Why are my comments disappearing? August 21, 2000 9:04 PM Subscribe
I've been noticing recently that some of my posts have been vanishing. I don't assume deliberate deletion on the part of the owner of the system since in many cases they aren't particularly controversial comments.
Most recently, there is a thread about a blind woman nudist who's going to compete in a power lifter contest. I posted one brief post which was a joke, but followed it immediately by a longer one where I stated that I actually respected her a great deal for not letting her handicap keep her from living exactly the life she wants to.
That second post is gone. I have no idea why. I posted it and saw it, but when I went back later and visited, it was missing. I think maybe it may have gotten lost by the database or something.
Most recently, there is a thread about a blind woman nudist who's going to compete in a power lifter contest. I posted one brief post which was a joke, but followed it immediately by a longer one where I stated that I actually respected her a great deal for not letting her handicap keep her from living exactly the life she wants to.
That second post is gone. I have no idea why. I posted it and saw it, but when I went back later and visited, it was missing. I think maybe it may have gotten lost by the database or something.
Steven, I assure you, I didn't remove that post. Let me go look at the thread and try to figure out what went wrong.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:31 AM on August 23, 2000
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:31 AM on August 23, 2000
Steven, looking into the database, I don't see any comments made by you later on in the same thread. I have been tweaking my admin tools, so there's a very remote chance I accidentally deleted the comment, but I doubt it. Are you absolutely sure it was posted after previewing? If so, I'll have to check the server security a bit more.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:42 AM on August 23, 2000
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:42 AM on August 23, 2000
I don't know what the story here turned out to be, but it got me thinking ...
perhaps a new preference could be a 'confirm abandoned posts' checkbox -- off by default. it would affect current users -- they wouldn't even know it was there unless they delved into the options page. if checked, users would have a javascript "Leave/Cancel" dialog scripted into their post pages which fired on unLoad or something.
posted by sudama at 8:33 PM on September 5, 2000
perhaps a new preference could be a 'confirm abandoned posts' checkbox -- off by default. it would affect current users -- they wouldn't even know it was there unless they delved into the options page. if checked, users would have a javascript "Leave/Cancel" dialog scripted into their post pages which fired on unLoad or something.
posted by sudama at 8:33 PM on September 5, 2000
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What's puzzling about this particular one is that it was actually there -- and now it's gone.
posted by Steven Den Beste at 9:31 PM on August 21, 2000