PROBLEM with Thread Post Count

[magickallight]

I was SO happy when I hit the 5000 post mark today... and now it has subtracted WELL OVER 30 today... What is going on?!? I feel dumb for posting this - but it meant a mile-stone to me and I keep dropping in post counts!

[Brad]

Yeah.... sorry about that

 

We're moving to the Black Friday server cluster tomorrow night, so to prepare for that I deleted a bunch of old threads. These were primarily old/expired deals, contests, freebies, surveys, etc... that were at least a year old.

 

This helped make the database a little smaller, which means less downtime tomorrow night and in December when we move back, and it should have a slight overall improvement as far as the performance of the site.

 

So that explains your (and many others) drop in post count. I only do this once per year, so when you hit 5,000 again, it should stick :)

[stationchief]

Thanks for the heads up, Brad. And for the heart attack! I seriously thought I'd done somethin' wrong when I had about a hundred less posts than I did the other day.

 

G'luck with the server move tomorrow!

[Brad]

And of course now the server move has been postponed until Thursday night (not my idea, lol)

[magickallight]

Glad to know it wasn't JUST me. :) Working HARD to hit that 5000 mark again soon.

[Rockfordmom]

Am I the only one that never has any idea of how many posts she has? A hundred less or a thousand less, I'd never notice.

[amyers12345]

same here Rockfordmom- I just don't pay too much attention anymore. I used to really worry about it, but after a few of the cuts, I decided that it was just a number!

[kranky]

I don't look at my post count either, especially since the system doesn't count the posts in the Men Only private forum.

[Brad]

I don't look at my post count either, especially since the system doesn't count the posts in the Men Only private forum.

Good point.

[noehlp]

I don't look at my post count either, especially since the system doesn't count the posts in the Men Only private forum.

We have a 'Men Only' private forum?

[stationchief]

We have a 'Men Only' private forum?

That was gonna be my question.

[mom2monkiesx3]

Hey patty I think you need to campign for that girls only private forum real soon like

 

I don't look at my post count either...I know I talk too much without looking !

[dealluvr]

That was gonna be my question.

and mine

[Brad]

Bumping this thread before someone posts a new one. Like we do every year, we've been deleting a lot of older threads (expired contests, expired freebies, dead deals, etc...) to make the forum DB a little smaller for tonight's move to the Black Friday servers, so if you see your post count and various forums' total posts go down, DON'T PANIC!!!!