Okay, I noticed that many people have been wondering why and which glitches have been happening. I have made a list here of all the possible glitches and feature removals connected to the optimization. I suggest people read here to see if their glitch is here.
Features removed
Trash can: The Trash can has been removed because of the optimization. Carlie has said that it will come back afterwords. Pazx here though has found a way to delete comments. I have made the steps:
1. Go to your 'All comments'(That's below the Messenger) 2. From there you should see the trash can symbols next to the posts. 3. It is possible to delete posts from there.
Please note: It may happen that the posts you attempt to delete don't disappear straight away. It may take up to an hour or more before they do, but the fact is they do.
Armatars in the Messenger: similar to the trash can, this feature has been removed before the site has been updated. Seeing as it doesn't affect people in any negative way except that it is less colorful, it isn't much of a problem.
People active in the Last 5 minutes function: The new users may not know this, but before the optimization started, there was a recently active list at the bottom of the community main page. Just like the above problem, although it was useful and a great tool, it doesn't affect the life style of most people here at armorgames.
The slower way is to check their Abouts to see if the dot is green.
(Carlie has also said that this feature will be up again after updating the site)
The Vote Up function: Although it was a rather misty tool to some, the idea of the vote up was to have great comments be easily recognized for their effort and skill by bolding the text for every vote up. It was mostly for getting merits noticed. But, as some people have pointed out, merit worthy comments stand out from the rest because they are generally long and organized.
Glitches
Red/green activity icon: as many people have complained, the dot on our Abouts seems to be very inaccurate for some. Though I am not sure if this is because they haven't posted in the last 5-10 minutes or a glitch, I will write it here to tell people NOT to worry. Write a comment if you want to be sure.
Ranking glitch: The ranking glitch(I believe it is one) is that you move up ranks dead slow. I myself only get updated every day once, while I'm not active. Don't worry! It will sort itself at some point during inactivity. Be patient.
Post count glitch #1: An example of this glitch can be found here. The idea is that your profile says less posts than you are definitely sure of. Here are the possible reasons:
1. You posted in the forum games section of the forum, which does not give AP or counts as comment posts.
2. It really is a glitch. Wait and hope it solves itself after an hour or so.
Post count glitch #2: I'm not sure if other people have noticed, but when you go onto a thread you posted on earlier, most likely it has less posts than on your About. the number changes when you post in that thread, so it can be solved.
Posts don't appear: Some people may or may not have this problem. People click submit and their post doesn't appear. They have maid sure that they were holding the 30 seconds rule, but it still happens. I have no idea what to do, but for security measures, copy your document before clicking submit.
If there is a feature removal or a non reported glitch, please write here! i will write an updated list whenever a new thing is added to the list.
Readers, for the current list of glitches and features removed, please go to the last page in this thread and hopefully you will find the current list there. If not, head to the previous page.
Ya I had the same question because i Didn't get 2 merits on games. Just because the Mods didnt notice.
The mods will still not notice your comment, as any flagged comment will go to a database only available to admins, and only if flagged a number of times, it seems. Then... They will delete it.
Do you flag comments that you think are good then, if there's no Up vote button?
Don´t, because it only does negative things to the comment, and mods might think you´re abusing the feature if you flag good comments.
It was that before the trash can was fixed and was put back into the profiles, after he submitted that gliches thing. Now it is removed and I would like to ask people that if it was just mine or is anyone else saw that their trash can has been removed.
The trash can keeps popping up on your profile and tricks you into thinking it´s back. Then it disappears. Therefore, never trust it.
The mods will still not notice your comment, as any flagged comment will go to a database only available to admins, and only if flagged a number of times, it seems. Then... They will delete it.
But they check it, so good comments shouldn´t simply disappear like that. But yeah, mods will not see flagged comments in the database.
Thanks Tim for answering shayneii´s question. I agree with his answer.
I got a couple of friends to flag a comment of mine, because I wanted it to get attention, and I lost it.
I think that´s a pretty good example of "abusing" a feature. They must have deleted it because you were trying to get a merit by flagging it. So people don´t do it again...
