Strange things are afoot at the SDMB ...

I was just scrolling through, reading some threads, and suddenly my window transformed into one as though I’d clicked to post into the thread.

In the box where we typically type in our posts were everybody’s posts from the thread, with commands for bolding, italics and quoting in brackets as though they’d just been typed. It looked as though I could have modified people’s posts if I’d so chose.

This happened to me a couple of times over the course of the past half-hour. Clicking the ‘back’ button returned me to my regularly scheduled thread.

What’s up with that? Is this occurring with anyone else?

If it happens again, I’m changing Stoidela’s posts to read, “I wanna do for George W. what Monica did for Bill.”

(I’m kidding.)

I’ll alert the authorities… could you make a couple of screen shots and mail them to Tubadiva@aol.com when it happens again (just press “print screen” on a Windows machine, and “paste” in a graphics program like Paint Shop)?

Sounds weird. And thanks, for informing us.

So did all the posts come up, or just one at a time? Sounds like you might have accidentally clicked on the “edit post” button.

I suspect you’ve found another bug for us, as I do not see anything that would cause this to happen otherwise.

Please send me an email and tell me about your set up, all the machine specs, operating system, etc.

And yeah, some screen shots would be helpful too.

Thanks, sorry it weirded you out.

your humble TubaDiva
Administrator
TubaDiva@aol.com

This could be the First Manifestation of Moderatordom for Milo.

I’ve heard vague whisperings of this sort of thing.

And I’ve heard that John Corrado and UncleBeer are tired of being the only Right Wing Loonies with moderator powers…at the semi-monthly Moderator Orgies, manhattan and Gaudere and Alphagene and TVeblen are always giving them hotfoots and putting up buckets of water over their doors.

::::::: A ‘view source’ type of thing.

If this is what I’m thinking of, it has happened to me a couple of times before as well. I just always figured it as a strange glitch–it never occurred to me to think devious thoughts like changing posts (like Milo). I just always hit the ‘back’ button and go on.

Mods: OK. It hasn’t happened since.

I will do the ‘print screen’ thing if it does.

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Heh heh. Ms. Diva, you vastly overrate my understanding of these here computers. It’s all I can do to send email.

It’s a hunk o’ junk PC, Windows 95, Using IE 5.0.

Anything else? You’ll have to guide me through it like a second-grader.

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Everybody’s posts were together in the text box, like one very long post.

The two or three times this happened, I definitely didn’t hit any buttons. I was just hitting the down arrow on the right, scrolling down the thread.

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I guess all of Gadarene’s, wring’s, Stoid’s and RTA’s campaigning on my behalf is finally paying off. :smiley:

Yep, you’ll be too busy with your new duties–you’ll be out of our hair! :slight_smile:

I think you’d probably make a good moderator, actually. Smart enough for it.

Find the “My Computer” icon on the Desktop (what you see when all windows are minimized). Right-click on it, then click on “Properties”. That should bring up a little window that displays your CPU, RAM, and manufacturer, and maybe a few other nifty tidbits of info.

There must have been a mistake. I nominated you for the “miss congeniality award”. :smiley: