You’re correct; we’ve had index problems in the past. Jerry identified these and fixed them. Jerry says there’s no such quick fix for the current problem.
I haven’t been here for weeks because I got so fed up with all threads showing as ‘read’ within seconds of opening up the board. Imagine my amazement that the board thinks I was here only four days ago. I fully expect to be zapped when I try to go to another of the boards
Student interactions with the discussion board create a permanent record of participation, yet you also need to have reasonable expectations about what can be accomplished in an online discussion.
Here’s something odd. I was told by someone yesterday that whenever he gets an e-mail from me, it says it’s from “Sam Siam.” I said, “Huh. Imagine that.” He thinks the problem is on his end, and I’m not going to clue him otherwise. But is my Board name leaking out? And this is on an e-mail account that is different from the one I have listed with the Board.
I see some Siam Sam and Sam Siam Facebook accounts. does it relate to them?
https://www.facebook.com/search/more/?q=Sam+Siam&init=public
(click on “People” at the top of the list to narrow it down to just individuals)
No. I’m not on Facebook and never have been.
OK - It was just a thought. You made me think of several friends that have had problems with impersonation scams on Facebook, but if you never use it then that doesn’t apply.
Zapped. I knew it was too good to last.
I’m starting to get zapped again. It’s happened 3 times this week.
I view one forum, and when I go back to the forum list, they’re all marked as read.
It happened to me at the first thread I opened tonight. It said at the top of the page that I had last visited at the time it actually was then.
I’m getting zapped too. Irritating as hell when I haven’t checked in in a while!
It still happens to me from time to time but much less often than it used to.
Well, now the frequency seems to have upped drastically this past week after a long stretch of doing okay. Internal Server Errors are up too, and the website is moving slowly again, as if someone poured molasses into it. Just this website. Has something new happened? It was doing so well for a while.
I’m afraid the zappings have started again. Twice this week on two different computers at different locations in the city. Anyone else experiencing it?
I am, but I’ve given up posting about it.
The Board’s worked like a dream for me for months now. Wondering if the hamsters are slowing down again.
Haven’t had a problem for months. I hope it isn’t coming back!
<knock on wood>
This is really strange and it may get stranger as the night progresses, but General Questions is claiming that I read everything yesterday evening while Great Debates is current. I don’t know about the rest of the boards.
Bob
They knew we’d become relaxed and comfortable.
It’s starting to deteriorate again. Zappings are more frequent. And that odd bit about a handful of threads being zapped or marked Read scattered among all the Unread ones.