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Is there a way to block a user??

It's not currently possible to block another user, since as far as what that means gets a bit complicated.

Do you still see their posts? Do they see yours? What about comments? Shouts? Chat? If somebody is having a discussion with them on another post that belongs to neither of you- do you still see those messages?

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So, I just realized I can click "edit post" on your posts.

Anybody who has been part of Help for at least 3 months can edit posts. This is usually most helpful for cleaning up spelling/grammar in order to help others understand what's being said.

All edits are public, so everybody can see who changed what, which helps slow down more of the trolling edits for the most part. Also, users who abuse this power can have it revoked. (Hasn't been necessary so far, luckily. ๐Ÿ˜Š)

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When we post more than 5 posts where do the rest go?

Looks like there was a bug in that, @Jetmoo - If you try again now it should display properly. ๐Ÿ™‚

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When we post more than 5 posts where do the rest go?

All posts should be visible if you click the โ€œAll Claimed Postsโ€ at the bottom of your posts on your profile page.

That does not show anonymous posts- only โ€œclaimedโ€ ones.

All posts replies are searchable, including by username. Unfortunately if youโ€™ve posted anonymously- those will not show up as posted by you.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our fearless leader @Rockster160 !

danihatesyou wrote:
happy birthday now get back here....

Iโ€™m always here. ๐Ÿ˜…

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How difficult is it to build a back-end rest API with Amazon Web Services?

Fairly simple to set up. AWS is great for building scaleable solutions, though might not be the cheapest option if you only need something small and/or of set size/traffic.

Storing data is dead easy. You can use S3 to store everything and dump all of your data in- the hard part is getting it back out for use/aggregation- and that depends on how you need to use that data. I wouldn't recommend going serverless, simply because serverless makes it difficult to "serve" the data. You'd have to do all of the data filtering and aggregation on the front end, which means you first have to collect all of the raw data, store it in client-side memory, and then run functions on it there. It works, but it's slow.

I'm a full-stack dev, but always use a server. Serverless doesn't really make sense to me for a number of reasons, especially along the lines of user auth. However, setting up user auth is generally extremely easy as there are frameworks that provide the whole process for you. It's also possible to run your users through a dedicated server and store/serve your data simply through S3 without it touching the server's database at all.

DynamoDB is a no-sql service, which to me, falls under the "serverless" category. You'll generally experience significantly longer load times than you would with a database where you can query exactly what you need. That said- if you don't have backend experience and you're just trying to get something up and running, I think that's a great start.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our fearless leader @Rockster160 !

It was yesterday- but thank you. :)

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I can't remember how to post pics / video on here.

You should be able to just host them on imgur, then copy the โ€œshareโ€ link and post it- done.

If imgur has changed the way they allow things to be shared, that might cause an issue though. ๐Ÿค”

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Who here plays video games?

I like games! Donโ€™t have the time to play much.
Creative games like Minecraft and Factorio are my favorites. I also love games like Beat Saber (VR) and Guitar Hero.

Not much of a โ€œgamerโ€ but I do play when I can. ๐Ÿ˜

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Getting to know HelpQA family..

UT, US for me! Nothing too exciting, but born and raised here.

Not planning on going anywhere in particles any time soon. ๐Ÿ˜„ My family is all here, and that's all we really need. ๐Ÿ‘

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