Q&A on Non-Moderation Matters (Mechanics, How-To, etc.)

Looks about the same to me. But I just started using Duck Duck Go last week and everything looks different.

eta: I see clear difference when I go look on Chrome.


From yesterday

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Seems bigger to me!

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If that’s copied directly (I can’t check at the moment), it could be responsible for a change in appearance: there is a font named Arial, but I don’t know of an Ariel.

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I noticed immediately, thought i’d accidentally zoomed in. Ctrl 0 does nothing!

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I just sat down and opened BB on my phone, something didn’t seem the same but I’m very tired so I just started scrolling and checked in on this topic.

Put me down for something is different but I can’t put my finger on it.

Nothing bad or unusable just different.

First world problem but at least it’s not just me.

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OK, this one is odd:

but…

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Interestingly, I’ve noticed this on other websites but not on BBS. I wonder if the default font selection in my browser (some Chromium flavor) changed on a recent update.

(Edit: everything in browser settings looks typical. :shrugmoji:)

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… I noticed in one of my old comments there is suddenly an emoji orphaned on a separate line
:open_mouth:

which I have deliberately been avoiding

so definitely fonts are bigger now, or margins are wider, or something

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Looks like Atari has the same problem as Guardian, with disappearing pictures from the OneBox. First time I recall seeing it somewhere besides Guardian.

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It would be nice to get a short Bio from some of the secondary contributors.

I suspect some are pen names, but even so but a little blurb would go along way towards transparency, and is consistent with a pro-journalism vibe.

What has always made BoingBoing great were the quality of the writers and their distinct point of view coming through in their contributions.

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I’m in favor of requiring all the contributors to have a BBS account. Not requiring them to use it, but just so there’s proper attribution when the article makes it over to the BBS.

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Aha. This had not occurred to me. Second the desire for a bio.

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@orenwolf

Anyone else seeing a problem with gifs posted from the gif widget? Such as in this post of mine:

However, if I upload a gif that’s on my computer instead… :woman_shrugging:

ds9-sisko-prophets-mystery

Anyone else seeing this error?

In case… here is what it looks like with the gifs from the gif widget…

gif-error

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Yeah, I’m seeing the same thing, at least in that thread.

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thanks!

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I’m also not seeing the gifs, but the broken link graphic instead.

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Yep, that’s what I’ve been seeing… Thanks!

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Same here, Sugarplum. :frowning:

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Is it doing this in other threads?

:thinking:

Season 3 Episode 13 GIF by The Simpsons

eta: maybe it’s specific to one thread

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