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Hey SBN, what the balls?

Smell-the-glove_tiny by pdb on

There has already been an issue with the "Question?" post losing a bunch of its comments today, and now when I click on it, I can't get in to it at all - it says "The page you were looking for doesn't exist.  You may have mistyped the address or the page may have moved."

This only happened when the post got over 10 recs, by the way, and the post changed color on the main screen.

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Really weird

Here’s what my screen looks like right now

and then if I click I get a 404

Determined, Jonesing Commentor

by I'm NOT Corco on Apr 28, 2008 3:46 PM PDT   0 recs

That's the same thing I see

and I only got the 404 once it was grey-highlit; I am making a guess that once it gets >10 recs it gets greyed, but I’m not sure why that should change the viewability of the post.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 28, 2008 3:49 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

This disturbs and depresses me.

But, then again, most things do.

by Liebkartoffel on Apr 28, 2008 3:49 PM PDT   0 recs

OK

you wanna know the weirdest part?

Ningwers and I are still in the thread… and we can still post in it, and when the homepage refreshes, you can see how many new comments there are. WTF?

by seattlebruin on Apr 28, 2008 3:49 PM PDT   0 recs

I still see the new comments count

but get the 404 when I click on it.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 28, 2008 3:50 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Same here.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phildopip on Apr 28, 2008 3:50 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

yeah the thread still exists

it’s just slipped into another dimension.

This whole thing is insanely glitchy

Determined, Jonesing Commentor

by I'm NOT Corco on Apr 28, 2008 3:50 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

So what's the popular theory right now?

God-like entity? Member of the show Sliders? Jeff got into some ‘shrooms?

by ningwers on Apr 28, 2008 3:53 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm going with "God-like entity"

since he can change the rules of baseball at will as well.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

by seattlebruin on Apr 28, 2008 3:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I love that the two remaining commenters were UCLA alums

I have no idea what it means, but it made me laugh

by ningwers on Apr 28, 2008 4:02 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I was going to comment something about

“See? The Bruins saved your precious thread” after Jeff said that UCLA sucked the other day :)

by seattlebruin on Apr 28, 2008 4:03 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Crackpot theory

Maybe f’n’a’s deleted both posts; the old one deleted OK, but since the new one was recommended, it deleted but the post header info stayed in the “recommended” section. Something to include in future test scripts, SBN. You did use test scripts, right?

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 28, 2008 3:52 PM PDT   0 recs

But that doesn't explain why half the comments got deleted

because you can’t selectively delete your own comments either way. And the thread loaded just fine after some of the comments disappeared.

by seattlebruin on Apr 28, 2008 3:53 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

True enough

I was just looking for an answer for the 404…

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 28, 2008 3:58 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Now it's gone entirely

somebody please save that whole thing as a website before closing!!!!

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 28, 2008 3:57 PM PDT   0 recs

Yeah, I saved what I got

It’s nearly complete except for those two sections of comments of mine that didn’t pop up in that original window, but they were mostly redundant anyway

by ningwers on Apr 28, 2008 3:59 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm guessing he's deleting them

but again, that doesn’t explain the vanishing comments within them before the whole thing goes away.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 28, 2008 3:59 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

We have no idea

but stick together everyone. Don’t let the secret demon pick you off. Strength in numbers!!

by seattlebruin on Apr 28, 2008 3:59 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm scared and I just wet my pants

because nobody told me there was a secret demon.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 28, 2008 4:00 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Well I have only anecdotal proof, but given that f'nA's

first argued that the home team could change the rules at will and then started selectively deleting comments… it’s not hard to put two and two together

by seattlebruin on Apr 28, 2008 4:01 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

You're a foolish fool.

I’m going off by myself to search for clues. It’s better than stitting around in this God-forsaken thread, waiting to be picked off, one by one…

by Liebkartoffel on Apr 28, 2008 4:05 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Now I'm picturing Jeff's M's camping post

Just watch out for the “clearing”

by ningwers on Apr 28, 2008 4:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Godspeed, man

I hope you find something before your untimely death

by seattlebruin on Apr 28, 2008 4:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

There's got to be something hilarious going on right now

I’d guess clockwerks got involved now and isn’t saying anything yet

Determined, Jonesing Commentor

by I'm NOT Corco on Apr 28, 2008 3:59 PM PDT   0 recs

well these are weird situations

Determined, Jonesing Commentor

by I'm NOT Corco on Apr 28, 2008 4:00 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm with you now, Corco

Where the hell is Jeff??

by seattlebruin on Apr 28, 2008 4:01 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

He must be in on this

That’s the easiest possible explanation- I just can’t think of a reason

Determined, Jonesing Commentor

by I'm NOT Corco on Apr 28, 2008 4:02 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Genius

Diabolical genius

by ningwers on Apr 28, 2008 4:03 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

or F'n'A's stole Jeff and has him hostage

either way I think this fellow needs to be permanently banned- he’s making things spooky

Determined, Jonesing Commentor

by I'm NOT Corco on Apr 28, 2008 4:04 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Maybe F'n'A's is Jeff...

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phildopip on Apr 28, 2008 4:05 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I'd already made this same assumption.

Which you would be aware of…if the ENTIRE RECORD OF IT HADN’T BEEN ERASED FROM MEMORY!

by Liebkartoffel on Apr 28, 2008 4:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

F'n'A's power grow by the minute

Soon he’ll be able to impregnate men with his mind

by ningwers on Apr 28, 2008 4:07 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Q: how is babby formed?

A: F’n’A’s powerful mind.

by marc w on Apr 28, 2008 4:15 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Jeff has to be in on this

Home team = His home thread. He’s changing the rules on us. Sneaky bastard

Click here to shop on-line and make me money!

by WCLittleGiant on Apr 28, 2008 4:05 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

we definitely could

because I used it to create the username clockwurks to test the Corco Phenomenon on Halos Heaven

Determined, Jonesing Commentor

by I'm NOT Corco on Apr 28, 2008 4:07 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

JEFF IS CLOCKWERKS!!!!!!!

IT’S A MASS CONSPIRACY!!!

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on Apr 28, 2008 4:11 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

You shouldn't be allowed to delete your diaries

I hate it when people take their ball and go home.

by JI on Apr 28, 2008 4:07 PM PDT   0 recs

Coincidentally enough

JDB’s actually my wife. She doesn’t have the power, though.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 28, 2008 8:51 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

To reiterate

Its is total fucking bullshit that you can delete your diaries. SBN needs to fix this yesterday.

by JI on Apr 28, 2008 4:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Seriously

Asshattery must be enshrined for eternity, this is horse shit.

by OlSalty on Apr 28, 2008 4:32 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

We've discussed this, and we agree

We’ll be addressing it soon.

I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation

by lovitt on Apr 28, 2008 4:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Sorry I didn't mean to be mean

I was just lost in the moment.

by JI on Apr 28, 2008 4:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

No worries

I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation

by lovitt on Apr 28, 2008 4:46 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think I figured out what happened

I just went to Field Gulls and deleted a couple fanposts I made, they didn’t disappear from the sidebar right away but when I clicked on them I was sent to the same “Does not exist” screen.

So it looks like F’n’As deleted them. Cowards way out….

by OlSalty on Apr 28, 2008 4:07 PM PDT   0 recs

I think it does

Like you know how you can still post in a game thread after it’s closed if you never refresh your page? Same deal here, you can still post in a deleted thread as long as you don’t refresh.

And I think there’s something wrong with the way threads are deleted when people are actively using the thread. But, they were still deleted by him.

by OlSalty on Apr 28, 2008 4:10 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I mean though that about 80 comments were randomly deleted at first

and we could still reload the page at will and post – I’m sure he deleted it later. Same with the BF autobiography post, which for a while showed -149 comments

by seattlebruin on Apr 28, 2008 4:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Judging from my profile,

My comments from the first batch have disappeared completely, yet the more current ones still show up.

by Liebkartoffel on Apr 28, 2008 4:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

that's what I've got too

I think he deleted it at some point, but I think the 90 or so other commetns disappeared

Determined, Jonesing Commentor

by I'm NOT Corco on Apr 28, 2008 4:13 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs