Originally Posted by
lin821
Back in the "good old" days, once a thread or post was deleted by the mods, it wouldn't be viewable. To the general members, at least. I guess they were still somewhere in the system/server, but not for our viewing pleasure no more.
After the new search engine was put in place, to my surprise, I now can see those deleted posts under quick links/my posts. (Yes, over the years, I did have few posts legitimately deleted by our mod team.
). If I click on the links provided at the beginning of those deleted posts, I will be directed to the thread pages where those posts were originally holding a place but not the posts themselves (since they are deleted. Hope I am making sense.) I would think this is a bug since we are not supposed to have access to deleted posts no matter which (search) features we use.
There's another inconsistency in the post count when using the new search. If I am not mistaken, in the "old" system, once posts were deleted, the post count would be adjusted accordingly. (For example, if 5 out of my 200 posts are deleted, the post count under my username will be 195 instead of 200.) Now the new search is giving me a higher post count when I go to Quick Links/My Posts. The search result appears at the upper right corner:
Showing results 1 to 25 of #### (i.e. post count)
Search took 0.994 seconds
That #### post count is higher than the one currently showing under my profile. I have no way to understand why higher post count other than assumeing those previously deleted posts are now accounted for under the new search (therefore I can see those posts under Quick Links/My Posts). I would think deleted posts not only should be taken out from our "viewing area" but also be excluded from post count in the search result. Another bug, maybe?
This could explain the phantom forum pages and missing post numbers. There have been several threads reported with missing pages/posts, the weird thing is with IE the numbering system is interpreted differently than with Firefox. I've explained a few of these as starting at a higher number than post #1, but those using IE have said they saw different numbering. Maybe this discrepancy you found is related to that as well. It's weird that those posts are still showing up in the "My Posts" list. I wonder if they're also showing up on a search for all posts by another user. In either case it sounds like yet another problem for the tech team to resolve.
Originally Posted by
lin821
I asked the same question in my earlier post as well. At least your "scores" are higher than mine. Mine were all 68% with two exception posts in 70% (1 in OMNI and the other in SPAM, not sure if it matters). I guess everybody is confused by the weight criteria on the scoring thingy. If IB had spelled it out for us, we would have known better what it meant. If the scoring system is only for the internal/programming purpose, please spare the general FT members. We don't need to see it so don't show it to us.
They were that time, one other search only listed all my posts at 34% relevant!
I think a good search FAQ should also be started, this would help a lot.
Originally Posted by
lin821
Same thing applies to the moderation drop-down menu. It's not functional. (Yes, I tried to see what would happen. It's not functional to the general FTers.) If it's not for the general FT members to see, don't put it there!
I eventually decided to try it, I wasn't planning to do finish any action if it let me start it, but, had it worked, I was going to see if I could find an Admin or Mod online and bring it to their attention since we had discussed its existence on the search results page.
Are the IB hamsters less responsive than our old ones? How soon can we expect to see some results? Please don't tell me you guys are taking a break for Chinese New Year.
Hopefully they realize how important communication is, at least now. Most of us realize problems exist, but seeing that acknowledged in itself, is important and most of us are more patient at that point.