# Something WEIRD is going on **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 18, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-is-going-on/94025 "2001-11-18T03:10:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-is-going-on/94025/1 "2001-11-18T03:10:19Z")
Looking through ATMB I came across several threads asking about the #straightdope (not affiliated with here, gotta say it) but they are all very old but show today’s date as the last post: [http://www.cwcm.net/atmb.jpg](http://www.cwcm.net/atmb.jpg) For example “How to participate in SDMB-related chat?” the OP started back on 12/27/00 and finished with a post by Gunslinger on the same date but the last post, according to the forum page was today (11/17/01) at 6:53pm. Very weird!!! ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-is-going-on/94025/2 "2001-11-18T03:52:02Z")
Earlier today they all showed up as having been bumped by somebody. I presume a mod or admin took an action like removing the poster or their posts. Which suggests that threads have an explicit “last post” time on them in the DB, rather than the “last post” date corresponding to the last actual message in the thread, or the message is still there, and just not displayed when you read the thread. Whichever, whatever action was taken to remove the annoying “bump” messages didn’t adjust the date. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-is-going-on/94025/3 "2001-11-18T04:08:19Z")
Close enough, yabob, close enough. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-is-going-on/94025/4 "2001-11-18T05:06:55Z")
Ah, thanks for letting me know… It took me a few threads to realize (almost posted to one) that something was off.