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Subject: Permalinks.

Whatever it's called (permalinks, links to specific posts, etc.), why doesn't Bungie.net have this feature in the forums?

I have to go through a -blam!-on of work just to locate a link to a specific post in a specific thread. It's impossible to find the links in private groups since the post doesn't show up in a user's post history.

I understand some features aren't really needed, but this one seems valid and logical. What gives?

  • 09.16.2012 1:23 PM PDT

Here's your post in your "rage you lose" thread. Seems like it exists. What gives?

  • 09.16.2012 1:25 PM PDT

Posted by: Lobster Fish 2
Here's your post in your "rage you lose" thread. Seems like it exists. What gives?
Actually, the reason I created this thread is because I'm trying to create an organized archive right now of every post. However, I'm having trouble locating specific posts.

Did you go through my post history to find that link, or did you use some other unknown method?

  • 09.16.2012 1:28 PM PDT
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Method A: Click "reply" on the user's post, to find the "postID" in the link.
Method B: Click "message" on the user's post, to find the "postID", in the link.

Method C: Find the post ID above the post you're trying to find the link for, and slowly add to the number, until you finally reach the correct post ID.
Method D: Find the post ID below the post you're trying to find the link for, and slowly subtract from the number, until you finally reach the correct post ID.

Method F: Look at the user's post history.

It's fairly simple, and you should never need to use method C or D, unless, for some ungodly reason, you want to link to a post from a deleted account, in an archived thread.

[Edited on 09.16.2012 2:01 PM PDT]

  • 09.16.2012 2:01 PM PDT

Posted by: Shanaynay
Posted by: Lobster Fish 2
Here's your post in your "rage you lose" thread. Seems like it exists. What gives?
Actually, the reason I created this thread is because I'm trying to create an organized archive right now of every post. However, I'm having trouble locating specific posts.

Did you go through my post history to find that link, or did you use some other unknown method?
For that post, I just went to your post history. If it's an old post, I go find the thread through Google and hit reply on the post if I am still able to.

Izak posted some good methods above this post.

  • 09.16.2012 2:04 PM PDT

Thanks guys. Didn't know about those "other" methods.

  • 09.16.2012 2:08 PM PDT

Rain, and Jazz.
Halo: Tactical

I'm either a fool or an inteligent man, depending on how sleepy or angry I am.

I originaly made an account on 07.27.2007 but I wanted to link my GT and made this account. Don't forget your passwords!

Shanaynay, if you ever find a way to find all of a User's posts then you are awesome. Currently that is an impossible task.

  • 09.16.2012 3:32 PM PDT

I was half-expecting someone to have said something ridiculous like "it's unnecessary", "I like it how it is", or the classic "it would be abused", by now.

  • 09.16.2012 10:08 PM PDT

Posted by: Kurosaki_Kun

I know, right?
Jay acts like she's better than everyone else simply because she's a chick.
I hope she chokes to death.

If you click "reply" and then "cancel" on the post you want to permalink to, it'll take you to that specific post, and you can use the URL displayed in your address bar to take you back to it in the future. I've done this in private groups where I've made picture threads with a link to everyone's picture posts for easier browsing.

Coup 5 also has a "permalink to this post" function that's pretty useful.

  • 09.17.2012 1:27 AM PDT
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Posted by: DEATHPIMP72
Anyone but Foman. He smells like cheese.

No. This idea would cause elitism.

  • 09.17.2012 1:29 AM PDT
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So this links you to an exact post? That's handy.

  • 09.17.2012 1:31 AM PDT

Posted by: Kurosaki_Kun

I know, right?
Jay acts like she's better than everyone else simply because she's a chick.
I hope she chokes to death.


Posted by: Good News
So this links you to an exact post? That's handy.
Yup, the method I listed does.

To demonstrate, here's a link to lzak's post further up the page.

[Edited on 09.17.2012 1:38 AM PDT]

  • 09.17.2012 1:37 AM PDT

Posted by: Great_Pretender
Case and point: don't worry about it. Girls start getting boobies pretty soon, and then you'll have plenty of other things to think about. Being an Inheritor is not a life goal.
-TGP-

Posted by: x Foman123 x
No. This idea would cause elitism.
Exactly, there's too much room for abuse and it'll cheat the title system.

  • 09.17.2012 1:41 AM PDT