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Sure is interesting............

Feb 21, 2004 5:07AM PST

From time to time I can visit SE and a particular
thread I might have interest in is missing from the
tree (yep, missing on 3 or 4 reviews of the tree) yet,
in a return trip at a later time, it has found it's way
back on the tree.

Not a complaint, just an observation.

Discussion is locked

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This is a bit of a long shot Del
Feb 21, 2004 7:22AM PST

I haven't got the programs of the forum in front of me, but I hazard a guess that posts are removed by changing the record ID's of the associated records.
I used that method a lot in programming.
Here is a simple explanation.
A good speakeasy record say would look something like this:
6224steve's post date title, etc
The program reads the record because it has 6224 at the begining.
Moderator doesn't like what I said in the post:
Changes the ID 6224 to say 5224:
Program comes along and ignores the 5224 - so it doesn't get displayed:
Amother moderator comes along and corrects the mistake - since I am such a nice guy LOL
5224 changed back to 6224 - record now shows in the forum ???
Hope you are not totally confused LOL

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If that's a possibility, then.............
Feb 21, 2004 7:40AM PST

.....I guess we all would be well advised to be
careful and not offend any sensitivities of any
of the moderators. Grin

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Yep - Your right on that one - without a shodow of a doubt but I must add that
Feb 21, 2004 7:50AM PST

the moderator would only press the delete button, the changing of the record would happen out of sight - part of the system and invisible to the user. Happy

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(NT)But wasn't it said that only Lee could remove a thread so that didn't show ?
Feb 21, 2004 8:23AM PST

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That's true Roger - but since a moderator can remove every post then it would have the same result!!
Feb 21, 2004 8:34AM PST

I doubt that the system would prevent any moderator from removing every single post and the thread would then show as deleted. So Lee isn't the only person who could remove an entire thread.

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Sorry Roger - I understand what you are getting at now :(
Feb 21, 2004 2:48PM PST

nt

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Re:Sure is interesting -- how many pages down do you look, Del?
Feb 21, 2004 12:21PM PST

If you don't visit a couple of times a day, a thread that interests you may be sunk down to page 2 or 3, then "resurface" when someone posts to it. Any thread, no matter how old (in terms of the root post) rises to the top of the thread list when it receives a new post.

-- Dave K, Speakeasy Moderator
click here to email semods4@yahoo.com

The opinions expressed above are my own,
and do not necessarily reflect those of CNET!

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Re:Re:Sure is interesting -- how many pages down do you look, Del?
Feb 21, 2004 1:24PM PST

I looked about 20 pages deep for the "Rule of the rapists" thread to no avail. I wonder where it's at.

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Re: Sure is interesting -- how many pages down do you look, Del?
Feb 23, 2004 1:05PM PST

Hi, Clay.

>>rule of the rapists<<
Lee pulled that one, I believe.

-- Dave K, Speakeasy Moderator
click here to email semods4@yahoo.com

The opinions expressed above are my own,
and do not necessarily reflect those of CNET!

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Thanks Dave - that kills speculation and scratching our heads !!
Feb 23, 2004 2:19PM PST

nt

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Re:Re:Sure is interesting -- how many pages down do you look, Del?
Feb 21, 2004 3:08PM PST

Looked at pages 1, 2 and 3 at least three times to make
sure I hadn't skipped. Usually I peek in two or three times
a day, so I seldom look beyond the first page.

Sure wish they would get the 'already seen' stuff out
of sight, and only offer 'unseen'.

Where's everyone gonna meet when they eventually close
down ? Too bad some energentic and competent soul doesn't
establish a forum over on Delphi, and we could all
migrate. Or find a forum elsewhere, and attack and
occupy, like SE and Townehall. Sad

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If that happens;
Feb 23, 2004 6:07AM PST

I could put up a temp place for us to hang out at, or Trollville could be used, a special category setup, till a more appropriate forum could be loaded on a site.

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I have a better one in mind! ;-) -nt
Feb 23, 2004 6:06PM PST

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Braja's!!!!

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Sorry, that WASN'T an -nt But this one is.
Feb 23, 2004 6:08PM PST

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If it could handle the traffic and...
Feb 23, 2004 11:11PM PST

...wasn't cutoff at times due to overusing allotted bandwidth. Actually, I can toss up a forum that works better than this software within a day, but it would be "out of the box", colors and any page format changes, needing adjusting later. I do have one that doesn't get much use till summer track season at the local HS starts up you can take a look at. It's the same software I would use for the interim until the membership decided on what they wanted. You can take a look at it here. Just look please, it's for the high school teams if they want to use it later this year.

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Very nice! -NT
Feb 24, 2004 3:55AM PST

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