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Richard P wrote a day ago

RH: Thanks for the prompt reply. I'm still getting the same error in both Firefox and Chrome (Windows) after clearing the cache and doing a SHIFT-RELOAD, also on an Android tablet and phone. The yellow box at the bottom LH of the messages page gets stuck on "CONNECTING"

"Uncaught SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list"

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CMPRSSN RTFCT wrote a day ago

I'm a new user (though a lurker for many years), and just posted my first project. It immediately got an effusive fan mail from an obvious spammer, this guy: https://hackaday.io/AustinLin

How do we report such things? Huge waste of everyone's time.

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Richard Hogben wrote a day ago

Yes here or in the left column of any project or profile.

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CMPRSSN RTFCT wrote a minute ago

Thank you! Found the report link over there.

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Richard P wrote 2 days ago

Yes, Ken that does sound like the same issue.

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Richard P wrote 2 days ago

Windows 11, same issue with Chrome and Firefox.

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Richard P wrote 2 days ago

Hi, I'm getting this error in the personal message page:

Uncaught SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list

The senders are showing, but the message frame hangs.

Otherwise, thanks for a great service.

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Ken Yap wrote 2 days ago

I don't know if it's the same issue, but the message panel also hangs for me so none of the previous conversations can be viewed. It just shows a static arc of the activity spinning circle.

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Richard Hogben wrote a day ago

Ken see below, are you still seeing an issue?

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Richard Hogben wrote a day ago

A few of use were talking in https://hackaday.io/messages/room/2369 try clearing site data (js/css/etc), and hitting that room again.

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Richard Hogben wrote a day ago

Hey can you all check again this morning, there was a deployment yesterday for some small fixes not related to messaging. Sometimes messaging takes a while to load for the first time after a redeploy.

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Ken Yap wrote a day ago

Still seeing no activity on the message panel. Tried logging out and in, clearing cookies. No joy.

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Ken Yap wrote a day ago

Firefox, both normal and incognito windows (which shouldn't have any site data), still frozen. Chrome, both normal and incognito windows, still frozen. Opera, normal window, works. Sounds like some JS issue.

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Ken Yap wrote 4 days ago

New scammer user sent me a PM with the usual give us your bank details and we'll send you money, yeah sure. This is why non-creators should not be allowed to send PMs.

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Michael Gardi wrote 10/25/2025 at 08:32

Featured Projects is getting pretty stale. Hasn’t changed in a long time.

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Ken Yap wrote 5 days ago

Do you mean the projects in the RH column? I think they are picked from the ones with high views. So the same ones keep reappearing. And it's self-reinforcing.

The "People you may like" list also hardly ever changes.

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Michael Gardi wrote 5 days ago

My bad. I thought it was curated.

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Max.K wrote 10/14/2025 at 16:28

Sorry to bother you, but newlines still do not show up in project descriptions. This affects every project on this site.

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Richard Hogben wrote 10/14/2025 at 20:55

Hey we have a fix for this finishing deployment with some other stuff. It will go out soon and correct the newlines.

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Max.K wrote a day ago

It looks like the project descriptions are finally fixed, thank you!

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Richard Hogben wrote a day ago

Yes we included in a small patch yesterday when we updated the home page graphic for Supercon this weekend.

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busio wrote 10/11/2025 at 10:45

Suddenly I have projects in my "Projects I like and follow" that I never clicked to follow. Visiting the project page shows that I followed but then unfollowing them doesn't change anything, they persist in my list.

Edit: No longer necessary. The issue appears to have resolved itself.

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8bit-meiko wrote 10/10/2025 at 04:31

change the twitter field on user profiles to also allow x.com links. :)

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Mark wrote 10/09/2025 at 14:27

dunk it in his tea mug silicone leads, lead solder and all and hook it up to the bench PSU five amps and couple of minutes later he said the tea tasted much better

He was right, He could make a cracking cuppa that bloke but this is a practice I do not reccommend or endorse

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Mark wrote 10/09/2025 at 14:14

OK when will this be resolved I am very much a human being with input to share

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Mark wrote 10/09/2025 at 14:10

I'm not sure whether this is abuse of component or abuse of self, probably both, but I had a colleague who would dunk a 20 watt 2R power resistor in his tea mug

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Makerinator wrote 10/03/2025 at 20:54

I got a second message saying I needed to do identity verification after the first user was deleted. I've blocked both. Seems like whoever is phishing hasn't yet been deterred.

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Ioan Larionov wrote 10/03/2025 at 13:16

Got a message from the user Support:

support4:07 PM
Hello, this is the hackaday website support service, your projects are temporarily not visible to other users. Due to the new US law, you need to pass verification to confirm your identity and continue making projects on our website! Otherwise, your account will be deleted and the registration data will be transferred to Interpol for further proceedings. Link for verification: https://hackaday.id-673790.live/212518089

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Richard Hogben wrote 10/03/2025 at 13:25

This user has been deleted, we have a list of banned usernames, looks like 'support' was missed

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Ken Yap wrote 10/04/2025 at 15:22

Perhaps only users that have the maker badge should be allowed to send PMs.

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Per Jensen wrote 10/02/2025 at 21:58

apostrophe is not handled correctly in a hackaday.io project description. The word "i'm" is written as "I'm". Can this be fixed, please?

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Per Jensen wrote 10/03/2025 at 18:57

Also & is handled incorrectly. It's printed as "N& amp;"

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Ken Yap wrote 10/04/2025 at 15:11

The reason is that those characters are stored in HTML entitiy form but are not converted on display. Other affected characters include less than and greater than. It's an old site bug that many have pointed out for a long time. ☹️

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