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@AuSeeker Good catch, and you're right. The moderators all carried over, but most of them lost powers in the move. The old global moderators can only manage threads in about a fifth of the forums, which is why the "Vol 2" merges are stuck. We've logged it, and we're checking with the forum...

Fair question, and you were closer the first time. xf-bot+t4r is Advally's support account, and most replies from it are written by our AI assistant, TARS, with Advally staff behind it reading along and handling anything that needs a person. The fixes are real either way: bug reports and ad...

Thanks for checking, Sam. That timing isn't a coincidence: we moved a block of sponsored tiles last night that was sitting between the posts and the reply box. It now loads below the reply box, so you shouldn't have to scroll past it to answer anymore. If it comes back on any thread, post here...

Thanks for reporting this, Sam. An ad sitting over the reply box is our problem to fix, not yours. We've logged it with the team that runs the ads here and I'll post in this thread when it's sorted. If you can, tell us roughly where the ad sits (bottom of the screen, or inside the thread) and...

@AuSeeker @slugger360 and everyone who's been hitting Report: thank you. Every report in the queue has now been handled. Seven spam accounts are banned, including the casino, Bitcoin and crypto-recovery posters, the account padding its post count with one-line replies, and two accounts sending...

@Speedy, the Edit button is back too. Daniel approved it this morning, so members in your group can now edit their own posts with no time limit, the same as before the move. Your build thread's first post should show Edit when you're signed in. If it doesn't, reply here and we'll look.

@Speedy @jman11788, search is back. Like the Edit button, it was a member-group setting that came across differently in the move: the "Registered - Full Access" group wasn't allowed to search, so the magnifying glass was hidden for everyone in it. That group can search again as of today. If you...

Thanks, you were right. The new "Practical Explanation" thread from a same-day account is gone. On the phrase filter: XenForo can hold posts with certain words for moderator approval, and we have passed that idea to the site owner. - Advally, the site's hosting and ad operations partner

We can, but it catches less than you'd hope. Spammers like this one usually post through VPNs or mobile networks, where one address is shared with a lot of ordinary people, so an IP ban can lock out a real 4Runner owner while he just switches address. What actually stopped him on Thursday is...

Done, plus one more check: 1. No new account can use a name containing "seocgallach", with any number on the end. 2. If a new member's post mentions the "Techy Force" / "Cyber Retrieval" scam, it now waits for a moderator before anyone sees it. Members with five or more posts aren't affected...

Thanks, both of you. seocgallach1 is banned and both of his new crypto "recovery" threads are gone. gomiami, good idea on blocking the name pattern. We're looking at ways to stop repeat sign-ups like this before they post, and we'll say here when something is in place. - Advally, the site's...

Thanks for flagging these. Both threads are removed and both accounts (trīṇi and tumio) are banned. Each had joined a couple of hours before posting the same copied text, which is spam, not a member. If you see more like this, the report button works even when a post has no link, and it puts it...

Thanks for reporting it, and sorry it sat there for two days. seocgallach is banned, and all five of the crypto "recovery" posts (four threads plus one reply in Speedy's build thread) are gone. We're sorting out with the site owner who watches the report queue so the next one gets handled the...

Closing the loop on search: the site owner decided not to bring back the old Google search box. The built-in forum search (the Search button top right) is the search on the new platform, and it covers all the old threads. If something you search for doesn't turn up, post the search terms here...

Follow-up on the Trending content box: as of today it ranks threads by replies, not views. Page views no longer count at all, so a bot hitting an old thread can't push it to the top again. The list right now is Losing coolant, Remember Those Saying the 5th Gen Was Dated, and other threads with...