New Comments is/are broken. August 8, 2005 2:57 PM   Subscribe

New Comments is/are broken.

When someone adds a comment to a post, it used to say how many of the comments were new. It doesn't do that anymore.
posted by fenriq to Bugs at 2:57 PM (28 comments total)

yup--broken for me too (Firefox/mac)
posted by amberglow at 3:11 PM on August 8, 2005


ditter. but only on da blue.
posted by sciurus at 3:14 PM on August 8, 2005


Yeah, it's an issue with the new server -- the new comment and link tracking kind of works for me for a while, then not at all.

I'm still waiting for the full transition to the new server to complete, but will fix it this week for sure. It's probably something fairly minor.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 3:14 PM on August 8, 2005


I figured as much and its not all the time for me either.

Certainly not a big deal but it did make it easier to keep tabs on the threads that are still live.
posted by fenriq at 3:24 PM on August 8, 2005


cookie issue?
posted by crunchland at 3:25 PM on August 8, 2005


fenriq writes "Certainly not a big deal but it did make it easier to keep tabs on the threads that are still live."

Metafilthy still keeps up, and if you order the front page by latest posts, it's easier still...
posted by benzo8 at 4:42 PM on August 8, 2005


benzo8, how does one order the front page by latest posts? By which I hope you mean comments...
posted by solotoro at 5:52 PM on August 8, 2005


Umm - "sort by date" orders the front page by recent posts, and "sort by recent comments" orders it by recent comments.
posted by yhbc at 5:57 PM on August 8, 2005


Oh, um. Yeah.

*Prepares for self-flagellation...
posted by solotoro at 6:00 PM on August 8, 2005


before monju_bosatsu chimes in, I'll preempt him with a timely request to add the "sort by recent comments" to the green and grey...
posted by birdsquared at 6:21 PM on August 8, 2005


Man, this is driving me bonkers. As far as I can tell, everything is exactly the same across both servers.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 7:20 PM on August 8, 2005


Unlike sciurus, I have this problem all across the board.
posted by jmd82 at 7:33 PM on August 8, 2005


i have it here and in the blue, but AskMe is normal.
posted by amberglow at 7:35 PM on August 8, 2005


seems to work again in metatalk for me, though new comments don't immediately show on the front page.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 8:02 PM on August 8, 2005


testing
posted by yhbc at 8:21 PM on August 8, 2005


Nope, no new comments in MetaTalk.
posted by yhbc at 8:21 PM on August 8, 2005


Apologies, now it says there are two new comments (and hopefully there will be three new comments when I refresh it the next time).
posted by yhbc at 8:23 PM on August 8, 2005


Yes, it seems to be working here, but not on the blue.
posted by yhbc at 8:24 PM on August 8, 2005


crickey! metatalk is showing zeros for me now.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:03 PM on August 8, 2005


Aha! I finally fucking found the problem. I went through all the code and settings on the server several times. It was only after checking every possible problem that I noticed it.

The new server by default was set to central time (it's in Texas somewhere). So all the new links/comment checks were checking two hours into the future. When you check if anything's been posted since two hours from now, you'll always get zero.

It should work itself out in the next day or so, as regular pacific times get stored in the last visit database.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:57 PM on August 8, 2005


Can we check the lotto results from that server?
posted by birdsquared at 10:27 PM on August 8, 2005


what a pain! Thanks for going to the trouble, matt.
posted by jonson at 10:42 PM on August 8, 2005


Um, sorry, Matt. Didn't mean to steal your evening. And thanks.
posted by fenriq at 10:47 PM on August 8, 2005


keep the central time, dudez. /yeehaw
posted by puke & cry at 10:57 PM on August 8, 2005


MetaTalk: I finally fucking found the problem.
posted by Ufez Jones at 11:09 PM on August 8, 2005


The new server by default was set to central time (it's in Texas somewhere).

Yes! Finally the west-coast imperialists have lost!

It should work itself out in the next day or so, as regular pacific times get stored in the last visit database.

Oh noes! Foiled again!
posted by grouse at 1:35 AM on August 9, 2005


It's remarkable how useful that one little feature is, and how unusable Metafilter becomes without it.
posted by crunchland at 6:21 AM on August 9, 2005


Seems to be working fine now. Thanks. And what crunchland said.
posted by SeizeTheDay at 11:07 PM on August 9, 2005


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