Recent comment tab can't count. February 27, 2008 12:57 PM Subscribe
The comment count on the MeTa "Recent Comments" tab doesn't account for deleted comments.
For example this post has 296 comments, but the Recent Comments tab says 299. I don't know if this is a problem on the Blue as well. I just noticed because Plutor's latest miracle relies on that number for its unread count.
For example this post has 296 comments, but the Recent Comments tab says 299. I don't know if this is a problem on the Blue as well. I just noticed because Plutor's latest miracle relies on that number for its unread count.
I just updated the query for the recent comments tab to exclude deleted comments so that should help.
posted by pb (staff) at 1:34 PM on February 27, 2008
posted by pb (staff) at 1:34 PM on February 27, 2008
The missing comments were all made by Garfield.
posted by miss lynnster at 1:49 PM on February 27, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by miss lynnster at 1:49 PM on February 27, 2008 [3 favorites]
Yup, that fixed it. Thanks.
Sorry, TPS. Plutor's script was continually showing (3 new), so it was acting like a deleted comment counter instead of an unread counter. I'd be willing to bet someone has already written a script that will show you how many comments have been deleted from a thread.
posted by team lowkey at 1:50 PM on February 27, 2008
Sorry, TPS. Plutor's script was continually showing (3 new), so it was acting like a deleted comment counter instead of an unread counter. I'd be willing to bet someone has already written a script that will show you how many comments have been deleted from a thread.
posted by team lowkey at 1:50 PM on February 27, 2008
Stynxno's metatalk activity page also lists 299 comments for that thread.
posted by Jeff Howard at 2:22 PM on February 27, 2008
posted by Jeff Howard at 2:22 PM on February 27, 2008
Wait, there were deleted comments in that thread? Jesus, how evil do you have to be to get deleted?
posted by klangklangston at 6:02 PM on February 27, 2008
posted by klangklangston at 6:02 PM on February 27, 2008
Well, Hitler signed up for an account, and things got out of hand.
posted by cortex (staff) at 6:29 PM on February 27, 2008
posted by cortex (staff) at 6:29 PM on February 27, 2008
many thanks, pb.
(and team lowkey and my manager and my lawyer and Clive Davis and...)
posted by dawson at 6:39 PM on February 27, 2008
(and team lowkey and my manager and my lawyer and Clive Davis and...)
posted by dawson at 6:39 PM on February 27, 2008
"Well, Hitler signed up for an account, and things got out of hand."
Did he just keep posting rhetorical questions like "You know who else signed up for an account?"
posted by klangklangston at 8:26 PM on February 27, 2008 [1 favorite]
Did he just keep posting rhetorical questions like "You know who else signed up for an account?"
posted by klangklangston at 8:26 PM on February 27, 2008 [1 favorite]
He wasn't asking rhetorically... he really wanted to know who else signed up.
posted by not_on_display at 9:01 PM on February 27, 2008
posted by not_on_display at 9:01 PM on February 27, 2008
You know who else said "Did he just keep posting rhetorical questions like 'You know who else signed up for an account?'"
posted by dg at 11:39 PM on February 27, 2008
posted by dg at 11:39 PM on February 27, 2008
HITLER!
posted by klangklangston at 8:51 AM on February 29, 2008
posted by klangklangston at 8:51 AM on February 29, 2008
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