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VelvetPillow Since: Aug, 2010
#1: Nov 20th 2010 at 5:35:35 PM

Hello, I'm currently living with my boyfriend for the holidays, and we're both tropers. The problem is, we've currently only got one computer with a viable internet connection between us right now. I've tried unKnowing him and then Knowing me so that I could edit a page, but when I try to edit it, it's telling me that it's him doing the editing. While this would normally not be THAT much of an issue, I'm trying to do some edits on a roleplay page for a piece that he happens to be in. I'm not in it, and as such I'm being quite a bit more objective about the characters than him. I don't want him getting into trouble because somebody saw an edit "he" made about their characters or whathaveyou and didn't like "his" opinion. How can I fix this problem so that I can go about my troping business without worrying about putting his name on things other people may not agree with? I'd much rather people be angry at me than him, after all.

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
I see the Awesomeness.
#2: Nov 20th 2010 at 6:18:38 PM

I'd recommend setting up different users and restricting cookies to each user name.

Fight smart, not fair.
Yamikuronue So Yeah Since: Aug, 2009
#3: Nov 21st 2010 at 7:18:56 AM

If un-Knowing isn't really un-Knowing, we've got bigger issue on the site side than jut one user O.o

Are you sure it's not just cached? Did you shift-reload the page?

BTW, I'm a chick.
FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#4: Nov 21st 2010 at 8:29:25 AM

Browsers keep their cookies separately. One of you could decide to use Firefox and the other Chrome, and your cookies would then not collide in any circumstance.

I'll see if I can find a bug in the unknower, meanwhile.

edited 21st Nov '10 8:29:43 AM by FastEddie

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