icerabbit
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Q: Cannot post - User ' ' is banned from posting.

Here's a new one for me.

 

I've been registered with Apple discussions for probably a decade.

 

I'm subscribed and participating in a thread: sleep wake problem with Yosemite on my Mac Mini Mid 2012

 

I read the new posts, log-in, click reply to the original comment, type my text and I get a red error:

 

" User 'asfahan' is banned from posting content "

 

Figured it was a glitch. Refreshed. Tried again. Same error?!

 

Screen Shot 2014-10-24 at 15.58.48.jpg

So, what gives?

 

PS: Using latest Safari under Yosemite.

Posted on Oct 24, 2014 1:06 PM

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  • by stedman1,Helpful

    stedman1 stedman1 Oct 24, 2014 1:08 PM in response to icerabbit
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    Oct 24, 2014 1:08 PM in response to icerabbit

    Sadly, that has been an ongoing issue for months on the forum. The forum "engineers" have yet to determine a fix. Try logging out, then login again and all should be back to normal.

  • by icerabbit,

    icerabbit icerabbit Oct 24, 2014 1:19 PM in response to icerabbit
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    Oct 24, 2014 1:19 PM in response to icerabbit

    Initially that refresh and re-login did not work. But it actually worked 20min later.

     

    Thanks for acknowledging the issue. I haven't been around as much lately.  I notice that while there have been some improvements, there's also been some regressions as well. 

  • by bobseufert,

    bobseufert bobseufert Oct 24, 2014 1:20 PM in response to icerabbit
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    Oct 24, 2014 1:20 PM in response to icerabbit

    Usually that message means you've been timed out. Refresh the page and see if you're still logged in.

  • by stedman1,

    stedman1 stedman1 Oct 24, 2014 1:35 PM in response to icerabbit
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    Oct 24, 2014 1:35 PM in response to icerabbit

    You are welcome. I have to agree, there has definitely been regression in some areas.... Missing replies, Bizarre spell-check and auto capitalization, missing pictures. The only common thread is that they have all been reported over, and over and over.

  • by icerabbit,

    icerabbit icerabbit Oct 24, 2014 5:53 PM in response to bobseufert
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    Oct 24, 2014 5:53 PM in response to bobseufert

    I had logged in mere minutes before and started typing my reply ... don't think I should get timed out in a matter of minutes, but it is of course possible.

  • by stevejobsfan0123,

    stevejobsfan0123 stevejobsfan0123 Oct 24, 2014 5:54 PM in response to icerabbit
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    Oct 24, 2014 5:54 PM in response to icerabbit

    Did you have multiple pages of this site open at the same time?

  • by bobseufert,

    bobseufert bobseufert Oct 24, 2014 5:59 PM in response to icerabbit
    Level 6 (13,696 points)
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    Oct 24, 2014 5:59 PM in response to icerabbit

    You shouldn't get time out, that's just one of the times you'll get the message. Sometimes it's just a random glitch. The problem when you get the message if you have been timed out  unless you refresh the page it will still appear as if you're logged in.

  • by rccharles,

    rccharles rccharles Oct 25, 2014 12:26 PM in response to bobseufert
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    Oct 25, 2014 12:26 PM in response to bobseufert

      unless you refresh the page it will still appear as if you're logged in.


    That's not enough for me.  In Firefox at least, you need to clear the web browsers download cache.

     

     

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    I thought they had fixed the af... thing.  I got some other cryptic message about two weeks ago.

     

    Apple cannot fix anything around these forums in a timely fashion -- six months to a year.

     

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    Here is my ASC work flow...

     

    1) I login.

          

    2) Start an auto reloader.

     

    Unless you do something every thirty minutes you get logged out.  The forum software waits to tell you this as long as it can to keep you in suspense  ;-) .

    I use Firefox and ReloadEvery.
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/reloadevery/

    You need to pick a page that will reload over time without stalling out. It's ASC.  I've found my profile display the best to use. I get my Profile page after some  logins.  It's ASC.  Change rccharles to your apple id.
    https://discussions.apple.com/people/rccharles?view=discussions

    3) I open another window to do my normal ASC browsing.

     

    4) I have a FireFox bookmark to goto the discussions that I have participated in. I've modified it to add on the content stuff.

     

             turingtest2 recommends. Change rccharles to your apple id: 

    https://discussions.apple.com/people/rccharles/content?filterID=participated~obj ecttype~objecttype%5Bthread%5D

    5) Use turingtest2's generated links with the /content suffix as browser bookmark to the ASC discussions: 

    Site map of Communities and Categories

    https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2463

     

    6) I run with Hiroto's modification to user content.  This is the only way these forums are readable for me.  How to adjust the format and layout of ASC Web Pages:

    https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-7501

     

    7) Read and answer my old posts.  I kind of memorize the time I last posted. ( It's way bad that apple eliminated the last poster to a thread. )

     

    8) I use tabbed browsering.  From a list of discussions, hold down the command key then click on the link. You get two tabs this way. The original window will keep where you have been.

  • by basilmir,

    basilmir basilmir Nov 13, 2014 8:11 AM in response to rccharles
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    Nov 13, 2014 8:11 AM in response to rccharles

    Same thing happened to me a minute ago. Who is 'asfahan' anyway?

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Nov 16, 2014 4:11 AM in response to basilmir
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    Nov 16, 2014 4:11 AM in response to basilmir

    The error message is wrong since this should be a "you are not logged in" warning. I presume that a random name or account id was chosen to mock up the error message which should then have been updated to reflect the current user, but this didn't happen.

     

    Signing in on a fresh tab should allow you to submit the original post.

     

    tt2

  • by icerabbit,

    icerabbit icerabbit Nov 16, 2014 8:01 AM in response to turingtest2
    Level 3 (775 points)
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    Nov 16, 2014 8:01 AM in response to turingtest2

    Good point that it is probably some default error message page that wasn't properly edited to reflect the issue at hand.

     

    While I haven't had the posting problem for a few weeks; I do appear to get logged out constantly, without me requesting that. It never remembers me after a period of inactivity and then I seemingly can be logged in one tab and not in several later. Looked through profile & settings. They don't seem to have a keep me logged in option, which is sad.

     

    A new thing I've started doing with the forums here and some others I frequent, due to random glitches in browsers & apps; whether OS X or iOS, is command a command c or select all copy; before hitting submit. I just hate to lose what I typed; especially typing slowly on the phone or iPad. 

  • by icerabbit,

    icerabbit icerabbit Nov 16, 2014 8:08 AM in response to rccharles
    Level 3 (775 points)
    iPhone
    Nov 16, 2014 8:08 AM in response to rccharles

    RCCharles & TuringTest ... that's some serious effort and dedication to fix some forum regressions, bypass some buggy stuff and make the forum easier to function in.

     

    With a tip of the hat to Hiroto!

    I think that custom stylesheet should be the forum default !

  • by ChitlinsCC,

    ChitlinsCC ChitlinsCC Nov 16, 2014 9:18 AM in response to basilmir
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    Nov 16, 2014 9:18 AM in response to basilmir

    basilmir wrote:

     

    ... Who is 'asfahan' anyway?

    Elementary, my dear Watson... the user appears to be a real person that was permanently banned in 2012

    Picture 1.png

    asfahan participated in one thread

    Picture 2.png

    and has no Activity - offending post(s) probably took place there

    Picture 3.png

    This misbehavior is clearly a JiveWare glitch that is hard to fix as it appears to be random in nature... if it could be repeatable it would be fixed already. Take it from an interactive developer of almost 20 years = me = that if you can do it in testing, you cant fix it.

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  • by ChitlinsCC,

    ChitlinsCC ChitlinsCC Nov 16, 2014 9:38 AM in response to turingtest2
    Level 5 (7,635 points)
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    Nov 16, 2014 9:38 AM in response to turingtest2

    howdy tt2

    heard your namesake mentioned repeatedly in the Tomorrow Prize Show yesterday

     

    To put this to rest... it is NOT a function of log off (and therefore no erroneous messaging). It is an un-reproducable by ActionFlow repetition bug in the JiveWare, random in nature - is Always asfahan - therefore impossible to find and fix. If it stops, it may be just as random stopping as starting.

     

    cheers

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