Missing Thread. Spooky? Or am I insane?

It’s February (which is winter in the northern hemisphere) & we’re missing content. Hmmmm.

You’ve been examined by aliens?!?!? :eek:
I had it happen to me yesterday. My post started a new page, but when I went back to the forum homepage, by post count it indicted I was near the bottom of the previous page. I was then able to go into the thread & see that there was another page but that could only be accessed by going into the thread & then clicking on the newest page; couldn’t get there from the forum homepage.

Well…now I feel better.
:eek:

I usually blame that sort of thing on caching problems, but this sounds like it goes far beyond that.

Do you know the provenience of every piece of artwork you own? Have you bought any new dolls lately? Were there any old cemeteries in the neighborhood of your neighborhood?

When I first read that threads were disappearing, I dismissed it. But the post counts and view counts are going haywire, going up and down randomly. At first I thought I was imagining it. Now I’m glad it’s not just me.

So has the software finally gone unstable, or are we having some new server glitches to worry about?

Hamsters. I’m blaming them. They’re eating threads and posts.
(Yes, I previously posted this exact sentiment but just like my great Uncle Seaburn, it disappeared)

Somebody please feed the hamsters!

This thread has disappeared multiple times for me, yesterday and today. My own post in it doesn’t appear in my ‘show all posts by Blank Slate’ list in Statistcs. However, when I switch from sultantheme to Straight Dope v3.7.3. it reappears.

My Artwork is my own.
I own a Cemetary (really, I do. Only 3 people buried in it)
The dolls ‘might’ be the problem. Grand-wreks left an old purse full of Polly Pockets dolls and gummy bears on my deck. It was an evil sticky mess. I never brought it in the house. I cleaned them up outside and burnt the bag of gummy bears in the burn barrel. I still hear screaming when I go near the barrel. I swear I got all the Dolls out.

(BTW, this is the 2nd time I’ve posted this. The 1st one was better)

This is the “missing” thread. I posted in it, and thus automatically subscribed to it, but at some point I got unsubscribed without my knowledge. Spooky indeed.

Mystery solved. You’re haunted by the ghosts of gummy bears past.

See? I knew it was all about me and my threads.
(:))

It’s ALWAYS about you, Beck.

Did you follow up in Houston?

Ok. This is crazier still. I’m must be living in a time warp again.
I looked up, my clock sez 3:33.
My time stamp said 1:33.

“The truth is out there”

(But, not here)

Well, crap. The time is right now.
Ok. Who’s just effing with me? You’re evil.

Beck-0
Ghosts in the SD machinery-??#s
(Aaaccckkk! Is this some super seekrit initiation test? I never do well in these kinda things)

If a digitally controlled system can just lose things without a trace, and defy human investigation, how do you feel about placing our entire civilization under it?

Well, kanicbird wasn’t the OP of the thread I found missing, but I can find now. It was this thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=886874

The options are not mutually exclusive. It could be spooky and you’re going insane.

So, so true.
Y’all sure have a way of making a girl feel better.
(:))

I had a post I made after 5am this morning. It shows up at 4am and then 2am. Damn.
I’m getting younger by hours.
Now it’s at 4am.

Aaaccckkk!