PM's of a banned account

[Kami]

Mar 17, 2023 3:02:55 GMT -8 RichardInTN said:

Mar 16, 2023 6:00:34 GMT -8 Kami said:

I am so curious why the word spreadsheet is in quotes — it's not bad or anything I am just confused haha.

But yeah, downloading your data is pretty literal in this case, the operative word is your. Sorry it's not better news.

"Spreadsheet" is in quotes because it's not really a typical spreadsheet. A typical spreadsheet, to me, is a calculational dataset... not simply a collection of words.

I'm sorry that that's the case too. This is legitimately an issue that I think needs to be addressed and fixed. PM's could have important information in them that people could need (in my case here, it's simply a link to another forum that I am looking for... so.... not really life altering... but for someone else it could be).

I see. But for what it's worth, a spreadsheet is a spreadsheet regardless of the data, like that's just what that style of document is called.

Just to levelset expectations tho, this is unlikely to change. There are some pretty strict laws and regulations when it comes to data protection, user privacy, and individual copyright, so you will only ever be able to download your own content unless there's a change to these laws. I know that isn't ideal in some situations, but that's the way we have to roll the digital age.

[Kitty Katt]

Some spreadsheet programs, like Excel, should be able to open the CSV files and place the values in a table format:

Google Search said:

A CSV (comma-separated values) file is a text file that has a specific format which allows data to be saved in a table structured format.

While typing in my search, I also noticed that a CSV file can be converted to other formats, such as JSON:



Edit: A conversion would allow you to have the information in a more preferable format for your needs, if the CSV format is not to your liking.

[RichardInTN]

Kami & Kitty Katt...

I appreciate your responses. They didn't help that much, but that's a fault of the system, not your attempts to assist.

[RichardInTN]

For the record, the illegitimate ban was lifted (for now, anyway), and I was able to get into my PM's.