looks like they've fixed that... was super subtle this morning and now it is a completely filled in black circle...

I see a little bit of value in (some of the) unresolved questions like this in that you can at least know that someone else had the issue when you search.

I’ve occasionally read some replies as hostile but after consideration realized they were probably better categorized as brusque. Like I personally try to answer a with a little less edge, but it doesn’t cross any lines.

as far as I can tell the guestbook isn't real... unless there are like 4 or 5 people posting the same 4 or 5 posts over and over. My post showed up and scrolled away and never bounced back into the rotation.

Sounds like it’s about time!

I wonder if mods could go in and mark that as the accepted answer since it doesn't look like the asker is coming back...

seems to work for me for an image I uploaded today

I think I saw in chat (or an old meta post I’m not seeing right now) that monomeeth was both busy in January and working on a yearly contributor post that was taking longer than usual.

yeah, I find the cost of a downvote really hinders the horde... unfortunately it also sometimes makes people too hesitant to downvote, but that's less of a problem

just so you know, you can also answer questions to increase your reputation. Here's a good place to start in the Help pages apple.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/create-posts

This seems better than “not quite” an Apple logo.

I've added an answer to the canonical answer that might be a little more palatable to those that want to avoid the terminal.