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Testing disappearing words from comment: http://team.vox.com/library/post/vox-tip-editing-from-the-blog.html

I agree with Gayle about words disappearing.  Common words that seem to disappear for me are names of cities and countries and some organisations it is as if there is some censorship going on - of course there isn't but it happens time and time again.  On one post it took me a half an hour to re-enter all of the missing words.  Examples of recent words disappearing are: US, Iraq, Middle East, Iran, Guamtanamo, Israel, Palestine, America, Washington, Pakistan, Arabian Peninsula and the list goes on - I think you can see a trend here. Oh Christ goes missing as well (no jokes from the Atheists amongst us *wink*).  If I write Christian I end up with ian or no word if I had just written Christ.  The words that go missing are never every day words used in sentences but always to do with names.  Conspiracy theory I think - Big brother is watching :-)
It seems to be a particular issue if I write something to word or copy an atricle to a word document and then transfer it to my blog.

I had one article where only a quarter of the article would post to my blog and it was all out of order - gave up on that one as a bad joke :-(

Other issues is the size of the text.  I can write something in a certain size then decide to increase the size and only some of the text increases in size and it doesn't matter how many time I change it, it is still an issue.  Some times I have to increase the size of the text above the size I really want it so that when it is posted it is the correct size.  Changing colours also is a similar issue.  If these issues could be addressed it would make posting an entry so much easier.  These problems are the only issues that I have with this site, otherwise it is a fantastic site - but the mentioned issues are very time consuming and frustrating.

A preview function would be fantastic.

As would the ability to edit comments shortly after posting them, in case we realise we have made a serious typo.

This previous mention of ads between entries has come to pass.

A set of two Google ads now occupies the space between some entries on the main blog pages of Voxers when viewed by logged out users.  (This space used to contain wee little "Join Vox" banners.)  Unlike the ads at the bottom of blogs and entries, these have not yet been matched to the text and background colors of the blog layout.  They are also currently taking a hideously long time to load.

Looking at a logged out entry, I saw a Flash ad for the URGE campaign plastered on the bottom where the Google ads used to be.  Y'know, the one that knows music so well they put them through rehab in the trunk of a Datson...or...or something!  (I half wonder whether this sudden campaign in spaces like Vox and LiveJournal by URGE is in response to Microsoft's launch of Zune with its own DRM laden service?  MS helped them develop their stuff, and now MS is in the market, too.  It probably makes them a wee bit nervous and want to rev up the marketing.)

When logged in and looking at my blog page, only Google text ads and house ads (graphics promoting doing things within Vox) appeared in the bottom space after a whole bunch of refreshes.

LiveJournal's feeds have the ability to use ?auth=digest, which means that people can use it to get friended entries in RSS and ATOM feeds, but I can't figure out whether it will work with Vox's feeds.  I don't think so, but I could be wrong!

Edit: this post helps some.

You may have noticed Vox house ads to sign up between blog posts here while you are logged out.   Right now they are just house promo ads, but at some point they will start being sold to advertisers.

This is bound to give LiveJournalers who are jealous of Vox's out of the way Google ads in the foot of Voxes a bit of schadenfreunde glow.

reference

The discussion on their boards

Evidently, the deal was struck and in beta operation before the photographer citizens were notified of the development.  It pleased some, and really pissed off others.  An opt-out followed after it had become an issue.  Very familiar territory, no?

<a href="http://foxfirefey.vox.com/library/post/yes-the-girl-does-know-html.html">Is this post a lie?</a>

<b>Answer</b>: No.

foxfirefey (3:02:29 PM): Dear Vox
foxfirefey (3:02:35 PM): Let me just type goddamn HTML links
foxfirefey (3:02:36 PM): I swear
foxfirefey (3:02:37 PM): I can do it
foxfirefey (3:02:40 PM): I swear to god
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foxfirefey (3:04:35 PM): Also, the iStockPhoto watermark = teh ugly.
foxfirefey (3:04:38 PM): http://foxfirefey.vox.com/library/post/i-claim-this-blog.html
foxfirefey (3:05:01 PM): WTF
kunzite1 (3:05:11 PM): o.o
foxfirefey (3:05:12 PM): It added all the tags associated with my photo
foxfirefey (3:05:17 PM): To my tag list
kunzite1 (3:05:35 PM): yeah?
foxfirefey (3:05:37 PM): I was trying to get something that said "imperialism"
foxfirefey (3:05:42 PM): Not add "golf" to my list of tags
foxfirefey (3:05:43 PM): Bastards
foxfirefey (3:10:06 PM): And there's a lock by "Viewable by the world (public)"
foxfirefey (3:10:18 PM): THAT VISUALLY CONFUSES MY LJFIED BRAIN.

In the name of research for no_lj_ads!

Golf flag at sunset