One has to laugh

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where something has happened that has caused you to feel frustrated, but it also seems so utterly ridiculous that you cannot help but laugh about it?

If it seems like I'm talking in riddles, then allow me to explain.

Earlier, I had attempted to start a discussion, but as soon as I clicked on the 'Post' button, the site's anti-spam software sprang into action because it had deemed the content of my post to be SPAM. Whilst I appreciate the anti-spam software is software, and not a human being, I struggled to understand how it had formed that opinion. Anyway, after providing the ultra-sensitive anti-spam software with a brief explanation as to why I didn't believe I was guilty of the crime it had suspected me of, I had then signed out.

As I've not yet got around to tweaking my NAS settings, when I then checked my e-mails there was one notifying me of the supposed misdemeanour that I obviously already knew about and had appealed just a few minutes earlier. It was the wording of that e-mail notification that I felt compelled to laugh at. Despite my discussion being under review and therefore not visible on the forum, the e-mail notification stated that it had been 'flagged by other users as inappropriate'. 

Now, as that discussion/thread/post - whatever one wishes to call it - has yet to appear on the forums, I'm at a loss as to how other users could have possibly flagged it. Laughing

If the software considers itself to be human and a user of the online community, then I think we should all feel very afraid.

On a serious note, I can fully understand why some members get so freaked out by the software when it pounces on them... especially when they have familiarised themselves with the Online Community Rules, and are 99.9% certain that they haven't said or done anything that those rules prohibit.

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  • In my mind, there's no point getting het up about this. This only serves to perpetuate more negativity in oneself. We have choices and we can choose to leave this place alone until it's righted itself, or take part where we can.

    It's obviously being worked on behind the scenes and nothing or no-one is perfect (apart from my cat, OBVIOUSLY. Except I don't think she would have the dexterity for coding....).

    Edit: in essence, I agree with you.

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