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why is 'aibu' in ananswered and not 'chat'

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southeastastra · 17/08/2010 16:16

bugs me somewhat

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NetworkGuy · 01/02/2011 13:54

it's one of a number of things that bugs me a bit, tbh

mylifewithstrangers · 26/01/2011 21:49

Grin I'd not noticed!

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southeastastra · 26/01/2011 21:46

blimey that is like a dead rod stewart Shock

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southeastastra · 26/01/2011 21:46

that would be good, especially if chat went back into unanswered Grin i do know i am the only person worried by this

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mylifewithstrangers · 26/01/2011 21:44

[bsad] Maybe we could arrange a seance for you?

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southeastastra · 26/01/2011 21:40

being in mn limbo is how i feel most of the time on here :D

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mylifewithstrangers · 26/01/2011 21:38

So are you trying to reach the unanswered ones from beyond the veil? Bit boring in limbo is it?

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southeastastra · 26/01/2011 21:33

ha i was lazy and only read the op after i'd searched for it again Grin

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mylifewithstrangers · 26/01/2011 21:29

According to HelenMN above. You're not going to get me doubting MNHQ are you? Begone foul ghoul!

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southeastastra · 26/01/2011 21:26

who me?

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mylifewithstrangers · 26/01/2011 21:21

Hey, aren't you supposed to be dead?

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southeastastra · 26/01/2011 21:14

it's not working again i think you're subtely dropping chat for aibu :(

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HelenMumsnet · 08/09/2010 11:15

All fixed now

baitedbreath · 02/09/2010 23:28

An answer from MNHQ at 23.23 - they must have shut the pub early.

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JustineMumsnet · 02/09/2010 23:23

Apologies for delay on this. I'll bang on the shed tomorrow.

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southeastastra · 02/09/2010 21:26

i'll faint when it's fixed! any chance Grin

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HelenMumsnet · 24/08/2010 18:11

Aha! I have your answer.

And it is: it is a bug - and it shouldn't be happening.

The Techs are on the case and (unanswered) Chat threads should be appearing in Unanswered soon.

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HelenMumsnet · 20/08/2010 21:00

Actually it isn't that, wmmc, I'm assured. But good theory!

sea: have NOT forgotten this. Am waiting for Those Who Know Stuff to blinkin' well get back from holiday...

whomovedmychocolate · 18/08/2010 07:39

I think I might have figured this out. Do chat threads get filed in a different place on the server to permanent threads? Could it be that the temporariness of them means they are plonked in a holding file or something and the holding file is not indexed?

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southeastastra · 17/08/2010 18:44

ha this will probably end up with no answer too Grin maybe i'll just give up asking

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HelenMumsnet · 17/08/2010 17:31

ssh, RustyBear Blush

Yes, I remember the hoohah about Chat when it first appeared as a topic but don't remember why it doesn't appear in unanswered - and nor does anyone here at MNHQ today

I will try VERY hard not to forget to follow this one up...

RustyBear · 17/08/2010 17:29

Just did a quick search to see if I could find the answer on a previous thread - I didn't, though I did find out that this is the third time sea has started a thread asking this, and we still don't know.

Ironically, one of those threads received no replies, so presumably, not being in Chat, it is now in 'unanswered threads'....

Lougle · 17/08/2010 17:27

" coppertop Thu 27-Mar-08 17:17:25

Back in the olden days when we used to write our posts on cave walls, people complained about the Chat topic. There were so many threads on there that they swamped the "posts in last hour/day/week" sections - a bit like the For Sale threads have been swamping the "Last 15 minutes" and "New messages" sections. The underscore meant that they were all moved to the bottom of the screen and stopped whingers people complaining."

So basically, chat was not well liked as a concept

Lougle · 17/08/2010 17:20

Chat is truncated differently, isn't it? When you search MN, chat appears at the end as '_chat'

I think there was a bit of an uproar when Chat first appeared as a topic and some people did not approve. I thought chat doesn't appear because it was modified so that it didn't clog up the board. But I could be wrong.

FerminaUrbinoDaza · 17/08/2010 16:49

I remember the same question being asked and answered before, can't remember what the answer was though. Something sensible but unsatisfying IIRC...

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