NotHereToPlayGames

Face reality. Your "reputation" was FARMED (as D.Draker himself called it when OTHER people were doing it!) You didn't break any rules. Neither did the folks doing the "farming". There is no "integrity" in your rep points. Nor in D.Draker's points. Nor in Dixel's points. It's been a "game" going on for several years. Even publicly bragged about and compared directly to one of our moderator's "rep" spanning 20yrs instead of 4yrs. It's all just a "game". And as much as it is not a broken rule to partake, I am breaking no rules in "discussing", it is, afterall, what makes the "social media" world go round. Like a record baby round round round round Again - Contratulations! WELL DONE !!!

As our own moderators have stated. No rules were being broken. THE SYSTEM WAS GAMED. Plain and simple.

You LOVE it !!! Look at YOUR "reputation" score and HOW YOU GOT IT !!! Congratulations! WELL DONE !!!

Not really. It is *ALL* tied together. Good luck to the owners/supervisors. They know all the "facts". Junk In = Junk Out

MSFN counts are *FAKE*. Even the SUPERVISORS know it! We have one or two people logging in each and every day to go back DECADES to "like" a post by three different people. If I were one of the three people RECEIVING those *FAKE* "likes" and "views", I would be EMBARRASSED. Or, I wouldn't be embarrassed knowing that I'm part of the "scheme". We all know it. We all see it. From this perspective, the REASON we have topics with zero views is BECAUSE the owners/supervisors are TRYING to prevent all of the *FAKE* shenanigans. As always, "it is what it is". You can not tell me what I am allowed to "discuss". I can not tell you what not to "like". Carry On Wayward Son

I AGEREE !!! Gernerally speaking. BUT THEY ARE BEING *FAKED* HERE AT MSFN !!! "Is what it is." I'm not on what I consider "social media" (we all know what they are). I have to *ASSUME* that 'real' social media sites have preventative measures to *PREVENT* these types of *FAKES*. Again, "is what it is".

He used "imgur". Here it is "direct" to MSFN.

<OT> I've not used that one. Downloaded just now but not installed. The source code seems to suggest that it throws advertisements. The .json then loads ads into frames. Appears all of the ads come from "everhelper.me". But most ad-blockers would block it anyway.

I always prefer the new tab extensions that "convert" your bookmarks into "thumbnails" displayed as a grid for your "new tab page". I've used one called "Speed Dial" in the past (forget which one, there are a TON that go by that name at the Chrome Web Store). I currently use "Visual Bookmarks" - https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/visual-bookmarks/jdbgjlehkajddoapdgpdjmlpdalfnenf

ps - this is *NOT* a "social media platform". the userbase herein really should *NOT* be so focused on all of these "counts". myself included (ie, our *played* rep-point bean-counts). if you want a real laugh, you can find the one person here that "likes" content from DECADES ago and then even brags and boasts that his "friend" has more "views" in 4 years than one of our moderators has in 20 years. when it was he/her that was solely responsible for 99% of those "likes". has to be some kind of high school project. or college class sociological study. there are days, increasing in number, where i feel forums like this would be MUCH GREATER if *NONE* of these "counts" were present. i mean, i know what posts are "helpful" and which are "far from" and i didn't have to look at the "count" to know which was which. but anywhoo... edit: this seems appropriate --

Already discussed in a different thread. Moderators are aware. Not sure how "accurate" those read-counts really are. I don't read SEVERAL topics here but I do click the "Mark site read" button quite often. That doesn't mean that I actually *READ* those topics.

I'm no lawyer... but... what you are saying, if I understand it, is that the server is physically located in a country that follows EU's GDPR privacy laws. Which state that any customer requesting deletion of "attribution" is to be honored, REGARDLESS OF WHAT COUNTRY THAT CUSTOMER LIVES IN. But, as is no suprise to me, even that GDPR law does NOT apply to ARCHIVED DATA. So, in many ways, "why bother"?

I should also point out that GDPR is a GROWING TREND. The USA does not CURRENTLY have anything at the FEDERAL level like GDPR. But the USA *IS* moving in that direction, just not there yet. Again, not "debating", just "stating". California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Indiana, Delaware, Florida, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Kentucky, and Rhode Island. All of these States have laws very similar to GDPR. The list grows every year. And that list is both "red" and "blue". EU is leading the way in this regard. But the USA *is* moving in that direction.

What about STATE LAWS here in the USA? There is no FEDERAL equivalent to the EU's GDPR, but my STATE does have a law equivalent to GDPR (*many* STATES do!). Not to be misread, MSFN has not (to my knowledge) violated those STATE laws (ie, my profile does not show my EMAIL address, or I *opted out* during registration). In accordance with those STATE LAWS, not even my checking account has my REAL email address. By law, they cannot deny me an account if I do not provide them a "real" email address. I, of course, have to provide proof that I am a real person, lol, and a "real" home address. But not a real email and not a real phone number. Per my STATE LAW, I should be able to OPT OUT of any "targeted ads" on MSFN. I see no route to opt out of ads. Not really an issue, uBO blocks them anyway. NOT attempting any "debate". Just asking questions out of curiosity.

ps - I say that NOT as some "debate" over whether sites like this should force members to use REAL email addresses My point is, if a member does not or just "no longer" wishes for his/her PERSONAL DATA to exist on 'your' server, then that request SHOULD BE HONORED. I do not know the "this country, that country" laws on PERSONAL DATA. It was, afterall, VOLUNTARILY given at time of membership registration. But even Facebook and Google will delete that PERSONAL DATA if requested by the person tied to that personal data. Not that I really believe that they actually do. They have logs of some kind and from a "lawfare" point of tracking down "illegal activity", I personally support those "historical logs". "Is what it is".

Personally, in a day of "AI Everywhere", I often wonder just what the consequences are of sites like this that possess such personal data! For example, I *always* use GUERRILLAMAIL for forum web site membership creation. That was not "allowed" here at MSFN so I was 'manhandled' into using a REAL email address. And years later, that REAL EMAIL ADDRESS became the LOGIN where it USED TO BE a "username". No offense, I have personally 'moved on' from my FORMER REQUEST to have my account DELETED. But... When I did request my account to be deleted, IT WAS DENIED!!! I believe I was simply informed to just stop logging in and that MSFN now "owns" all past posts. I got no problem with that, I really don't. BUT... I do, technically, take issue with my REAL ADDRESS being on 'your' server. Just one of those "it is what it is" paradigms of life.

I doubt that you really "have to". ie, enter a FAKE/TEMPORARY email address !!! I use GUERRILLA MAIL all the time for things like this. There are others. **NEVER** give out your real email. Not even my checking account has me REAL email. I do *NOT* want their monthly *CRAP* just to tell me a monthly statement is available.

lol, good catch... not the first time I've done that typo... a flaw with my keyboard, I'm guessing...

I should add, we all should consider that Win10 from 2016 through 2019 shoud all be reconsidered here at MSFN as *QUALIFYING* for "older OS's". Here at MSFN, you say "Win10" and all the XP and Vista folks seem to outcast you as not using an "older OS". I am not a fan of any of the "H" versions of Win10+. ie, anything that has a version numbering like 21H2, 22H1, 22H2, 24H2, 25H2, et cetera. But Win10's that PRE-DATE that numbering scheme is VERY MUCH SO an "older OS".

Does not appear to be the same issue. For me, the issue was *ONLY* on Supermium's SETTINGS PAGES and not on visited web sites. Though it is possible that it is related somehow - a font issus is a font issue, whether it be an external page (visited web) or an internal page (settings/flags). Truth be told, I *rarely* actually visit any web pages using Supermium (it did not play well with my old hardware and there is NO USE to use it on NEWER hardware). As it's "last straw", I upgraded it from Win XP x86 to Win 10 *LTSB 2016* and that did MUCH BETTER than trying ported browsers trying to prolong XP. Will be *weeks* (if at all) before I can repurpose my old Intel Core2 Quad Q6700 where this font-indent issue exists. BUT... personal experience being my guide, it will very likely STAY on Win 10 *LTSB 2016* and it will never again "waste my time" attempting to prolong XP. "Been there, done that", as the saying goes.

I occasionally run XP x64 as a dual-boot on my 13yr old i7-4770 machine. It used to run XP x64 exclusively but has since been upgraded to an OLDER version of Win10. But the "problem" I ran into (here at MSFN) during those exclusive-use XP days on that i7-4770 "era-correct" computer (XP went EOL *after* my computer manufactured date) was that I somehow didn't "qualify" to be running XP in the first place. Or that VM's somehow also don't "qualify" (regardless of host being XP or not).

I've seen that also. BUT... only in a VM (XP x86) with only 512 GB RAM allocated, so I shouldn't have expected too much anyway. I can get by with only 512 GB RAM for a lot of XP stuff (even 3D CAD), but definitely not for "semi-modern" web browsers. In my case, the GUI *eventually* showed up. *IF* you let it just sit there for FIFTEEN MINUTES or more and don't touch the mouse or keyboard the entire FIFTEEN MINUTES.

Update. I still cannot do a screencap yet (new computer does not get internet connectivity until *after* I get the OS rebuilt to my "liking"). I installed Supermium v126 R7 inside a Win10 VM on my new Intel Core Ultra 7 and Supermium v126 does *NOT* have the font-indent issue. This issue is DEFINITELY hardware-related and it has ALWAYS existed (all versions of Supermium except maybe the most recent) on my 17/18yr old Intel Core2 Quad Q6700. And yeah, bad habit, but I always reference my computers by their CPU and not their GPU. I kind of doubt that I will bring the Q6700 back to life just for the sake of a font-indent issue screencap on old-versus-new Supermium. A font-indent issue that was present both "direct" and "inside a VM" on the Q6700 but does *not* effect (affect?) my new hardware.

Oh, I should also point out that the old Q6700 also had recent issues with WebGL. Or shall I say what a few here at MSFN perceived as possible WebGL. BUT... If one digs further into MapQuest (one of two web sites being tested at the time), it does *NOT* technically use WebGL. Per AI enquiries - "MapQuest.js, integrates with Leaflet.js, which primarily uses standard web technologies like Canvas and DOM rendering, rather than relying fundamentally on WebGL for its core functionality."

I never dived into any. I do not keep Supermium around and only ever run it from inside VM's that have never seen Supermium until the run. So always brand new profile, directly as-is from the distributed .zip, never the .exe. Again, I may have been one version off as I didn't notice until yesterday that there is a very recent new version which may or may not have the font non-indent first letter half-missing. I may grab a screencap eventually, even if only found in older versions, so that others know what to look for. But... Um... Very, very low priority...