I know there's a lot of joking about paranoia and such, but with the down-time and everything this was kinda sus. Just putting it out there in case this really was unintended behavior and someone has been fucking with the site.
I've never seen it on android but on my PC it happens when you lose connection to the server (or something along those lines, i don't know the technical side of it but if you see it you can't post)
The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Shipboard Computer which controlled and permeated every particle of the ship switched into communication mode.
"Hi there!" it said brightly and simultaneously spewed out a tiny ribbon of ticker tape just for the record. The ticker tape said, Hi there!
"Oh God," said Zaphod. He hadn't worked with this computer for long but had already learned to loathe it.
The computer continued, brash and cheery as if it was selling detergent.
"I want you to know that whatever your problem, I am here to help you solve it."
"Yeah yeah," said Zaphod. "Look, I think I'll just use a piece of paper."
"Sure thing," said the computer, spilling out its message into a waste bin at the same time, "I understand. If you ever want ..."
"Shut up!" said Zaphod, and snatching up a pencil sat down next to Trillian at the console.
"OK, OK ..." said the computer in a hurt tone of voice and closed down its speech channel again.
"fucking with the site" in this case means "there's lots of unresolved bugs because it's maintained by a small handful of unpaid volunteers"
it legit just does that. it's been doing it on desktop for as long as i've been here.
