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Beware! Here Be GA Trolls.

07/08/2014 3:02 AM

Looks like there's a GA troll about, again. My total has dropped significantly over the last couple of days. Can't say how much, because I don't remember exactly what it was, but it's between 5 and 15 lower than it was. Wonder who I've offended?

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Re: Beware! Here Be GA Trolls.

07/08/2014 5:09 AM

There has been some kind of cleanout that has affected the GA counts of quite a few people. In this case, I don't think it is trolls, although that has happened before from time to time.

Another thing lately are periods of site inaccessibility, perhaps related. Here's hoping that all irons out soon.

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07/08/2014 5:20 AM

Had another drop-out today. 7:20 to about 9:20 GMT.

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07/08/2014 5:20 AM

They might have deleted some old threads again (like the bath breaking one) where you had some good input. This would take this off the count.

Hope its not one of the Global Warming threads! Would be ashame to get all the OT's annihilated!

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07/08/2014 7:02 AM

Some housekeeping was done to account for deleted threads. This used to be a procedure that ran regularly, but it hadn't been run in quite some time so there was some catching up to do.
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07/08/2014 7:12 AM

OK - thanks for the info. I'll stop whinging.

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07/08/2014 7:14 AM

No problem, you're not the only one who wondered. It's a valid question!
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07/08/2014 7:35 AM

Come to think of it, I had a few GAs in the BBT. Glad to get them out of the way - none of them was deserved!

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07/08/2014 8:27 AM

What is the criteria for deleting threads?
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07/08/2014 8:30 AM

Most threads are deleted because they're spam or duplicates. We also removed a massive thread a few years ago. It was mostly off topic and has since been replaced by the Break Room.
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07/08/2014 7:23 AM

Ah, the sponge server must be getting saturated!

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07/08/2014 8:05 PM

Your post count should have dropped too.
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07/09/2014 2:58 AM

It has (was over 10k).

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