I’m seeing very old topics showing up on the feed as of 12/19, today. When I open the topic, I see they are from as early as 2017 and earlier this year. No new response are there and some have been closed.
Wonder what gives?
Posted by
Ontario, Canada
4656 posts
When someone opens a topic it moves up. Maybe someone is researching.
Posted by
Washington DC
27908 posts
I suspect it was just a short-term problem, because I've been on the forum off and on all day and haven't observed a bunch of stale threads.
Posted by
RSE
19 posts
Apologies if these old topics caused any confusion. Our dear Webmaster was cleaning out dead links and this caused old topics to float to the surface. :)
Posted by
Basel, Switzerland
8889 posts
- If someone adds a reply to a topic, it sets the timestamp to the current time, and it goes to the top of the list.
- If someone edits their reply to a topic, for example if I spot a tpyo in one of my posts and I correct, it gets the current time.
- If I delete one of my replies, the topic gets the current time.
- If somebody puts spam in an old topic, for example "click here for fake passports", then the webmaster deletes that post, it gets the current time even though the last (remaining) reply was 6 months ago..
Posted by
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA
14632 posts
Darn it! I was getting warmed up to post on the packing question - unfortunately it was from 2018, it was closed and yes, I'd already posted on it. Twice. lol!!!
I figured the webmaster was cleaning some stuff up!
Posted by
San Francisco/Marin County
9436 posts
MariaF, clicking on a post and reading it does not move it up.
Posted by
Portsmouth
5527 posts
MariaF, clicking on a post and reading it does not move it up.
Susan is correct. Many of the reasons for old post re-apearances are due to spam posts being added and subsequently removed.
Posted by
Sapulpa, OK, USA
6501 posts
Thanks, A.K. I was wondering about this, myself.
Posted by
SF Bay Area
327 posts
Pam – too funny! : )