Re^3: flower box comments

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There may be something more going on than just a new user finding an old post and replying to it.

All of the original discussion took place over ~12hr period back in 2003. Now today (2021), out of the blue, AM replies to the OP with "In my opinion your code looks just fine." followed three minutes later with KABA also replying to the OP with "I do not see anything wrong with that.".

— Ken

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Re^4: flower box comments by erzuuli (Cannon) on Jun 21, 2021 at 15:11 UTC
Both comments were by KABA, but the first one was made while not logged in. I have considered it for reap for that reason.	[reply]
Re^5: flower box comments by kcott (Archbishop) on Jun 21, 2021 at 19:52 UTC
Thanks for investigating. I voted 'reap' (looks like it needs one more: currently Reap 4 and Rep -6). — Ken	[reply]
Re^4: flower box comments by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Jun 21, 2021 at 07:59 UTC
Yes, it's quite the mystery! Like a Sherlock Holmes story. :) I assumed AM found the 2003 post via google and (not noticing the 2003 date) simply banged out a reflex AM reply ... then decided to create a proper PM account and used that to reply three minutes later (still not taking the time to notice how old the post was). jdporter could probably tell us if AM and KABA are one and the same ... or (better), if KABA is still listening, he/she could tell us the back story. I won't be able to sleep tonight not knowing. :)	[reply]
Re^5: flower box comments by kcott (Archbishop) on Jun 21, 2021 at 20:09 UTC
"Yes, it's quite the mystery! ... jdporter could probably tell us if AM and KABA are one and the same ..." He transmogrified into his scintillating, deitific form and provided that information. "I won't be able to sleep tonight not knowing. :)" With the mystery solved, you may still have time to grab a few hours kip this morning, before you start your day proper, as it's still only 6am our time. :-) — Ken	[reply]
Re^6: flower box comments by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Jun 22, 2021 at 01:50 UTC
Thanks to jdporter for the extra info! The timestamps indicate the (now reaped) anonymous reply was made two minutes before KABA joined Perl Monks ... so it wasn't that KABA wasn't logged in, it was that KABA didn't exist yet. Yet why on earth was KABA looking at such an inconspicuous 18-year-old node in the first place? I can only think of two plausible theories: The node was found by a web search of some sort. But what search engine would bring up an obscure eighteen-year-old node with a rep of only 78 (not high by 2003 standards, e.g. Ovid's Often Overlooked OO Programming Guidelines has 197 rep - see also Re: Selected best nodes - nothing recent, why? (Node Reputation Ranges Over the Years)). Our new visitor started his/her PM journey by clicking the Random Node feature in Leftovers on the bottom right of the PM screen - aka Bod's conjecture. There must be a more plausible explanation but I can't think of one. If KABA is listening we might get lucky. Based on past necroposting experiences though, I fear we will never hear from KABA again. :(	[reply]

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