Bufgix Rolling Out, Watch for Old News

Just a headsup, folks; a nasty old bug wherein articles do not propagate discussion threads has been squashed with a recent update to Discourse. As a result, old articles may suddenly sprout a discussion topic. Pay no attention!

examples:

https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/new-empowering-tween-girl-fashion-and-editorial-brand/98844/2

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Oh but these are so much fun to do snarky temporal comments on

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Typo completely intentional.

Bufgix (noun):
The unintentional side effects of correcting an error in software.

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It’s like time-travel, except no risk of creating a time paradox! And I also get to drink last night’s beer again. Wait a minute.

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