Eric Arthur Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I was impressed by a nice post by the Moderator alisonmaniac so I looked at her old posts only to find that there weren't any. She isn't alone though because it looks like moderators old posts have been removed from history. Is there some reason to do it and can anyone do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) I see 322 posts by alisonmanic. http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/search.php?searchid=30675858 Edited October 16, 2015 by cgksheff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) Her post count is over 4k and goes back years. It's the same for the others. alisonmanic Moderator Geek Girl Join Date: 09-05-2006 Total Posts: 4,995 But as you say only 322 posts show. I'm only using her as an example. It's not a complaint. Edited October 16, 2015 by Eric Arthur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Her post count is over 4k and goes back years. It's the same for the others. I see what you mean but it doesn't seem to be restricted to the Mods. A quick look shows my results are way below my historical total and even yours are slightly lower. I think explanations have been offered in the past but I don't recall the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Old adverts are removed, some threads are removed due to moderation, this accounts for some of the discrepancy as when posts are removed post counts are not adjusted. There's a big difference between 300 and 4000 though, which seems odd. ---------- Post added 16-10-2015 at 09:35 ---------- I suspect that the search has been limited, clicking on my own "find posts by user" there are only posts from this year! And I know for a fact that older ones exist as I see them occasionally when someone resurrects a thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 It seems to cut off earlier this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 It looks to me like everyone's posts are restricted to the last 500 posts...Maybe they're archived somehow? I don't actually know. I suppose in essence, they can't all be made 'live' as I would imagine that would take up valuable bandwidth and space. But I'm just speculating. I suppose Medusa or Geoff would know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki-red Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) All the searches are limited to the last 500. Also I believe that all the posts/reports etc that admin, mods and forum helpers make 'behind the scenes' add to their post count but are obviously not visible to other forum users. Edited October 16, 2015 by nikki-red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeFrank Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Its time worry when current ones are deleted...it usually means.. holiday time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaati Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I was impressed by a nice post by the Moderator alisonmaniac so I looked at her old posts only to find that there weren't any. You're making me blush! Now I don't know what i find more scary, that the older posts are not show..or the fact I've done 500 posts since August lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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