Imported: Way to view random thread

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Wed Sep 09, 2015 09:00 PM is there a way to view a random thread? by Oracular:

is there a way to view a random thread? would be njce featrue

Wed Sep 09, 2015 09:08 PM Re: is there a way to view a random thread? by Draku:

I don't believe so but a thrown-together solution would be to use a random number generator with 14 as the lowest and the latest thread on the forum's number as the highest (This one at the moment, being 7942) and plug that at the end of

Code:

http://forums.theminusworld.net/viewtopic.php?t=

in the URL bar. Something could probably be written with that as the basis by another person more knowledgeable than I.

Wed Sep 09, 2015 09:56 PM Re: is there a way to view a random thread? by McPhresh:

click on the who is online thing and look at whatever the bots are going through

Thu Sep 10, 2015 09:01 PM Re: is there a way to view a random thread? by Oracular:

McPhresh:

click on the who is online thing and look at whatever the bots are going through

thats pretty meta

Thu Sep 10, 2015 10:30 PM Re: is there a way to view a random thread? by World'sTallestLadder:

Oracular:

McPhresh:

click on the who is online thing and look at whatever the bots are going through

thats pretty meta

i use this tech actually

didnt google or whoever break javascript:whatever; urls cuz itd be easy enough to make a 'random' thread thing with that if its still usable

Sat Sep 12, 2015 08:36 AM Re: is there a way to view a random thread? by Oracular:

McPhresh:

click on the who is online thing and look at whatever the bots are going through

been playing around with this tech but it seems to whiff a lot of the time.. bots viewing threads that dont exist or looking at modern threads. how can i improve my timing for this tech?

Sat Sep 12, 2015 09:45 AM Re: is there a way to view a random thread? by McPhresh:

idk you just take what you can get, its not fullproof. gotta study their habits

Tue Nov 03, 2015 10:20 PM Re: is there a way to view a random thread? by McPhresh:

ive noticed msnbot is the least predictable

Wed Dec 09, 2015 09:15 AM Re: is there a way to view a random thread? by Oracular:

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Wed Dec 09, 2015 06:13 PM Re: is there a way to view a random thread? by McPhresh:

nice

i've also noticed there's a lot of guests (guessing these are bots, maybe just creepy fux) who just kinda meander through random @!$%. you gotta press a button to see them though