It was merged by a moderator. Posting twice in a row within 24 hours isn't allowed even in selfmod threads because it unfairly bumps the thread.
The messed up text is
mojibake as a result of charset-mismatch issues, probably caused by a partially-loaded page or weird configuration at the moderator's end. I haven't seen this particular thing happen before, so I'll assume for now that it was a momentary glitch somewhere. I fixed it.
Okay, so we established that a mod (perhaps drinking
) merged the posts and not some rogue actor.
You identified and fixed the problem, albeit the issue is still seen in the posts linked to.
Posting twice in a row within 24 hours isn't allowed on this USELESS
<according to Leroy Fodor> forum, thus I, for one (among countless others), should be permanently banned for breaking this rule, but please disregard this paragraph because I just took up drinking.
Now, let's address why the user's posts were merged because he allegedly unintentionally posted twice in a row within 24 hours, perhaps also deserving 500 lashes with a wet noodle.
The time of the user's first post in question: (this and the following archived here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1858841.msg18512006#msg18512006)
The time of the user's second post in question:
According to my calendar (or is it clock?; I missed that day at school due to having the chickenpox), exactly 24 hours + 1:06:38 between postings equating to 25 hours, 6 minutes and 38 seconds passing, which I'm almost certain that that's over 24 hours. Somebody check my maths (or is it clocks?).
It was merged by a moderator. Posting twice in a row within 24 hours isn't allowed even in selfmod threads because it unfairly bumps the thread.
The messed up text is
mojibake as a result of charset-mismatch issues, probably caused by a partially-loaded page or weird configuration at the moderator's end. I haven't seen this particular thing happen before, so I'll assume for now that it was a momentary glitch somewhere. I fixed it.
Yeah, my bad.
I'm using my own userscript to merge duplicate posts. While one of the moderators pointed out that it sometimes glitches with characters from non-english languages, I wasn't able to replicate it and didn't think it'd affect the main altcoin boards (since everything posted there should be in English). Was going to rewrite the script in another language sooner or later anyway so might as well start now.
Drinking mod
, why did you use a script meant to merge duplicate posts in this instance when clearly the two posts weren't duplicates - completely different content, albeit the format was exactly identical?
Here's the deal. Revert everything back to the way it was and we'll forget the whole thing, whereupon once done you can lock this thread after penning a post
apologizing to me simply stating resolved.
Deal?
Bruno
PS: Thanks, theymos and mod(s), for looking into this for me. You guys are the bestest.
