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Old 03-December-2007, 12:38 PM
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I am now getting linkback notifications to me sent out by email. Is there anyway I can unsubscribe from them with out unsubscribing from the thread?

Do I really need to know that someone else in cyberspace has put a link to a thread that went dormant a year or so ago?
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This is caused, in part, by me.

Linkbacks are moderated, I guess because they put a link to an external page on the site, but no one seems to have done the actual moderation of them since July.

I went through a couple of thousands of them over the last couple of hours, mainly the ones that could very easily be dismissed but also some that got validated, which apparently caused the notifications you received.
There's still about two thousand I haven't looked at yet, but I'll take a break until we hear if there's something that can be done about the unwanted notifications.
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This is caused, in part, by me.

Linkbacks are moderated, I guess because they put a link to an external page on the site, but no one seems to have done the actual moderation of them since July.
Where are you moderating them? I don't see that as an option on the mod panel anywhere.
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I have it in the menu.
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I have it in the menu.
It's the immoderate linkbacks I'm worried about.
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Wait, wait, woah woah woah. Hold on a second.

I don't see an "Alter value of PI" button there. Just what kind of moderators do you all think you are if you can't mess with PI?

I'm crushed. Really.
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Wait, wait, woah woah woah. Hold on a second.

I don't see an "Alter value of PI" button there. Just what kind of moderators do you all think you are if you can't mess with PI?

I'm crushed. Really.
Don't get stressed: that's not the whole control panel, just the sidebar. There are additional features:

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Who cares about ending the universe if you can't alter the value of PI?
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Who cares so long as these linkback email notifications don't clog my mail boxes
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Like the updated version, you mean?:
We're on to you, ToSeek. The shadows don't line up right. That screen-shot was obviously faked using Zetan technology that was reverse engineered by the Rand Corporation in cooperation with the Reverse Vampires. I can tell.

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Let me know if you need me to jump in and somehow administrate this. I'll find a "Change value of PI" plugin. I'm sure there's one out there.
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It's a credibility thing, Fraser. You know what'll happen if the GLPers get a hold of it.
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