Where did all my posts go?

RealNickG · February 10, 2020

I'm a relatively new member, trying to be active and engaging. I logged on today to find all my posts and discussions deleted. I had some great references from members on there and now they cannot be found. Any idea what happened? I asked another member I know and they said I may have been posting too much, is this a thing? I only had like 60 posts in the past couple of months and log-on maybe once a week. Thanks.

Gxgolfer · February 11, 2020

It says you joined in 2018? Do you have more than one account?

RealNickG · February 11, 2020

No, I joined a while ago, but only recently started using the account. What does that have to do with all my posts getting deleted?

Gxgolfer · February 11, 2020

2018 generally doesn’t make one a new member. When was the last time you saw your post count that high?

HitEmTrue · February 11, 2020

Because if you have two logins (maybe two email addresses) the other posts could be under the other one.

Unteachable · February 11, 2020

there have been a few members that lost some posts due to some software glitch a few weeks back but they got them back.

the only other reason would be post running. I think there was someone Saturday or Sunday that had almost 40 posts in less than an hour. That will usually get you reset to zero

RealNickG · February 12, 2020

I joined in 2018, I was then subsequently deployed (I'm in the military) so I did not use the account for a while. Since you seem to be admin, I'm sure you can see I did not login for over a year. At this point, this is a little ridiculous. This is a forum, aside from slander or hate speech, why would anyone mess with posts? As Unteachable pointed out that posting "40 posts in an hour" will get your set back to zero? Is this a thing? You have people with 10,000+ posts but you'll pick on the new guys? Is this some elite frat club I've stumbled upon or is this a golf website? Golf has been a therapy for me, a way to interact with people. Being slapped on the wrist for putting myself out there is not what I was hoping for. If your plan is to turn people away, congratulations it's working.

HitEmTrue · February 12, 2020

Users have had problems with having multiple accounts (logins), even accidentally. You assume the posts were deleted, and @Gxgolfer has not indicated that is what happened.
He is asking you questions to try to diagnose the problem.
Oh, and post-run-ups are monitored on new users for a good reason. 75-posts are required to use the buy-sell-trade system. Sometimes a user will, all of a sudden, start posting lots of useless posts, like "I agree!" in several threads, so they can get BST privileges.

RealNickG · February 12, 2020

Well, this is my only account. I only have the single e-mail. I was unaware of the "post-run-ups". I also have no interest in selling golf gear or buying used golf gear so the BST thing is of no interest to me. My responses or threads that I've started have all been well thought out responses. I don't just post to post, I post if I feel I have something valuable to offer or if I have a a valid question that I cannot find answered previously in a post.