lmao i press attempt, it says i passed all the tests, but it says i failed lmfao. one hour wasted

If a or b are nil (or null or None, depending on the language), the problem doesn't make sense so return false.

Those aren't iterables, you should validate the input first.

once again. only bad when i do it. lol

This discussion was continued beyond reasonable point, and continuing it in its current form, with calling names and all, is pointless. I am going to delete/hide it after I record it for admins so they can review it and act accordingly. They will appropriately review all occurrences of power abuse and friends ganging up on the OP in this thread.

no i dont think i know what im doing lol. youre kind of just a mug tbf, think youre better than everyone else. but youre just an egotistical narcissist. why did you even join in? lol. who cares if im new to the website and only started coding a week ago, arghh noo, doesnt mean i cant tell if someones friends on the website or very obviously using their power to get their mates to downvote comments they dont agree with.

So it took you less than 2 minutes to read my entire reply, digest it, and to reply? It doesn't sound like you're even reading others' comments, yet you complain you're misunderstood.

Theyre both friends on this website, not all communication takes place in a discord server,

Well, the good thing is that you can go to each person's profile, and see their every single comment. So by that logic you could easily go and prove they're best friends on the website, am I right? Go ahead, I'm waiting. There couldn't be 2 random users who believe in similar ideas, no way!

If you could read you would see that my issue was about the very clear and obvious abuse of power

Maybe I can't read then, because I can't see this part in your comments at all. At least not until you were told to stop. And even then you're making things up as you go.

You only just joined the plaform, you don't know what you're doing, but you think you got all the answers... But you're just an uneducated moron. A troll would've been a cooler story.

Don't bother replying, no one is going to take your stories seriously anymore. There's plenty of katas to solve instead.

Theyre both friends on this website, not all communication takes place in a discord server, you know that right?. A moderator said to cut the topic off I agreed, why can't nobody else?

If you could read you would see that my issue was about the very clear and obvious abuse of power

a mod came in, and teamed up with their friend

Bro, no one is teaming up with anyone. You could check the Discord channel of this server to see there was no discussion at all related to this thread, and the 2 users barely know each other from random discussions (I think). Everyone can see the latest posts and interact with them. I saw the thread initially and managed to ignore it, but I later crumbled and wanted to point out a few things that others didn't mention.

If I was trolling, do you really think I would go to the effort?

Absolutely. I wouldn't expect anything less from a good troll :P

abusing their authority to get my comments unnecessarily downvoted, but its a problem when I do it? Then for some reason I'm the bad guy?

You don't even know who downvoted them. It could've been them, could've been anyone else. I've had plenty of comments I replied to and later they just get downvoted to oblivion, but I didn't downvote anything... So I look like the bad guy. Anyway, it's just downvotes, anyone can do that and it's not something you should take seriously. Users who do abuse such features can get their rights to do it removed. With all that said, you should try not to take comments too personal / as offensive.

After the first comment, I'm still not seeing any suggestions how you would go around to fix the problem, and what the problem really is. Are you upset with the platform for putting any time constraints? If so, people would just switch to other coding websites where performance matters. If you're not happy that this specific kata has performance constraints, then your issue is with the author who put them, and you're welcome to voice such opinions, but that's not how you started, nor finished.

I didn't once complain about the downvotes lol. It was the others. And I'm good, my issue isn't with the kata, it's with the missues of the guise of power of a moderator, and them being defended once that issue was reported...

Good place to end this discussion. Not a good look on the homepage

You cry that people downvote your comments, and yet you do the same to others. You are a hypocrite. Who can take you serious anymore?

You are generously offered a chance to report your issue with an admin by email. I suggest you take it up with the admin in private.

I was told to let the topic go, I agreed, but nobody else seems to be able to. Since you're all so persistent I'll bite.

Its not really trolling. I'm not being held to the same standards as everyone else in the thread for some reason. You're berating me for downvoting, which is what a mod came in, and teamed up with their friend to come and do to my comments because they didn't agree with me. So I put in a pretty standard report (not fake) because the mod was clearly abusing their authority to get my comments unnecessarily downvoted, but its a problem when I do it? Then for some reason I'm the bad guy?
Its almost like the whole community is run on cronyism, and not actually helping people out. I'm the bad guy and told to drop a topic but those on the otherside of me get to do what I'm doing and nothing is be held against then?

That's just a poorly written joke.

If I was trolling, do you really think I would go to the effort? In all honesty I dont particularly care, but theres some big double standards going on here. And I don't stand for that. Especially in an educational community...

@OP what you fail to realize is that we can all see your (and everyone else's) latest comments on the dashboard. It's difficult for others to resist in disproving your point, because you didn't bring any real point, it's just nonsense / trolling. Downvoting everyone and fake-reporting others distracted from the topic and destroyed any credibility you had.

You can argue all you want, but if there were no time constraints, then the kata would be very boring.

@lazzy61 - I'm jumping into this very late but I'd love to hear a bit more about this specific case by email. Please email me at community@codewars.com with details to what happened in the trainer and any screenshots/recordings.