I have lost over 3k posts in the last few days..and not due to the 'm' word. Each time i post i seem to lose a few more.

I know this is happening to others. Has the forum post counter decided to go backwards?

[edit:I lost 2 more with this post.]

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Reality Internet Personality

Current post count

Posts: 6529

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Reality Internet Personality

My post count as at my last post : 7919

[edit] It went up to 7920 with this one

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This should be post 6530..but my current post count has gone down again:

Posts: 6527

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Reality Internet Personality

One more try, this should be 7921

[edit] It is

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ya before goin to work i had over 6K posts n look at it now....

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Scorpions - Wind Of Change

This should be post 6531.

Edit..post count is showing as Posts: 6516

I have lost 5 posts since starting this thread.

Edit again..while editing the post i lost two more. Now showing as Posts: 6514.

I have lost 7 posts since starting this thread.

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Reality Internet Personality

I'd have to guess that someone is cleaning out the databases and removing posts prior to a certain date to save space & resources on the servers? If the posts are removed your count decreases. Some software has code written that stops the post counts decreasing, but this one obviously does not.

edit - this would explain why I am not affected. I have only been posting here since the beginning of this year.

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ok..I won't edit..it seems whenever i edit i lose 2 posts :D

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Reality Internet Personality

I'd have to guess that someone is cleaning out the databases and removing posts prior to a certain date to save space & resources on the servers? If the posts are removed your count decreases. Some software has code written that stops the post counts decreasing, but this one obviously does not.

edit - this would explain why I am not affected. I have only been posting here since the beginning of this year.

Let me go see if my first post has gone :)

Posts: 6512

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Reality Internet Personality

I'd have to guess that someone is cleaning out the databases and removing posts prior to a certain date to save space & resources on the servers? If the posts are removed your count decreases. Some software has code written that stops the post counts decreasing, but this one obviously does not.

edit - this would explain why I am not affected. I have only been posting here since the beginning of this year.

that there very well may be the truth

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Scorpions - Wind Of Change

My first post is there there:

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=14501&nowrap=true#169360

So if it is a purge then they aren't doing old posts.

It may just be an actual counting error with the post counter.

I am down to Posts: 6509 now.

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Reality Internet Personality

Oh, cool, let me see if my very first post is still there :P

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=30651&nowrap=true#305308

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wow.. I lost another 25 posts when I went to find some breakfast :o

Posts: 6485

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Reality Internet Personality

wow.. I lost another 25 posts when I went to find some breakfast :o

Posts: 6485

LOL. You're wasting away into insignificance :D

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wow.. I lost another 25 posts when I went to find some breakfast :o

Posts: 6485

LOL. You're wasting away into insignificance :D

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Reality Internet Personality

One more try, this should be 7921

[edit] It is

Not any more it's not..you've gone down to 7920...although you are not haemorrhaging posts at the astonishing rate i am.

Posts: 6464

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Reality Internet Personality

<------------ 1311?

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I am wasting away to insignificance

I was almost a 1000 posts and now down to 735 when I last looked. I've been watching them decrease but don't know what is missing. My first posts are still there...

I am wasting away to insignificance

I was almost a 1000 posts and now down to 735 when I last looked. I've been watching them decrease but don't know what is missing. My first posts are still there...

Its quality not quantity ;)

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Scorpions - Wind Of Change