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"Plagiarizing"? First, I don't think a user has ever written this word in the history of the Forum...let alone by me. Second, you assume your checklists would be worth plagiarizing.
In your "post" to which I'm referring...
You could have just said "Good to know" or something like that and nobody would have given it a second thought. But, since someone else figured out that "Unsubscribe" will prevent unwanted notifications, you thought it would make you look bad.
In the 4-year old post, the OP wanted to unsubscribe from something. As best as I remember, I didn't know there were subscriptions and also didn't know why the "Requires Membership/Click to Join" banner was obstructing my view. It must be a cookie flaw. I'm already a member, I'm already logged in, I'm participating, why are you there?
Assuming another level of membership, I clicked it, confusingly became a member of the group and then got lots of red bubbles while the others were simultaneously contributing to the post. Well, these are annoying and must be the reason the OP wants to unsubscribe.
I poked around, found Subscriptions, unsubscribed and the bubbles stopped. After my 20-second experiment, I recommended it to the OP. I didn't know what this function did because its Save didn't work but whatever this function was doing, it had stopped the spamming bubbles even with its javascript:void error. I also didn't do a before and after comparison for the word "Unsubscribe" because if it was there for me, it may have been there for the OP.
This is all the post was about: unsubscribing. Nobody in the thread was whining about pictures, expected to create a checklist, hunting for recognition or needing to provide anything of "value" to you. The mod escalated the error, it was a one-and-done and we moved on to other posts.
A year later, Ekhawaii wanted to copy and paste pictures. Again, as best as I remember, not only was the Save button still broken, but the overall layout was still confusing and if Ekhawaii's post was a chance to finally fix something, great.
The only things you're supposed to do in the Forum is provide experience, be productive and be courteous to others. You can follow me around the Forum, vote me down, report me as spam/abuse...but stop complaining about "bad posts." There are no "bad posts." These are called "contributions" for a reason: The Forum contributes together to help others.
From my time on here, members have come, members have gone and some of these long-departed members have also poked around, figured out things and shared with the Forum. What these ambitious members did not do, however, was to assume they were an authority and boast about what they've accomplished. If you hone your search skills, you may be able to find what these long-departed members have already discovered. A month ago, Mouth revealed to us how to private message another user. Will you "figure out" this too next year?
The name of this post is "How do I stop cox support notifications." and if the OP claims to have unsubscribed, the OP had unsubscribed. Why assume the OP "has no clue"? Even if nobody in this post is remotely concerned about uploads, you can still chime in about your pictures.
You could have just contributed, "...or you could click Profile icon > Settings > Subscriptions > Unsubscribe > (no need to click Save) to keep your permissions to upload pictures" instead of being a pest by dismissing other contributions (leaving group, Imgur) and haranguing the OP with "was I correct" about you being wrong? Just relax. Nobody is going to steal your cookie.
- CurtB2 years agoHonored Contributor
A year later, you searched "unsubscribe" in the Forum, found my reply, told everyone you had researched, tested and labored for days
You posted a link and claimed you had made some discovery that you just forgot about. Then you said I searched the forum and found that reply in order to use is as the source for documentation I created. Had I found anything in the forums that explained how to stop unwanted notifications, I would have used it and given proper credit. But I never saw the thread you referenced and what you posted in that thread provided no benefit anyway. What you posted about me was a lie and you knew it.
- Bruce2 years agoHonored Contributor III
I didn't write it was a "great discovery." I wrote "we found the unsubscribe procedure 4 years ago."
My point is you keep insisting I only knew of one method to stop spam: leave a group.
You also insist "since someone else figured out that 'Unsubscribe' will prevent" spam, I won't accept it because it conflicts with my one-and-only method and would make me "look bad."
You're now insisting you're the authority to judge when other members make a "bad call" (leave group, use Imgur, unsubscribed 3 times) because it conflicts with your checklist.
This OP wrote the unsubscribe method didn't work, so I wrote to leave the group. You, however, insist she had "no clue" and I made a "bad call" because we conflict with your checklist.
Whether the OP actually did or did not unsubscribe is irrelevant. I won't question her abilities to unsubscribe from a group four minutes after she posted. You, however, insist she needs to preserve her unused picture feature and then harangue her about not actually unsubscribing. Why? To prove I made a "bad call." Why? Revenge for my Chippendales quip.
The truth is I actually do know more methods to stop spam: turn off, leave, unsubscribe. The link to Herm's post was to prove to you others have already been there and done that. You weren't the first to solve any great "mystery." Nobody needs or seeks your credit. Stop judging other members because they conflict with your checklist.
The truth is this stuff is already within the history of the Forum. Others before you have already researched and figured it. Do I need credit? No. It's what most of us do in here. If you were any good at searching, you would have found it. However...
I think you actually did find it because you've noted plenty of times the Save button has been broken for "four" years. Herm's post was four years ago and there were lots of members reporting how the Save button was suddenly broken with different browsers. It was the first time a mod read it, duplicated it and reported it. Coincidence? Doubtful.
You are obsessed with your checklists. You keep pushing your checklists our faces. You do realize you've posted links to your checklists SEVEN times in this ONE post? Okay. We get it. You want us to see what you made. We share it. You need it. You take it.
- CurtB2 years agoHonored Contributor
A year later, you searched "unsubscribe" in the Forum, found my reply, told everyone you had researched, tested and labored
You can write another page to avoid the issue, but this will still be a lie.
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