AlbertoD
(AlbertoD)
December 11, 2017, 4:41pm
#1
It looks like a lot of Norman’s posts disappeared. There are quite a few threads that without those now are incomplete.
Do you think the information could be restored?
Edit: As Dave said, it looks like everything he posted on the last 4 weeks is gone.
DaveS
(DaveS)
December 11, 2017, 4:45pm
#2
It does seem that anything Norman posted in the last month has vanished…
according to Forum activity his last post was on Nov 14… and I know for a fact he has posted quite a bit since
scott_boss
(scott boss)
December 11, 2017, 4:49pm
#3
he writes a lot on the forums. I bet there was some form of backend issue and has undone a lot of his posts. this is PURE GUESS on my part.
Norman helps a lot on the forum. I hope it’s a technical problem and not a personal problem.
They have been pruning their posts and messaging on the forums as of late so I am not surprised.
Would be nice if someone from Xojo could comment.
@Greg O’Lone @Dana Brown @Geoff Perlman to name a few.
For example it used to be that when they deleted a post you would see a visual indication of it as well as who did it. Often Dana would chime in and say they removed it because of XYZ forum rule.
Lately I have noticed they have simply removed the posts from the database or deleted them in a way that does not leave any evidence it ever existed.
Not conspiracy thinking or an elaborate plot device. Just an observation on how they engage/manage the forums has changed.
Dad (in this king of situations) usuallly said it smell bad. (with German accent)
Addition:
Norman entries here at Recent Changes are still present with an entry dated as of today.
DaveS
(DaveS)
December 11, 2017, 7:16pm
#9
Normaly “pruning” takes place from OLDER to newer… not the other way around
[quote=364309:@Emile Schwarz]
Norman entries here at Recent Changes are still present with an entry dated as of today.[/quote]
That is the WIKI, not this forum
Maybe his post counter wasn’t 64-bit
Peter_Job
(Peter Job)
December 11, 2017, 8:03pm
#12
My thought too - his post count clocked over 32,767.
It seems that Norman’s posts reappeared.
Oh the suspense! What happened? Will it happen again?
JulianS
(JulianS)
December 12, 2017, 4:32pm
#16
Its so quiet, now I know what my dog feels like when I leave the house Sorry doggo!
I hope Norman is ok.
#FreeNorman (too soon?)
scott_boss
(scott boss)
December 12, 2017, 5:00pm
#17
#FreeNorman (too soon?)
never too soon to free Norm!
We all love Norm.
Travis_Hill
(Travis Hill)
December 12, 2017, 5:01pm
#18
A mistake resulted in some of Normans posts being deleted- those posts have since been restored.
But he didn’t write any post since .
KarenA
(KarenA)
December 12, 2017, 8:27pm
#20
It made me wonder if someone offended him… more than once he has come close to stopping to post…
BTW when I looked at his profile last night, it was essentially blank… even the link to his own website (Great White) is gone…