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What’s with these random animal lists? Is my phone or Trello possessed?!

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Pepperminttt · 01/05/2023 22:25

So I use the Trello app on my iPhone to organise various things eg current attempts to buy a house and plans for after we move, and some shared boards for work.

For those who haven’t used Trello, you can create boards, lists and cards.

Earlier today I spotted a new list on my ‘After we move’ board called Hopping Kangaroo 🦘 complete with emoji on the end. I swear I didn’t create a new list or type this name. Baffled, I archived it.

Later on I found another list on the same board called Emerging Emu (no emoji, but then there IS no emu emoji). I swear I didn’t create this either. No other unexpected animals have appeared to take their place but it can only be a matter of time surely.

Is my phone possessed? Are there demons in my Trello? Do kangaroos and emus have anything in common?

I was at my parents’ house at the time. They only use my phone if I hand it to them to do specific things. My dad used it to listen to something on BBC Sounds but Trello wasn’t open at the time and this was after the kangaroo incident.

At least it wasn’t on any of my shared work boards. I’m now torn between repeatedly checking those out of paranoia to ensure no random animal lists have appeared and not wanting to open them in case it summons the random animals.

I googled to see if it was a known bug but nothing came up. I could ask Trello support but they’ll probably think I’m pranking them.

Screenshot attached, the part I’ve chopped off on the left hand side is because that would show my name. I swear I didn’t add these myself!

What’s with these random animal lists? Is my phone or Trello possessed?!
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Pepperminttt · 01/05/2023 22:27

Also: I haven’t had anything to drink today, and I’ve checked my carbon monoxide monitor!

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coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 01/05/2023 22:27

Does it create suggested lists based on your interests?
Or do you have any kids or colleagues who might be winding you up?

Pepperminttt · 01/05/2023 22:29

coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 01/05/2023 22:27

Does it create suggested lists based on your interests?
Or do you have any kids or colleagues who might be winding you up?

Not that I know of, and I don’t think my interests would lead to these suggestions.

No colleagues have access to this board, or anyone who’s not me.

No children have accessed my phone since I created this board!

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Fwdy · 02/05/2023 12:35

I have the same! Hopping Kangaroo with emoji appeared on my Trello board! I was very confused, googled it and found this thread. I can confirm!

Pepperminttt · 02/05/2023 12:54

Fwdy · 02/05/2023 12:35

I have the same! Hopping Kangaroo with emoji appeared on my Trello board! I was very confused, googled it and found this thread. I can confirm!

aaahhhhh it’s not just me! Thank you so much for posting and confirming I’m (probably) not going mad!

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Fwdy · 02/05/2023 13:17

We are happy to found each other 😄 I started to doubt my mental health when I saw this! Let’s wait for more of users reports, and news posts 😁

mindutopia · 02/05/2023 13:22

I don’t know what Trello is and never used it, but I use another digital whiteboard/mind mapping app for teaching and there is a feature that when users log in and add info anonymously, they are often given similar names: so Hopping Hare or Emerging Emu or Happy Horse. It’s always two words with same beginning letter if I remember correctly. Maybe some similarly weird feature that’s gone a bit rouge?

Fwdy · 09/05/2023 06:21

Oh thank you! Finally a good explanation!

Pepperminttt · 09/05/2023 07:22

Aha! Thank you!

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