A place to ask casual questions. Namedrop either Matt or Sarah to ask one of us directly.
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Weeping /Angel · 4h
are you sure that the URLS that were claimed right at the start are unclaimable like this due to a failed reclaim request? ive seen multiple urls that have been empty and unused for months/a year suddenly get this "unable to claim due to 1 year" message. i genuinely think its all of them especially as all of them are seemingly affected
Yes, someone re-claimed it recently and this was denied. I've checked quite a few and this was always the case.
Weeping /Angel · 6h
URLs that were claimed right when the system came out, and haven’t been reclaimed since, are now non-reclaimable. They instead give the “edited under a year ago” message on /request-url. Is this something that was intentional?
I kind of like the idea of a URL being removed from the claim system if you manage to own it for over a year, but on the other hand this now means those claimed URLs can become hoarded again.
It's actually because these URLs had a failed re-claim request within the last 3 months. I will fix it soon to explain a little better why something is blocked from claiming. There's been higher priority things to work on however, this week the Rentry database server hit 97% of storage capacity, so I needed to upgrade it without any downtime (which is now complete)
angel 𓏼 · 9h
please wish us rentryers good luck on our finals 😞
Good luck everyone!
Weeping /Angel · 9h
hi so can u explain why i emailed you about you unfairly relocating my url and you don't even respond ? i've emailed you MULTIPLE times and you don't even respond to it or check it ???
We still have 150 unread emails in our backlog from Sarah being away last week. I'm tending to a new baby. The sheer volume of messages is difficult to keep up with.
Weeping /Angel · 1d
This is going to be a two in one
1. Will there ever be a way to add a # to a url since there’s a character I enjoy but his canon name spelling has a # in it. Without it it would be just “g”
2. Will the waiting for a year claim thing ever get removed for the original owner since reclaims do not need to wait a year but claims needs to be. It has been over a year since reclaims has been a thing
- Probably not, as # is a reserved URL character that means 'jump to specific location on page'
- Can you rephrase? Not sure I follow
Weeping /Angel · 3d
Ever think that there can be an "automated" reclaim system? Similar to bundlrs, but very specific? Such as having a very low content count (less then 100 characters) for urls with no content that don't need an email to be sent out through request-url. This could make things easier for you and Sarah.
just an idea! two reclaim systems since some urls are easy to reclaim (edited years ago, one sentance/image only, etc..) while others may still need the request-url system.
Considering we're likely going to be fighting a losing battle forever over what is and isn't genuine content, it will likely need to become this at some point yes.
Weeping /Angel · 4d
What happens when the last edit date for a url is Feb 29th? Does it come the 28th when it's time to turn one year? Or does it become March 1st?
The latter, as it's worked out as +1 year and the 28th would be less than that.
Weeping /Angel · 3d
Hi Matt & Sarah! You guys work insanely hard. I'm sure even with just the two of you, the workload can be extremely high. Now with Sarah's break (which she well deserves and hope she's enjoying), there's a massive pile of claims to reply to. For these cases, have you ever considered hiring another person for Rentry?
Sarah comes back to work with.. 950 claims and counting!
It's not an option unfortunately, we'd need to raise a lot of extra money per month to afford it. I'm working on a way to reduce the workload of content moderation instead, as this can be automated much more than it currently is with a newly designed system.
Weeping /Angel · 4d
How do I do the secret verify, when I put something in it just becomes none and I'm confused
Could you please email over the url and also the content you are adding to the metadata box, I'll need to investigate this.
Weeping /Angel · 4d
Hello! My reclaims from 2–3 days ago have not been answered, is this because you disabled claims? (because of what you said about Sara's rest)
I decided not to disable claims in the end, as that might mess up people's pre planned timings. So, claim results will have to wait until Monday I'm afraid.
Weeping /Angel · 5d
Hello! There have been a few cases of people claiming URLs before the 1-year claim date, like 2-4 days before (and they get it, despite having genuine content.), and everyone else waiting for the 1-year claim date kind of loses their chance at trying to get it. This has happened to me about 3 times this month specifically will there be any solution or is it just tough luck? No hate! I could never hate Matt or Sarah im just curious
I was only just made aware. It's not 2-4 days, it's at most 23.9 hours. I'll fix very soon.
Weeping /Angel · 5d
is it possible to automate normal claims with only one person asking for them? it would lessen the workload for you two and get people their urls faster
Yes, but then we still deny them sometimes when people put unacceptable messages.
Weeping /Angel · 5d
Why are URL claims coming out hours or even days earlier than they're supposed to? Isn't that unfair? An example is /usagi. The claims began around 6~12 hours before it was supposed to be open.
Ahh maybe the claims are starting at midnight rather than at the exact same minute. I thought this was long fixed, but I'll investigate on Monday.
Weeping /Angel · 4d
what are the options of CONTENT_LINK_BEHAVIOR ?
It controls whether you want clicked links to load in the same tab or to open a new one.
Weeping /Angel · 6d
Would you ever consider making an option for rentries to be completely private? so only the owner and people with a set password can view them? Kind of like bundlrs
Possibly, would want more community feedback though before making this possible