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The history hasn’t really been removed; it’s just not being indexed from the main search box. And yeah, there’s an argument to be made that if there are no li
by mewse 6y ago
The history hasn’t really been removed; it’s just not being indexed from the main search box. And yeah, there’s an argument to be made that if there are no links to a thing that’s basically the same as that thing not existing and I do buy into that argument.
But in this case, it seems to me like it’s as likely to be a mistake as anything else, seeing as the old pages themselves are still there and haven’t been removed, and the search functionality has only been missing them for less than a day (according to the linked article)
To me, it seems more likely that some overenthusiastic webdev re-implemented the site’s search functionality and accidentally missed indexing a bunch of older documents in the CMS. I’d be inclined to report the issue to Sony and then maybe give it another couple days for the mistake to be noticed and fixed, before really sounding the alarm.
For reference, here’s the “Ape Escape” page for the original PlayStation game, referenced in the article’s header image: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/ape-escape-psone/ https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/ape-escape-psone/
And here’s the PS3 remaster of the game: https://www.playstation.com/en-nz/games/ape-escape-ps3/ https://www.playstation.com/en-nz/games/ape-escape-ps3/
- mothsonasloth 6y agoIt's alarmism/sensationalism/outrage journalism 101 See a recent issue, jump to conclusions, publish article, then request comment from the person/organisation who caused the outrage Profit $$$
- reaperducer 6y agooutrage journalism 101 I think you're being too generous here. It's not even journalism. This is a web site set up just for this, it's not a journalistic publication. It's one guy making money off of other people's outrage. I'd call it blogspam, but this guy doesn't even have a blog.
- bdowling 6y ago> It's not even journalism. Journalism is any public communication about the happenings of the world. This article is public and is about something that happened in the world, so it is journalism.
- Jerrrry 6y agoIt has been removed: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/ape-escape-ps3/ https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/ape-escape-ps3/ You linked to the NZ version.
- novaleaf 6y agoOr, it could be like Amazon removing the ability to download your order history. Read the forums [0]. The post I linked is the most on point. Other conversations you'll see people saying "it's a bug, they'll put it back up any day".... .... That was about 4 months ago. and indeed the "accepted answer" workaround mentioned by some amzn staff went away during that time too. [0]https://www.amazonforum.com/s/question/0D54P00007aXUYjSAO/did-amazon-remove-the-order-history-reports-feature-from-amazon-prime-accounts https://www.amazonforum.com/s/question/0D54P00007aXUYjSAO/di...