Unsifted tab -- is it just me, or is it screwy?
posted by Sarzy 3 months ago • 321 views
I've got it set to list by newest queue date, and things are kind of funky. For one thing, I just submitted a couple of videos which should be on the first page but aren't (they're actually showing up on the fifth page, along with a few other videos which are only a few hours old). Things seem to in order for a few videos at a time, then suddenly there'll be newer videos, then older ones again. It's screwy. And I have evidence! I'm not completely crazy:


Here's the first page (excuse the shoddy image quality):



And here's the fifth page, where my videos currently reside, for some screwy reason:



So... what's the deal? What's the point in sifting awesome videos if they're just going to immediately get lost down siftbot's unforgiving maw?

EDIT:

Yes, I can assure you that I do have it set to list by newest queue date. And I have proof:



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did you order the unsifted? (that little drop down box on the upper right hand side of the page)

yea...try that and quit your monkey business


written by rottenseed  | 3 months ago | CH
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I did do that, and I edited the post with proof.

What? Am I the only person this is happening to? Is siftbot messing with me just for kicks? Does he have a problem with snappily-dressed chimps who like to shade their eyes from the sun?


written by Sarzy  | 3 months ago | CH
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No, you aren't going crazy, Sarzy. It's happened to me too, and others have noticed it as well.

You can't draw circles for shit.


written by kronosposeidon  | 3 months ago | CH
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Those are clearly ovals. Learn your shapes, poindexter!


written by Sarzy  | 3 months ago | CH
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Then you can't draw ovals for shit. Learn your motor skills, shakes!


written by kronosposeidon  | 3 months ago | CH
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Touche.


written by Sarzy  | 3 months ago | CH
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Yes it's happening to me as well. I'm so glad others are experiencing it too because I was starting to question my state of mind as I drift into the early hours of the morning. Now I can finally go to sleep and dream good dreams. Goodnight...


written by GreatBird  | 3 months ago | CH
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OK, thanks for letting us know - there might be something screwy happening with the dates.


written by dag  | 3 months ago | CH
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Not that I doubt you- but I'm having trouble reproducing. Were there any other circumstances that I'm missing?

Were you in a channel unsifted page?
Do you have your profile set up to filter out anything?
Did you have anything else ticked in the queue sort box?


written by dag  | 3 months ago | CH
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>> ^kronosposeidon:
Learn your motor skills, shakes!


It's called "manual dexterity", people.




written by blankfist  | 3 months ago | CH
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I had the screwy Unsifted sort order too (it's been like that for many moons) but to try to assess the reproducibility for dag, I just switched to Best Votes-to-Views then back to Newest Queue Date and all of a sudden it's working!

So I'm guessing that it's an old cookie that's got some compatibility issues with the current system.


written by arvana  | 3 months ago | CH
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>> ^kronosposeidon:
Then you can't draw ovals for shit. Learn your motor skills, shakes!


Whatya expect, he's a chimp! I think he's doing quite well!




written by firefly  | 3 months ago | CH
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It's a shame this had to happen to "Baby chimp plays a guys stomach like a bongo"


written by residue  | 3 months ago | CH
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>> ^residue:
It's a shame this had to happen to "Baby chimp plays a guys stomach like a bongo"


I know, right?? I thought it was top 15 material for sure, but so far it's only got three votes, so maybe it isn't quite as Earth-shatteringly awesome as I thought. I do have a soft spot for chimps, as you might imagine.

Anyway, I tried arvana's suggestion, and everything seems to be working fine now, so it looks like his cookie theory is correct.




written by Sarzy  | 3 months ago | CH
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This is the third post about this in as many weeks. As uhohzombies and myself previously pointed out, everything works fine if you click the go button on the unsifted page. But if you go to another page, and then click on the unsifted tab at the top, it reverts right back to some weird default (non)order, even though your checked selections remain.

Also, if you hide videos you have viewed, they do not remain hidden for more than a day. I think this is a separate problem, though, as that feature has never worked properly.

I think there is more to this than just a corrupted cookie. It went screwy when the new search was added along with some layout changes.


written by jonny  | 3 months ago | CH
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You're right, I checked again and it went back to being screwy. Dang. I knew that was too easy.


written by Sarzy  | 3 months ago | CH
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*quality (except for your shitty ovals)


written by kronosposeidon  | 3 months ago | CH
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Awarding Sarzy with one star point for this contribution to Sift Talk - declared quality by kronosposeidon.


written by siftbot  | 3 months ago | CH
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I'll answer this question as soon as you upvote the "ReBoot Recap Song" post that you circled.


written by HaricotVert  | 3 months ago | CH
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