Bumping glitch? Or more trollery?

In MPSIMS, there’s a thread about trolls close to the top with its last post on 3-20-2000.

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=19772

Not sure if it’s a legitimate glitch, or if the trolls have figured out how to bump threads without posting to them–the subject matter seems to be a bit coincidental…

Here’s another one.

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=25809

Last post 5-29. Topic also trollery. Currently on first page of MPSIMS.

I think we have a problem. Gonna try e-mailing this thread to some mods.

On the first page of MPSIMS. Last post listed at 5-14. Again, topic is trolling.

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24500

Apparently, troll3 was reviving Troll threads in the Pit, but in those, he actually posted. Is this the work of someone completely deleting troll3’s posts in MPSIMS?

His posts must have been removed.

Since we just banned troll3, it’s not surprising that he may have posted something too stupid to live.

When a post is removed in an old thread like that, the thread stays in the queue as per the newer date and shows the “last post” even though that last post was removed.

Sorry if this has inconvenienced anyone.

your humble TubaDiva
Administrator

I did it:

Here’s what happened. A since-banned troll, “Troll3,” posted in those threads and seeing no responses to him, I merely deleted the offending post without comment. Apparently the software records thread activity and that is why they remain near the top of the thread list.

In one of the threads, it’s locked now, you’ll probably come across a post by Troll3 that was replaced entirely by myself. It may help explain things. I’ve deleted posts without comment before and while I think this might be a reasonable policy, it seems to create a bit of confusion. I don’t know how to let everyone know what I’ve done without giving the trolls the satisfaction of a response to them.

Don’t buy it BeerNuts.
It’s that glitch thing.

It’s baaaaack ! And still to stupid to be allowed to live.

Can I watch you kill it, can I huh, please ?

UncleBeer has had enough and deleted the content of this post by an obvious impostor. I also turned of the e-mail notification to Coldfire.

I’m here to authenticate the content of the post above me.

UncleBeer has had enough and deleted the content of this post by an obvious impostor. I also turned of the e-mail notification to Coldfire.

One more time!