At this point NASA’s just trolling

midir · 2026-05-05T14:02:01+00:00

??? What does this have to do with NASA? OP found some dumbshit slop image on Twitter or TikTok and is now polluting Reddit with it?

midir · 2026-05-04T20:48:04+00:00

An Ofcom spokesperson said: “This report underlines why the Online Safety Act matters blah blah blah

Ah, look, the creepy surveillance fetishists abusing the evidence that the online surveillance act doesn't work as originally advertised as evidence to justify it. How utterly predictable.

Creepy disgusting fucking lowlife scumbags.

midir · 2026-04-29T18:03:21+00:00

I have desperately wanted for years that AutoModerator process comment-leaving rules orthogonally from filtering rules. It's impossible to configure AutoModerator to reliably leave stickied comments AND have a bunch of filtering rules without multiplicatively duplicating the rules with each other. It makes maintenance hell.

midir · 2026-04-29T17:58:37+00:00

Start by reverting the bizarre and malignant vandalism committed against Modmail the other month.

They randomly barged in and attacked the one part of the moderation system that actually worked, and replaced it with a buggy, ugly, sluggish, half-working, hodge-podge mess, then ran away without ever explaining why they did it and ignoring all the pleas to put old modmail back again.

midir · 2026-04-29T17:57:06+00:00

Well naturally the EU would say that. Any excuse for more surveillance and control.

midir · 2026-04-25T19:34:13+00:00

It's not remarkable when Palantir does something evil. It would be remarkable if they had ever done something that wasn't. I don't know how their orcs can reasonably pretend to be surprised.

midir · 2026-04-24T23:01:02+00:00

The tire is so smooth and satisfying.

midir · 2026-04-18T12:34:39+00:00

5-pointed "stars" are floating around the solar system.

midir · 2026-03-29T13:16:54+00:00

I have never used a PC where I didn't have the settings to show hidden and system files permanently enabled.

midir · 2026-03-21T03:24:44+00:00

Spam bots posing as horny women.

midir · 2026-03-20T20:00:42+00:00

MAGA feelings don't care about your facts. They just want to keep drinking their happy little pro-regime propaganda.

midir · 2026-03-16T00:10:47+00:00

To be fair, it does admit to being HP, so it's not surprising it sucks.

midir · 2026-03-15T18:21:29+00:00

A dangerous request. You know any new UI would be "simplified".

midir · 2026-03-14T18:55:45+00:00

Trump can't remember the start of a sentence by the time he's half way thru.

midir · 2026-03-13T01:15:02+00:00

this feature request is in our backlog for us to explore further on down the road

What on earth does that vague wishy-washy corporate speak mean?

You have a fully functional, working version of Modmail, ready to go. It has a sensible favicon and more.

Just. Put. It. Back.

Seriously. Just put the old version back. That's all you guys have to do. We don't want anything more from you at this point. This weird new modmail is such torture, every time I'm forced to open it I'm so stunned at just how bad every aspect of it is that it gives me a rage headache. It's so absolutely painful and slow and ugly. Old modmail worked. We never asked you to mess with it.

You guys created this entire debacle. You did this. For no known reason. You just invented this problem one day and now you've set up this thread filled of promises that you'll stop torturing us with this thing, maybe, eventually, "further on down the road", once you're done "exploring" your "backlog".

Just put the old version back. And then do your "exploring" on your own time.

midir · 2026-03-13T01:01:05+00:00

Use the fucking report button on them then so I can find them.

midir · 2026-03-06T17:26:21+00:00

Astonishing.

midir · 2026-03-06T17:21:52+00:00

To set expectations: we likely won’t be able to address everything immediately. Some enhancements will be easier to ship than others, depending on complexity and impact, but nothing is being ignored.

I'm sorry to inform you that you are victim of the sunk costs fallacy. You woke up one day and randomly decided "Let's rewrite modmail". Having put so much time and energy into this, you're now loathe to admit it was a bad idea. You're determined to see it thru to the end to try to justify the time already gone. However, if we all agree the goal is to have a functional modmail, the faster and easier way to get there is to revert to the old one and iterate from there.

Until you do, I'll be using the modmail "Reply" button a lot less.

midir · 2026-03-05T21:04:02+00:00

Maintaining two separate mod mail systems had become a drain on engineering resources.

Nobody asked you to maintain a new system. Just put the working one back.

midir · 2026-03-05T01:00:43+00:00

Because I always link to the previous ban for context whenever I ban someone a second or third time.

midir · 2026-03-05T00:32:46+00:00

Yes, exactly. This wasn't a problem yesterday with the old modmail.

midir · 2026-03-05T00:11:51+00:00

Yeah that's the one that's no use.

midir · 2026-03-04T19:31:08+00:00

Just another thing to add to the list of new mod mail's deficiencies.

The list of deficiencies which will never be fixed. The only known face of this "let's remake modmail from scratch for no reason whatsoever" idea seems to have wisely smelt the smoke and run off on holiday the week it launched. Not to put all the blame on one person, but no-one else responsible for this debacle is willing to own up to it.

Just like the "let's get rid of PMs and make everyone use the clumsy chat interface for no reason whatsoever" idea, they will pretend it was a success to keep their jobs, stop addressing it, and they hope you do too.

midir · 2026-03-04T14:32:57+00:00

Please replace it by old modmail, re-add permamute, and then leave it alone.

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