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!
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PROBLEM with Thread Post Count
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magickallight
, Sep 27, 2010 - 3:05 pm
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Posted Sep 27, 2010 - 3:42 pm
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 
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
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Posted Sep 27, 2010 - 5:45 pm
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! 
G'luck with the server move tomorrow!
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Posted Sep 28, 2010 - 9:42 am
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!
The biggest impact you can make on the environment is to leave as little impact as possible. -Toyota 
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Posted Sep 28, 2010 - 8:21 pm
We have a 'Men Only' private forum?
That was gonna be my question.
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Posted Sep 29, 2010 - 12:13 pm
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 !
I don't look at my post count either...I know I talk too much without looking !
I can always be used as a "bad example" 
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Posted Oct 8, 2011 - 5:02 pm
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!!!!
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