is always there no matter what. Just be careful what you say and where. This does not only apply to the forums, but to life. The actions we are taking are simply to make it a little tougher for folks who want to engage in illegal activities like doxxing and targeting others. I have never hid my information and don't plan to start now. I am a patriot of this great nation and I am a gun owner. I believe in the Constitution and freedom of speech. I have been discriminated against for being Hispanic and sadly, I fully expect to be discriminated against for being a conservative. (Constitutionalist to be more exact.) This. When they first announced the decision, Godaddy stated there was illegal activity. Tonight Ben Shapiro announced that they stated the site violated their TOS, and naturally gave no recourse, no appeals route. If there's so much illegal activity going on here, they should report it to the proper authorities. While they're at it, they should do the same for every site they register. If they're gonna go hall monitor, go all the way. |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 11:28:06 AM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By TNC: Muh Bling! Is it fair to assume AWS has copies of the board in their archives? I'd expect they are applying AI technology to cross reference to other online presence Were the archives ever public? If so then places like wayback and others (gool, etc) have already crawled it and have them stored. |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 11:31:28 AM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By TNC: This. When they first announced the decision, Godaddy stated there was illegal activity. Tonight Ben Shapiro announced that they stated the site violated their TOS, and naturally gave no recourse, no appeals route. If there's so much illegal activity going on here, they should report it to the proper authorities. While they're at it, they should do the same for every site they register. If they're gonna go hall monitor, go all the way. The Eff Bee Eye is all over the violators, so don't worry. They'll find or make-up something to nab people. It's also in USC that the FBI cannot act solely on 1A only. That's the law. So it baffles me as to how the bee eye can start tracking and following people because they said something somewhere. |
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Posted: 1/15/2021 4:29:20 PM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By scuba_steve: And for the record, they really don't use any extra bandwidth. The site uses a single sprite sheet for many icons, and uses your client-side horsepower to display the appropriate icon in the appropriate location by selecting one of the icons from that sheet. https://www.ar15.com/images/2016/sprites-flat.png You need that sprite sheet even if there weren't any badges for other UI iconography...and you download the sheet once and cache it client side. Now fight me! mindblown.gif (I guess they deleted that one from the meme library) |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 7:18:42 PM EST
I was proud to get my first icon. I had to email and show proof and all. I am fine removing them. There is a part of me that wants to start a new account and pay another 24 bucks and start all over.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 9:01:22 PM EST
Thanks GoatBoy. I appreciate your efforts behind the scenes.
I’d echo the call to turn off state locators as well. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 9:12:27 PM EST
How did you even get them?
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Posted: 1/16/2021 10:17:27 PM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By Caniac_Nation: How did you even get them? There was a lottery. DK bought most of the tickets. |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 10:53:23 AM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By GoatBoy: Once vetted, all that is nuked. Yes. I tried explaining (but did a poor job of it) that even with those emails being deleted, there was still a distinct audit trail (group icons you are now obscuring). I did not have the energy then, to point out to your staff member, outraged at my accusation on what exactly I meant. I qualify for 4 or 5 of those icons. Never saw any need to BROADCAST my location and affiliations along with my stated positions and mindset to ANYONE who could type in ar15.com + my user name" in a browser. |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 1:08:57 PM EST
I was working towards that north korean 4 star general status
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Posted: 1/17/2021 1:29:38 PM EST
Good thinking, thank you
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Posted: 1/17/2021 1:42:34 PM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By BLKVooDoo: @Aspida You can do that on your own in profile settings. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BLKVooDoo: Originally Posted By Aspida1776: Originally Posted By GoatBoy: I went ahead and disabled all the group icons to further protect folks. At this time it seems a silly risk to have anything that can further identify you. Feel free to discuss, complain, etc. Nothing has been wiped, they simply are not displaying. @goatboy good thought, would disabling location be of any value? Just show USA? or Liberia or somewhere? @Aspida You can do that on your own in profile settings. How? Nothing I tried worked. You can’t uncheck the state |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 2:21:46 PM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By wildturl1: How? Nothing I tried worked. You can’t uncheck the state Select the first item in the state drop down, which is an empty option. |
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Posted: 1/17/2021 3:49:46 PM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By scuba_steve: There was a lottery. DK bought most of the tickets. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By scuba_steve: Originally Posted By Caniac_Nation: How did you even get them? There was a lottery. DK bought most of the tickets. 
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Posted: 1/17/2021 5:25:30 PM EST
you should erase our usernames, delete our avatars, post count and state.
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AUS
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:00:41 AM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By Wizardali: Why even have country label? The backend has it via registration process, but no need to advertise it in the gui. Or, make ever user country AUS, this will make AUS govt panic, seeing all these Aussi users who show their evil AR's. NO! Those knob-jockeys will just block ARFCOM at the ISP again, like they did after Christchurch. |
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Posted: 1/18/2021 3:10:01 PM EST
I have no fear, but do whatever you think is best.
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Posted: 1/18/2021 4:27:10 PM EST
Our ham radio operators are especially vulnerable.
Thank you |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 11:36:07 PM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By GoatBoy: We are looking to modify archives when they return to no longer display user information with them. This way the content is saved without attributing individual posts to people. I think this should fit your concern! |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 3:20:36 PM EST
[Last Edit: 1/20/2021 3:28:15 PM EST by Tesseract]
So hold on, we are censoring our achievements and pride to hide ourselves from the left?
Fuck that, I want my Marine Corps icon back. The planet can kiss my ass and let it be known all the way to the gates of Heaven I am a SGT. of Marines. Of all places to stand I thought this was the place. Bring everyone’s icons back is my vote. What is this, Twitter lite? |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 4:22:52 PM EST
[Last Edit: 1/20/2021 4:24:21 PM EST by Robertesq1]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Iggyort: @Goatboy Remove State location too @Goatboy: Or we could just allow members to not list a state if that is their preference... there is no "none" option. |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 5:07:46 PM EST
[Last Edit: 1/20/2021 5:09:55 PM EST by Tesseract]
@goatboy
Why not make a poll and let the community decide if we want our icons nullified? And the years icon change it to some type of ship, not a ribbon. |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 8:46:01 PM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By Tesseract: So hold on, we are censoring our achievements and pride to hide ourselves from the left? Fuck that, I want my Marine Corps icon back. The planet can kiss my ass and let it be known all the way to the gates of Heaven I am a SGT. of Marines. Of all places to stand I thought this was the place. Bring everyone’s icons back is my vote. What is this, Twitter lite? |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 10:39:14 PM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By BornIn1776: This. This right here. I like this. Please move forward with this. This is great. Hurry up with this. Thank you in advance for this. Should be ready tomorrow for Team members. (Check the thread in Team.) Once folks are ok with how it turned out, we can open it up to everyone. |
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Posted: 1/20/2021 11:13:16 PM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By 6winchester2: Why don't you just replace the group icons with a yellow star of david "Gun Owner" icon for each of us
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Posted: 1/20/2021 11:15:59 PM EST
So sad that we have to go to these lengths. The party of tolerance....
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