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So we can upvote bio posts now!

28.8k TheMouse  one month ago

So we can now upvote bios.

It is difficult, but we can. Let me tell the story. First of all, I was on this post, reading about the bio numbering system. So I did it for mine. And I noticed that the bio had a little box where the number of upvotes was. And it said 0. So I commented this. And today when I got on, I got this notification:. Hpgbproductions had upvoted my bio post. And when I clicked the notification, it brought me right to my own bio page. And then, when I go to my post page, so I can see my own bio, and it shows that my bio post has 1 upvote. Here is a picture.
As you can see, it is possible to upvote a users bio. Now comes the sad part. It gives no points (as far as I know). I went into my point page, and looked over the entire thing, and my user bio showed up nowhere. So I think that while it is possible to upvote a bio, it does nothing but give the owner a notification.


How to upvote a bio post.

Now, this has all been very interesting, but now you want to upvote a bio too, don’t you. Well, here is how to do it: First, go to the persons bio that you want to upvote. For this example, I will be upvoting TheUltimatePlaneLover‘s bio, as he will not freak out when he gets a weird notification from me. (I hope) So go to the person’s post page. And edit the url. For me, the url was: https://www.simpleplanes.com/u/TheUltimatePlaneLover/Poststo begin with. You need to edit the url to add ?t=6 at the end, without any spaces in between. The finished result should look something like this: https://www.simpleplanes.com/u/TheUltimatePlaneLover/Posts?t=6You will get to a screen that looks like this:  
The name will be different, depending on who you are upvoting.) Now, copy the link that the bio would take you to, but DO NOT CLICK ON THE BIO POST. The link for me was https://www.simpleplanes.com/Users/Bio/1915466 If you click it, it will just take you to their profile, which does not help you. Now, for the fun part. Bios are posted the same way as forums, so to upvote the bio, you must upvote it like a forum post. So, to upvote the bio, you must change its url. To upvote a forum post, the url looks like this: https://www.simpleplanes.com/Post/Upvote/1920768 how do we get the previous url to look like that?
Well, it is actually not that complicated.
First, you must take the original link: https://www.simpleplanes.com/Users/Bio/1915466 and remove the Users/Bio part, and replace it with Post/Upvote
This will mean that your new link will look like this: https://www.simpleplanes.com/Post/Upvote/1915466
Now, copy that link that you came up with, and paste it in a new tab. It should take you right to the home page of simple planes, and it should have upvoted the persons bio in the process.


How to test whether you were successful in upvoting the bio post.

At the beginning of your attempt, you should have been at a page where it showed the bio post. For TheUltimatePlaneLover, it looked like this:

In that little box, you can see how many upvotes it has. Now, go back to that page. (You go back to that page by going to the persons posts, and adding ?t=6 to the end of the url)
That number should now be one number higher than it was before. If it is, Nice work, you upvoted the persons forum post. They will now get a notification saying that you upvoted it. If they have not read this before, they will be very confused. If it does not show one number higher than it did before, you did something wrong somewhere, and you must retry.


Summing up.

While this is a fun thing to do, as far as I know, it gives absolutely nothing to either you, or the person who's bio you upvoted, so I see no reason to do it especially often. So take this new bit of knowlage with you, and try not to break the site.

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    28.8k TheMouse

    I just upvoted the @Andrewgarrison bio. I wonder what he will say.

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    @Mousewithamachinegun122 THATS WHAT I WAS JUST FCN WONDERING I SAW IT AND WAS ABOUT TO THROW MY BELOVED MODEL 777-9 OUT MY WINDOW IN CONFUSION

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    @TheMouse ah ok thx

    +1 10 days ago
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    28.8k TheMouse

    @TheUltimatePlaneLover
    Try reading this

    10 days ago
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    @TheMouse yes, but getting the number for other User Bios is my issue

    +1 10 days ago
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    28.8k TheMouse

    @TheUltimatePlaneLover
    Weird. Here, maybe this will help. My bio post url is https://www.simpleplanes.com/Users/Bio/1739736
    Does that help?

    +1 10 days ago
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    @TheMouse Nein, no numbers.

    +1 10 days ago
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    28.8k TheMouse

    @TheUltimatePlaneLover
    So if you paste that link in a new tab, but you do not click enter, it still will not show numbers?

    +1 10 days ago
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    @TheMouse yes

    10 days ago
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    28.8k TheMouse

    @TheUltimatePlaneLover
    Did you copy the link that would take you to their user bio?

    +1 10 days ago
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    @TheMouse The numbering part towards the end, I read it four times but I can't comprehend it, mostly because I don't see a number on the link when I'm looking at a user page

    +1 10 days ago
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    28.8k TheMouse

    @TheUltimatePlaneLover
    Did you read it all? What part are you having trouble with?

    10 days ago
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    I actually don't understand how to do this :,)

    +1 11 days ago
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    10.7k windshifter1

    @TheMouse :O

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    28.8k TheMouse

    @windshifter1
    I did it to you so you can see.

    16 days ago
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    10.7k windshifter1

    @TheMouse Damn I thought this may very well be how people got platinum (kidding)

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    28.8k TheMouse

    @windshifter1
    None, sadly.

    16 days ago
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    10.7k windshifter1

    @TheMouse How many points does it give? 999999999999999999999999999 points I hope

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    @Mousewithamachinegun122 What an honour.
    /s

    +1 one month ago
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    28.8k TheMouse

    @OrangeConnor2
    I am following over 500 people. When I click on my follow list, it takes 20 seconds to load them all, eith names and images. I clicked on a random one before it loaded, as I was ina hurry. You happened to be that user.

    one month ago
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    How am I of all people the first?
    Genuinely I am confused.
    I'm not super active here.

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    28.8k TheMouse

    @OrangeConnor2
    Because you were the first person I clicked on, literally. And the ultimate plane lover, cause he happened to be active at the time. Lots of reasons.

    one month ago
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    Why me?
    Specifically.

    +1 one month ago
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    28.8k TheMouse

    @OrangeConnor2
    Cause I upvoted your bio during the testing phase. I tested on like 3 people and tagged them.

    one month ago
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    Why was I tagged on this?

    one month ago
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