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disappearing post
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 8:11 am
by sstein
IT DISAPPEARED!!
Re: disappearing post
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 8:32 am
by sweatmark
Site getting hacked? Or significant technical problem. My earlier post here is not in history.
Re: disappearing post
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 9:03 am
by Photoguy
Had the same thing happen-
Re: disappearing post
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 9:07 am
by sstein
I don't know if Doug is still running this site, but if so, Doug, are you aware of this problem? Any ideas as to what might be going on?
Re: disappearing post
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 2:49 pm
by Mr.Frequent
believe it or not, this is the second posting about disappearing threads.
I can't find the last one or the comment I made,nor the two posts I made in the 1150R board.
Re: disappearing post
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 4:59 pm
by racurley
Ok. Now the posts are disappearing off of the Disappearing Post thread.
The name of the sub-forum yesterday was "-R1150R". Today "R 1 1 5 0 R". Something definitely going on.
Re: disappearing post
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 6:38 pm
by sjbmw
The moderators are attempting to defend against spam bots. It is possible that posts are getting accidentally deleted, as we are attempting to clean hundreds of spam posts a day. We apologize for the inconvenience. Doug is searching for a technically savvy member to assist with upgrading the board, and IMHO, we should install captcha, so every poster has to authenticate as a human to post.
Re: disappearing post
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:20 pm
by sstein
thanks for the explanation.
Re: disappearing post
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2019 1:15 pm
by riceburner
Thanks for the update SJ
Re: disappearing post
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2019 11:31 pm
by UberZogster
I honestly figured the site owners were tired of running the site and were trying to kill it by deleting threads.
Re: disappearing post
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 7:18 am
by towerworker
I just lost one too. Strange stuff!
Re: disappearing post
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 9:33 am
by swamper
My last thread reviewing my equipment on a sixteen day ride with pictures is gone. Had a couple of responses and the three pictures disappear. Figure it will be my last attempt at using this site for awhile.
Re: disappearing post
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 1:18 pm
by Bogdan
Yeah, I'll also hold off for awhile....I'm a slow typist; the post that got zonked took me a bit of time to write. Hope this get's straightened out.
Re: disappearing post
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 2:15 pm
by sweatmark
As many of you know, the R***R topic at ADV is also a good place for our Roadster/Rockster posts.
Re: disappearing post
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 10:45 am
by riceburner
Any news from the Admins on whether or not this forum is now stable??
Re: disappearing post
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 12:46 pm
by Mr.Frequent
riceburner wrote:Any news from the Admins on whether or not this forum is now stable??
I'd sure like to know . .
Re: disappearing post
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:34 am
by sjbmw
Hi,
1. The forum is stable, it was never unstable.
2. There are Russian Bots spamming the board, and it takes work to keep it clean. Hundreds of happytime posts a day, and the delete mechanics are not exact. Hence, the subject of this thread. Unlike recent fake news, our Russian bots are real.
3. The board needs an software upgrade, and we don't have the skill set on hand to complete it.
Re: disappearing post
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:52 am
by sstein
Thanks for the update.
Re: disappearing post
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 1:58 pm
by BadToTheBown
Any hope of recovering our deleted posts?
Re: disappearing post
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 5:27 pm
by riceburner
sjbmw wrote:Hi,
1. The forum is stable, it was never unstable.
2. There are Russian Bots spamming the board, and it takes work to keep it clean. Hundreds of happytime posts a day, and the delete mechanics are not exact. Hence, the subject of this thread. Unlike recent fake news, our Russian bots are real.
3. The board needs an software upgrade, and we don't have the skill set on hand to complete it.
What skills do you need?
I don't know a lot about bbs, but i am a php web dev.