unable to add gratefuldead as tag

August 10, 2005 11:12 AM

Strange problem adding tags to a post in the blue.
posted by grateful to bugs at 11:12 AM (7 comments total)

The Blue hangs when I try to add “gratefuldead” to http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/44146. I can add (and delete) other tags without a problem.
posted by grateful at 11:13 AM on August 10, 2005

weird, worked fine for me.

oh damn, I see the problem -- I put in code to block tags with a user's own username in them, and grateful is in yours. heh.
posted by mathowie at 12:36 PM on August 10, 2005

Works for quonsar, I guess...
posted by grateful at 12:36 PM on August 10, 2005

Not meaning to mess with things too badly. I had tried this several years ago and successfully spoofed CrazyUncleJoe. Glad to see that's been closed.
posted by plinth at 7:32 PM on August 10, 2005

PS I love you, mat.
posted by plinth at 7:32 PM on August 10, 2005

I totally understand the need for the code to block tags containing a user's own username, but wasn't there a metatalk thread a few years ago showing a correlation between usernames and thread topics? I did a half-hearted search and couldn't find it, but the general consensus was that stavrosthewonderchicken tends to post about chickeny things, while five fresh fish gravitates towards, uh, fishier topics.
posted by grateful at 8:07 AM on August 11, 2005