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by lupire 522 days ago
That's likely to corrupt the database backend, which now appears to store old "non WP Engine" affirmations in the same location as new "pineapple pizza" affirmations. How will they be able to distinguish?
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I don't think the purpose of the checkbox was to collect useful data but an any case storing it as a date would probably solve the issue.
You're assuming they actually care to distinguish. But real answer, barring a brief period where some users may get a cached version, they can likely just use the date of change to determine before and after if necessary.
No, the server-visible name has changed.