Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Why does the forum sometimes lie?

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-10-2011, 08:09 PM:

I see on the outside page that a thread has a new post, like The Fake Movie Name thread, last posted in by Michael Brown:

I click into the subforum and see that the thread has no new posts (sometimes it's not even on the page at all):

Here the thread is on the page, but it has not been updated. It claims the most recent post was made by Jesse Skeen.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 07-10-2011, 08:34 PM:

I've noticed this too. Like on some thread, I made a post but then later it said that Mike Frese was the last to post, so I assumed he'd answered my post, but then mine was still really the last one.

Posted by Mark Hajducki (Member # 1732) on 07-10-2011, 09:14 PM:

It is some issue with the thread list display not updating (the reply is there if you view the post).

I have only noticed it recently (past few days).

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 07-11-2011, 12:08 AM:

Also, it used to be that the NEW POSTS and NO NEW POSTS indicators were accurate. Lately I find that I will see a number of forums that have the NEW POSTS flag up. I will go into one of them, read the new posts, but when I come back out to the main page (clicking on the FORUMS tab), when that page opens up, every forum will then have NO NEW POSTS flags. Weird; to my knowledge, it didn't use to do that -- the forums with new posts still had the green NEW POSTS flag until they were opened.

[ 07-18-2011, 02:15 PM: Message edited by: Adam Martin ]

Posted by David E. Nedrow (Member # 4981) on 07-11-2011, 01:03 AM:

Frank,

The forum has always marked everything read as soon as I read a single entry. I've just gotten used to immediately opening a new browser tab for each "community", and the from their open each article of interest in a new tab.

Sub-optimal

Posted by Edward Havens (Member # 4715) on 07-11-2011, 01:50 AM:

Joe [sex]

it.

Posted by Damien Taylor (Member # 4255) on 07-11-2011, 03:02 AM:

Backend is probably farked. [bs]

PHP forums are for losers anyway. Perl is like 35mm, it'll be around forever... Apparently.

Posted by Jim Bedford (Member # 4) on 07-11-2011, 08:27 PM:

Probably nothing more than a glitch in the MATRIX or a tiny little INCEPTION while you were sleeping.

These aren't the lies you're looking for.
You can go about your business.
Move along... Move along.

Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 07-17-2011, 07:00 PM:

This appears to be a glitch related to threads marked for email alerts. If Daryl ever checks his email, it might get fixed.

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-18-2011, 04:24 AM:

That's weird. Is it per user? I do not have nor have I ever marked any threads for email alerts. Or maybe if someone else did, it screws it up for everyone? Damn you all!

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 07-18-2011, 12:27 PM:

I don't use the email alerts function either, yet the forum lies to me sometimes too. It just started doing this in the last week or two.

Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 07-18-2011, 02:04 PM:

If anyone has marked the thread for alerts, it causes the problem.

Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 07-18-2011, 02:16 PM:

In the case of this thread, it's Frank's fault. He marked the thread for email alerts. I have removed the flag from his post.

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-18-2011, 04:37 PM:

I bet Frank uses this feature a lot.

Ban?