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This may be useful. (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by rtxn@lemmy.world to c/assholedesign@lemmy.world
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I'm getting this error that says Error. I can't tell if I fat-fingered the community name in the URL, or it got removed, or it doesn't exist in the first place, or maybe there's a legitimate issue with the software, but I hope it's useful!

I need to clarify because some people apparently never encountered the error page: it used to show the actual error. It was later changed to not do that.

(apologies for the atrocious aspect ratio)

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[-] Pechente@feddit.org 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

This is bad design and not intentionally deceiving.

Edit: /c/crappydesign@sh.itjust.works

[-] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 9 points 8 months ago

!crappydesign@sh.itjust.works

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

This might actually be helpful. The fact that it's just the word "Error" in red could be just the clue the developer needs. You don't know.

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

ERROR: An ERROR has occurred. Please correct this ERROR.

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

It used to show the type of error, like couldnt_find_post. It was changed and now it returns Error for everything. How is that helpful?

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Well, your original post lacked that context.

[-] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 months ago

I assume this is in a browser. You might have more luck checking the network protocol. Press F12 (Windows/Linux and Firefox/Chrome; don’t know about Apple) to open the dev tools. Open the network tab, and retry your request. One of the new lines in the log should be red. Click that and check “Response”.

this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2025
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