Weirdsville
By MsTickle
@MsTickle (25180)
Australia
May 16, 2009 6:28am CST
Today, I received an email notification that someone had responded to a discussion I started a month ago. I went to have a look and found several responses to comments I had made to responders...how come we are not notified when someone comments back to our comments??
Anyway, that's not why I'm here...I searched everywhere for this person's response and I could not find it. I went to look in his profile in hid "discussions replied to" and I discovered that even though his rating is 429, he has started no discussions nor has he replied to any.
Maybe his reply to me was deleted because it was just a few words...he said "I am in agreement with that" or something but how come his user rating is 429 if he has no activity???
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22 responses
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
16 May 09
God knows! I've seen some weird things going on myself from time to time, such as a discussion I've answered NOT showing up in my "Discussions I've responded to" list. It always seemed to happen in direct relation to a specific user too, which was very odd. I would assume that yes, the responder you've referred to DID have their comments deleted for one reason or another, but I;m not sure why their profile would show no activity? I've also seen members profiles saying that they've not been active for more than 60 days when this is not the case at all. Gremlins I reckon! 
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@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
16 May 09
Yesterday few 0f my old discussions resurrected and thanks to a responder who responded to every discussion with the same response I am in full agreement. I don't know who else receive this kind of response from this person. I rather have my discussions rested then to get this type of response.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
16 May 09
From my notifications I know that those are exactly the words my responder used...which would explain why the response is deleted if he is going round pasting that response into heaps of discussions. Could you see the actual response or were you looking at your email notifications?
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
16 May 09
When posts are deleted the user rating remains the same until the NEXT time that the user logs on and posts - then it drops by the number of posts that have been deleted.
I presume this user has not posted again since the deletions (assuming he/she is still allowed to post 
)
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@GardenGerty (160721)
• United States
16 May 09
Thanks for clearing that up. Now we know. It is possible that they may even be banned.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
16 May 09
-he/she posted and reached a rating
-his/her posts were deleted
-he/she has not/cannot log in since so the rating remains the same as it was before he/she lost his/her posts.
If he/she is banned eventually the profile will no longer be visible.
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
16 May 09
Hiya Ellie, I always go back and see what my responders have to say to my posts and I add anything that makes sense to the discussion...if they comment back though, I don't know about it...if 16 people leave a comment to that response, the responder will be alerted by email but I - the original poster - won't know about it unless I remember to check back...and I rarely if ever do that.
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@GardenGerty (160721)
• United States
16 May 09
This person is making the rounds. there is another discussion like this one, maybe more. It is strange. The responses are all deleted, but the posts keep going up.
@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
17 May 09
I've seen this before in the past and reported it to mylot - it's been a couple years ago but the member's profile was removed shortly after that - sure it was a big time cheater.
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
18 May 09
we're supposed to be notified..but it seems like the mails don't go out sometimes..
i don't know..i guess if nobody's marked him up or down recently it would stay where it was left? if he has absolutely nothing on there though..that makes no sense.weird..
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
18 May 09
LOL true.
a lot of people don't read those.i don't know what they think it's there for
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
7 Jun 09
I'm guessing that the user was banned. All his discussions and replies were deleted but his rating remained...
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
24 May 09
thats happened to me once or twice. also im constantly worried that i wont respond to a post on one of my discussions that i've missed the email and people will think im rude. i dont want my friends thinking that. hopefully they will realise that if its an old discussion i may not have gotten the notification. 
@Anora_Eldorath (6028)
• United States
21 May 09
This is really late, but I'm catching up on emails from a four day off from the internet. That is really weird, and I can't say I've experienced anything like this yet. That seems like a glitch perhaps in the system, that it just wasn't showing up. I saw a thread not too long ago that said the home pages were messing up and not showing correctly. The last time I went to post a picture comment it wouldn't show up and I had to just leave a text message on a friend's profile. Hopefully the glitches will work themselves out. Hope you have a wonderful week.
Namaste-Anora
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
23 May 09
Namaste Anora, I've been away too, just home again today. I've actually not thought about anything much lately as much Dad has been ill. I have not checked again on this user to see what things are up to. I think we get glitches when they change things in the program...like the new task changes. Take care, Tickle.
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
16 May 09
They probably had it all deleted maybe or it is another glitch or maybe something is wrong. I know before my profile went nuts saying I had no activity for 2 weeks when in fact I had been answering away all day..so maybe it is just a glitch.
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
17 May 09
A few people have given pretty much the same explanation mdg and it all makes sense. This person obviously didn't read the guidelines and thought he was being smart (sneaky). If he had read the rules he would realise he is doing the wrong thing; he will be caught; he will more than likely be banned. Up till now, his profile is still there.
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
17 May 09
That is strange. Maybe they deleted his account or something.
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@Darkwing (21583)
•
19 May 09
Well, do you know the guy, and if you do, have you thought of the possibility of his being banned from the site? There's all sorts of possibilities.
Sometimes the e-mails go awry because I've been notified about one response to my discussions before and gone in to find four or five. I don't know why that is, I'm sure but it does happen.
Your dilemma is somewhat intriguing though. It really sounds as though either he's hidden his activity, or he's been banned. A month is certainly long enough time for this to happen!
Brightest Blessings my friend.
@TheGreatWhiteBuffalo (4822)
• United States
18 May 09
Hmmm?
Maybe he actually wrote the same response over and over again which would also be a violation of the rules if I understand the rules correctly.
At the same time the administration clearly indicates in the rules not to do that so maybe they are giving some latitude to the person for previous responses and posts. I have another thought also kind of on the lines of a cloaking device. Certainly not something that would help to earn points. That is just a couple of thoughts.
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@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
16 May 09
I do receive email notifications whenever a member responds to my comments on a post, Ms Tickle. So far as an explanation why that member has such a rating even though he is not active, I don't understand it either.
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@barehugs (8973)
• Canada
16 May 09
That's good that this person brought you Post back to the front again. Perhaps others will see it and respond also. Some times I will not make a response to the last responder of a Former Post which only received a few responses. Then after some time, I will make my response. This will bring that Post up again where others will see it and perhaps make a response.
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