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June 2, 2012 9:52 PM

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This message appears every time I try to flag, despite the page being fully displayed.

I'm using Firefox 12.0 with AdBlock, but not NoScript. I tried logging out, clearing the cache and cookies, and resetting my preferences. I also tried some of these tips.

Anyone else seeing this?

posted by pH Indicating Socks to Bugs at 9:52 PM (38 comments total)

Successfully flagged. Same browser with AdBlock Plus, also am not running NoScript.
posted by PareidoliaticBoy at 10:00 PM on June 2, 2012

I just flagged this post in Chrome with AdBlock.
posted by salvia at 10:03 PM on June 2, 2012

Running Firefox 12 with Adblock, on WinVista. Flagged without a hitch.
posted by zarq at 10:07 PM on June 2, 2012

Flagged for being able to do so in chrome with adblock on osx 10.6.8.
posted by cmoj at 10:11 PM on June 2, 2012

Flagged because everyone else was doing it.
posted by Chekhovian at 10:30 PM on June 2, 2012

with this flag so do i claim this thread in the name of the sovereign land of buttsistan
posted by elizardbits at 10:31 PM on June 2, 2012 [10 favorites]

Yeah, go ahead and rub it in.
posted by pH Indicating Socks at 10:31 PM on June 2, 2012 [1 favorite]

Flagged (whee!). Firefox 12.0, Adblock Plus, Stop Autoplay, I forget what else. MetaFilter not whitelisted.
posted by Lexica at 10:38 PM on June 2, 2012 [1 favorite]

I can flag this just fine, but my socks have no chemically useful properties, so I think we're even.
posted by nebulawindphone at 10:44 PM on June 2, 2012 [2 favorites]

Works fine here. Firefox 12.0, Adblock, a kersquillion other add-ons.
posted by cmyk at 10:58 PM on June 2, 2012

Suggested text: The page is still loading, flagging failed, please proceed directly to moving on.
posted by salvia at 10:59 PM on June 2, 2012 [12 favorites]

I think the static media server, mefi.us, is running slow. The shortener (e.g. http://mefi.us/t/21771 ) and Music pages are notably loading slowly for me. So there's likely some Javascript that only loaded incompletely, causing the above problems.
posted by Pronoiac at 11:03 PM on June 2, 2012

It's late, plus a bunch of people out of town, but pb will probably have some ideas when he has a chance to see this.

My only suggestion is to make sure the page isn't being held up by Google Analytics, which used to happen to me sometimes with FF. (I think I may have fixed that by disallowing google analytics via adblock at that point.)
posted by taz (staff) at 11:03 PM on June 2, 2012 [1 favorite]

(also dear somebody-you-know-who-you-are, please stop flagging every comment in this thread! My delete-flag-from-queue finger is flagging.)
posted by taz (staff) at 11:05 PM on June 2, 2012 [10 favorites]

Turns out I had inadvertently disallowed googleapis -- with that enabled, now I can flag again! Whoopee! Flags for everyone!

And I guess we can move on now. Thanks, Taz.
posted by pH Indicating Socks at 11:07 PM on June 2, 2012 [1 favorite]

Ah, it looks like it's not mefi.us, but Cloudfront serving images. And the slowness is likely on my end.

On preview: yay!
posted by Pronoiac at 11:09 PM on June 2, 2012

I flag every single post as a matter of principle, and it is working fine.
posted by LarryC at 11:13 PM on June 2, 2012 [1 favorite]

Yay, pH!
posted by taz (staff) at 11:16 PM on June 2, 2012

Huh. I popped open the dev tools on Chrome, and there are references to scripts- and images.metafilter.com, and those aren't responding. I don't know if those are outdated references or if the servers are down.
posted by Pronoiac at 11:21 PM on June 2, 2012

I think those have been moved, Pronoiac.
posted by taz (staff) at 12:00 AM on June 3, 2012

please stop flagging every comment in this thread!

So, uh, tiny American flags for some?
posted by Ghidorah at 1:15 AM on June 3, 2012 [1 favorite]

How about trying not flagging stuff for a while?
posted by Decani at 1:37 AM on June 3, 2012 [1 favorite]

The real issue here is the authority of buttistan's claim to sovereignty.
posted by The Whelk at 6:48 AM on June 3, 2012

I left my heart in Buttistan.
posted by mintcake! at 6:57 AM on June 3, 2012

The real issue here is the authority of buttistan's claim to sovereignty.

It draws it from the Treaty of Westphalia. At least, that's why the buttistanians say that they display the treaty every time someone questions whether they're a real country.
posted by frimble at 7:11 AM on June 3, 2012

I purpose a Stan for every man.
posted by The Whelk at 7:12 AM on June 3, 2012

**trumpet fanfare**

LOL! LOL! Buttsistan,
How we love your fertile land.
A three pound turnip in every pan -
The promise of Buttsistan

LOL! LOL! Buttsistan,
Where there’s a Stan for every man.
This Anthem was written by The Real Roxanne,
Now get in the goddamned van.
posted by mintcake! at 7:26 AM on June 3, 2012 [3 favorites]

Buttistan's flag is just a punch to the face.
posted by The Whelk at 7:27 AM on June 3, 2012

A punch to the face and a kiss where you drip.
posted by carsonb at 7:53 AM on June 3, 2012

I left my heart in Buttistan.

San Franassco.
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:53 AM on June 3, 2012 [3 favorites]

The major export is "ugly money"
posted by The Whelk at 7:55 AM on June 3, 2012

Please can we stop with the flags now? People in the UK are basically sick with them at the moment.
posted by Jofus at 8:54 AM on June 3, 2012 [2 favorites]

Jofus, im in an expat run chip shop right now. Its like every surface has been attacked by a union jack flood fill.
posted by The Whelk at 9:13 AM on June 3, 2012

there is a whelkie across the street from my house

le gasp dramatique
posted by elizardbits at 9:33 AM on June 3, 2012

Not anymore
posted by The Whelk at 9:59 AM on June 3, 2012

Every flag today is in honour of Her Majesty.
posted by arcticseal at 5:11 PM on June 3, 2012

I hear she's a pretty nice grl but she doesn't have a lot to say
posted by The Whelk at 8:06 PM on June 3, 2012

Turns out I had inadvertently disallowed googleapis -- with that enabled, now I can flag again!

Well it does show the javascript isn't quite right. Maybe the test for whether the included libraries needs to be a little smarter.
posted by smackfu at 11:11 AM on June 5, 2012