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when I open a question there are a series of large coloured balls and a small area of text. refreshing the screen fixed...

My brother is looking for a laptop, preferrably apple because of iphone etc, for his wife. Just wondering what you guru's...

To all the iFixit family, Wishing you a very merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. It's been like a sauna here in...

Hellooo fine people, I’m trying to clean out the 1000’s of “me too””but mines a..” type of comments that are clogging up...

https://www.ifixit.com/User/1200432/prof... very amusing.great creative idea.not quite within ifixit ethos?

Sorry I've been off the radar..rural australia leaves a lot to be desired with broadband! Hope you've all had a decent...

So, off topic but... Had my iMac stolen, have found out far to late about apps I should have had installed like...

Now then fellow fixers. After a long break, and a huuuuuge clear out via eBay, I have started again in the fixing...

http://www.ifixit.com/User/659816/wonder... has about 10 answers all linking to the same pay site. there are a few other...

http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/13015... this question is quite odd, the user has also started a guide and a note which...

When I have moderated I cleaned out the “me too, and this also" people/responses that clog things up. I'm happy to have things removed if it clarifies answers. I see no need to down vote answers unless they are wrong/misleading/shoddy. Downvoting is more than just shuffling the order of answers to put the best to the top, you're punishing people by removing rep. This site runs on goodwill and donated hours. When I know how many hours have been volunteered to helping others (and earning rep) it is very disheartening to see this kind of approach to cleaning up “answers". If @mayer has lost 16000 points that's actually a pretty big slap in the face as thanks for his hard work. I think you need to rethink this process.

happy new year to you all too.

This is probably my favourite post! Meta has become a stream of consciousness. We all need to apply our own filters/think before we post/count to 10, and apply excellent grammar. ps. there is nothing wrong with adding to a current spam alert post or deleting all your previous posts to stop clogging up the answers! Peace, out.

You apologised. Move on and learn from it.

https://www.ifixit.com/User/About/823053... has a few good answers but then posted a spam…maybe he needs a message about ifixit rules?

may be a glitch. as far as I can see the only vote on that was an upvote from jayeff… no down votes. ps. well done @ajcooke01

I delete “me toos". Same with people asking a “help” question for their device 2 years later on someone's answered question.. it is cluttering up the advice given. Software is a minefield… having got stuck for a year by a software drama trying to upgrade, I think its every bit as “repair related" as hardware and even more frustrating. Questions can be migrated if they're recent, i agree with OT03 there. People asking where to buy parts? Some are lazy, some need help with naming/identifying. By the time you say “buy it here" the link could be out of date. I think with anything you've got to see each as an individual, some are 15 year olds, some have 15 years experience. Be kind.

awaiting more names to put on here

@ajcooke01 , thanks for the contributions, keep up the good work. It’s awesome that you’re 14 and helping people repair their items on this site… Some of the people asking for help fixing their devices have been younger . Moderation is a cleaning job..everyone should tidy up, I guess that we should all play our part in keeping the forum relevant/on topic. It’s great you are on the leader board, keep the votes all about quality decisions and don’t focus too much on the quantity. Keep on giving quality answers in the forum to help people- it’s worth far more than being on the moderator board.

Well done @ajcooke01 , soon you too will have far too much stuff and not enough time to fix it. This is Bob. He is my Achilles heel.