Citizen complaint of the day: That citizen complaint of the day site sucks

By adamg on Tue, 11/09/2021 - 7:54pm

We might as well retire - it's all downhill from here now that a disgruntled citizen has filed a 311 complaint about Universal Hub:

The comrades at universalhub are so excited. Everything has been working out perfectly for them. Maybe the city should disassociate with these lunatics. I request that the city archives and every other city agency be banned from all communications. These are radicals!!!

H/t DK.

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Comments

Oh no

By brianjdamico
Tue, 11/09/2021 - 7:57pm

We won’t know where the mystery photo of the day was taken anymore.

I'll submit my own post to 311

By Boston_res
Tue, 11/09/2021 - 8:07pm

I'll express my gratitude, and suggest that Uhub be honored in some way. Anyone else care to follow along?

Oh yeah? Well I have demands too

By Lanny Budd
Tue, 11/09/2021 - 8:28pm

I demand that every posting on UH begin with a moment of prayer.

I presume ...

By Somebody Else.
Tue, 11/09/2021 - 8:37pm

... it'd be prudent to start with the satanist congregation from up North, just to avoid the inevitable legal hassle.

Never. Their exclusion and

By anon
Tue, 11/09/2021 - 8:40pm

Never. Their exclusion and ensuing lawsuits are free content.

Only if the Satanists are

By anon
Tue, 11/09/2021 - 8:38pm

Only if the Satanists are excluded.

I do

By Parkwayne
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 10:11am

Every time I click on the comments, I think 'Christ, I hope there's not a Magoo comment.'

Did you see the news?

By eeka
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 12:09pm

AdamB made an extension so you don't have to!

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/no%20magoo

I don't use Chrome

By Parkwayne
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 1:12pm

but AdamB is doing the work of (non-denominational) angels.

Me neither

By Scratchie
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 1:57pm

But I might have to start.

You can probably convert it to a Firefox extension

By Tim Mc.
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 11:15pm

For better or worse, Chrome and Firefox extensions largely use the same APIs, and I think there's a way to automatically convert the extensions for use in the other browser. I haven't looked into this recently, though.

(Even easier would be is if this were written as a Greasemonkey script, which would be portable. If I get half an hour I can write one up...)

Not closed as so many are

By downtown-anon
Tue, 11/09/2021 - 8:37pm

How did this person read this?? Associating with lunatics?

They're onto us, comrades

By erik g
Tue, 11/09/2021 - 9:08pm

Alright, the jig is up, we'll have to disband the whole operation and regroup at the designated spot. It'll take a while to rebuild, but I'm confident we can transpile most of the bots so that they can comment over on the Herald--I mean, the unnamed designated meetup spot--instead.

до свидания товарищи

Can we petition the city to

By Brent Jeffries
Tue, 11/09/2021 - 9:11pm

Can we petition the city to fly the official UHub flag in front of city hall?

You'd have better luck

By Refugee
Tue, 11/09/2021 - 9:36pm

You'd have better luck getting the Uhub convocation recited in City Council chambers.

case noted

By anony-mouse
Tue, 11/09/2021 - 9:13pm

No violation found at this time.

I'm confused. How exactly is the city associated

By MC Slim JB
Tue, 11/09/2021 - 9:46pm

with uHub in such a way that it could "disassociate" with it?

It doesn't help that I have no idea of the context in which Swirly's post is quoted. I'm guessing it's BPD-related, but that's just a guess.

The city censor ...

By adamg
Tue, 11/09/2021 - 10:06pm

Will force me to wear a scarlet U whenever I leave the house.

@Swrrlygirl is famous now!

By Don't Panic
Tue, 11/09/2021 - 11:22pm

@Swrrlygirl is famous now: mentioned in Official City of Boston Dispatches no less. That's quite an honor.

Adam, just tell them that the

By Rob
Tue, 11/09/2021 - 11:30pm

Adam, just tell them that the position of hub czar, like postmaster general, is an open-ended appointment to prevent political interference and can only be replaced by appointment from the next acting mayor of Boston. Then mark "incident closed".

Make that

By SamWack
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 11:15am

the next acting Czar of Boston. Since nobody knows who that is, or who appoints them, Adam’s title can never be revoked.

Actually, the idea of an appointed Czar is a little self-contradictory. Isn’t the Czar God’s anointed? Doesn’t he do the appointing?

Definitely the funniest

By dvg
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 7:29am

Definitely the funniest complaint of the day, if not the week! If the complainant actually mean it, they need brush up a bit on the US Constitution, starting with Amendment #1. That's actually something you are required to learn about if your weren't born a US citizen and want to become one.

Really, now…

By MassMouse
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 8:06am

I think this is the same person who has hidden the turkey liberation front because it was too offensive…

Miss TLF!

I guess Magoo was pretty mad

By fungwah
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 8:44am

about that "no Magoo" browser blocker extension, huh

Which works great, BTW

By jmeltzer
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 9:19am

(That is, he's still here, right? )

I just added last night. Swirrls and Kinopio on the list!

By Pete Nice
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 9:43am

I don't mind Magoo. He has a gem every month or so. Swirrly's boomer humor though and story time? See ya.

So, what do you need to edit

By jmeltzer
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 10:22am

to add names to the list?

(Nothing wrong with blocking people. Nothing wrong with blocking different people than someone else does. )

google chrome edit

By Pete Nice
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 12:28pm

at the chrome web store you should be able to install an Advanced profanity Filter. Put the name you want to block in the domain section. It has worked so far for me, buy you might need to play around a bit.

I wrote an alternative

By Tim Mc.
Thu, 11/11/2021 - 5:57pm

Link to more info: https://www.universalhub.com/comment/864295#commen...

(works in both Firefox and Chrome/Chromium, and you can edit it without too much trouble)

My only complaint about UH

By Michael
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 9:15am

Is that Adam does not freely make accessible stenographic notes of editorial meetings

This is a uHub deep cut.

By MC Slim JB
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 9:59am

Nicely done!

RIP to one of the OGs

By CraigInDaVille
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 12:01pm

I miss that guy. Hopefully he's reading every transcription he could ever want in the next world.

Hmm...

By eeka
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 12:15pm

As far as I know, Don Saklad is still inhabiting this world. Anyone know any differently?

Although he's not neurotypical...

By Bob Leponge
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 9:30pm

... he is, nevertheless, on the side of the angels. Openness in government is a good thing. For a generally progressive state, Massachusetts often ranks at or near the bottom of all states for public access to government info.

https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2018/oct/18...

Hey Adam!

By Tobster
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 9:24am

This is great! And this is exactly why I come to UHub - so I can laugh my biscuits off!

Report Closed

By Ben_Quahog
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 2:20pm

Reason: User Notfromboston

Swirly is conspicuously

By oddjob60
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 2:46pm

Swirly is conspicuously absent from this discussion...

False flag

By Brent Jeffries
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 4:24pm

Maybe she filed the complaint on herself as a false flag operation. Sneaky Swirly..

Thanksgiving

By JPMom
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 9:18pm

During this season of Thanksgiving, I want to give thanks to Adam and the whole UHub community. Adam prints all the news that’s fit to print from the serious to the mundane; from the tragic to the hilarious. And, the commenters make me chuckle almost daily. I depend on it all to stay informed and reasonably sane. Thank you!