Just sayin
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Yeah. but it leaves a trail im sure you will quickly be banned if you go thread trashing
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Doesnāt mean itās not a comically bad security flaw. And itād be easy enough for someone to make a new account and just change everything and not care about being banned.
I got the impression that its standard for the software but i could be wrong
Editing other peoplesā posts or titles is definitely not standard lol
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Itās standard functionality for the software. You thinking it shouldnāt be doesnāt make it less so.
There are several user levels associated to these forums. Basically everyone with a long standing ratebeer account got an automatic assignation to the āregularā role, and admins became moderators. You canāt just create a new account and mess with the forum titles because you would be a new user (who can only post - and even so, only with moderator approval).
I agree that even for regular users title editing is a bit much in terms of flexibility for a forum, but itās not a comically bad security flaw.
I think all replies in this thread should be done in the titleā¦
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Itās only standard functionality for the software because this software does anything you want it to; it doesnāt mean it shouldnāt be turned off.
It blows my mind that people are trying to defend this absurd bug.
I agree it should be turned off. I think you have poor understanding of what a bug is.
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puzzl you are misunderstanding the functionality of this software or are purposely misinterpreting it to make Ratebeer look bad.
Only trusted members have this permission. Itās NOT just a simple case of making a new account and going around causing havoc. Take a look at the requirements. You need to be active for over a month, reading and contributing to forums. You really think people have the patience to become an actual active member just so they can fuck with people in 1 monthās time?
Yes it is. See above. Completely standard feature.
Not a bug. See above. Fully intentional behaviour.
Itās about trust. If members of the community canāt be trusted theyāll have their permissions revoked. If someone messes with a title itās very simple for any mod (or any trusted member) to undo it. Reporting tools are decent to report offenders.
It blows my mind that you are trying to blow this well out of proportion. By the nature of what this site is about weāre all adults here. If someone is immature enough to go through and edit everyoneās titles then we probably donāt want such people in the community anyway so good riddance to anyone who gets banned for it.
Having said all that, I would be fine if it was turned off as realistically only thread starters or mods would ever need to make edits.
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