Flat file generation stuff got the URL cut off

November 3, 2004 12:26 PM

Go to this thread. When I click on the usernames, I don't get user pages, but a thread...
posted by weston to Bugs at 12:26 PM (22 comments total)

Having just checked on a couple of threads, it appears to be doing that on every archived thread, but not on current threads.
posted by ZippityBuddha at 3:31 PM on November 3, 2004

threads
posted by ZippityBuddha at 3:31 PM on November 3, 2004

What are those huge ads about?!
posted by Orange Goblin at 3:34 PM on November 3, 2004

Yeah, someone noticed that yesterday. Turns out the flat file generation stuff got the URL cut off. I've fixed this, but old files are still stored with the bad URL.

I'll have to go in and delete all the old flat files.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 3:35 PM on November 3, 2004

The username links are generated with the word "mefi" instead of the word "user" in the url.

Maybe its not a bug, but a feature - its an interesting way to see random threads. Coming soon: What thread are you?

I'm a post about Cronenberg and Tarkovsky. Which is nice.
posted by ZippityBuddha at 3:36 PM on November 3, 2004

That's funny.

I'm a sweet little fawning celebrity sighting. Awwwww. Happier, simpler times.
posted by chicobangs at 3:43 PM on November 3, 2004

I'm ... Barry White and sharks?
posted by Songdog at 3:44 PM on November 3, 2004

I'm Convicted murderer wants taxpayer-financed sex change.

It just doesn't get better than that.
posted by taz at 3:46 PM on November 3, 2004

It might just get stranger; though I'm just one man, apparently I'm 50 fun things to do on an elevator.
posted by .kobayashi. at 4:14 PM on November 3, 2004

i am ebook, hear me roar.
posted by quonsar at 4:24 PM on November 3, 2004

Kids love hugging!
posted by PrinceValium at 4:26 PM on November 3, 2004

I am an anti-death penalty link. Damn, I was hoping to be boobies.
posted by Joey Michaels at 5:02 PM on November 3, 2004

I'm Either Proud To Be A Racist Or Sorry To Be A Racist; But A Racist All The Same...
posted by Pretty_Generic at 5:05 PM on November 3, 2004

Appropriately for these times: Democratizing the Mass Media
posted by dash_slot- at 6:05 PM on November 3, 2004

Would you like a bag of cold, dead fingers to go with that?
posted by kindall at 6:27 PM on November 3, 2004

U.S. CONSIDERS MILITARY ACTION TO REMOVE SKATING JUDGES.
posted by languagehat at 6:41 PM on November 3, 2004

I should be president. I totally should.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 7:18 PM on November 3, 2004

I am not proud of my thread.
posted by weston at 7:49 PM on November 3, 2004

Chinese sweatshops working overtime to produce American flags.

and:

hehe
posted by Vidiot at 9:09 PM on November 3, 2004

3-way sex with a convicted felon, who belongs to a white supremacy group
posted by sebas at 10:50 PM on November 3, 2004

Sebas, maybe your thread and my thread should get together.
posted by taz at 11:10 PM on November 3, 2004

Awww, I got deleted and it was all New Jersey's fault.
posted by jacquilynne at 9:05 AM on November 5, 2004