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Maybe some database restoring gone wrong?
by notarget137 3y ago
Maybe some database restoring gone wrong?
- dmix 3y agoDefinitely sounds like some DB issue or other mundane thing. Probably just bad timing with the protestors mass-deleting most likely.
- FireBeyond 3y agoGiven that Steve (the CEO) has, now or in the past: * edited the content of user comments without acknowledgment, * threatened to or has removed or installed moderators into communities to circumvent the blackout * threatened to "un-private" communities Why are you so sure that he wouldn't authorize un-deletion of comments?
- dmix 3y agoWhat business value would it provide?
- FireBeyond 3y agoWhat business value did editing users comments out from under them? Still happened, though.
- dmix 3y agoI’m not sure how that’s relevant to my question. He was drunk and being an idiot, that wasn’t a major management decision like disallowing deletion of comments which affects the entire platform. That would be unprecedented in the history of social media to only allow permanent comments. Im also very skeptical comment deletion is happening at such a scale to be meaningful vs the billion new comments they get a year. This all smacks of low quality speculation thats mostly a consequence of the current outrage cycle of the week.
- ImPostingOnHN 3y agohim editing user comments like he did was also unprecedented, maybe he's just vindictive and belligerent and irrational his recent behavior suggest that's a possibility
- TX81Z 3y agoI think the point being made is that somebody who would get drunk and edit comments on a forum they control is the LAST person who should run a forum of any sort. Also, why do people who are defending him always refer to him being drunk? Is he granted some sort of “blame the booze” pass for those actions?
- FireBeyond 3y ago"Just drunken modin'!" "Just drunken CEOin'!"
- TX81Z 3y agoHe’s like Rick Sanchez, but instead of a drunk genius he’s just a drunk moron.
- snarfy 3y ago> That would be unprecedented in the history of social media to only allow permanent comments. Ok, so how do I delete my HN comments?
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoYou do it before someone has replied to it. Once someone has replied, you can't delete your comment without destroying the context of their comment. It's not just about you at that point.
- Paul-Craft 3y agoWe'll see about that the minute someone makes a GDPR request to delete their stuff.
- Leherenn 3y agoReddit has value no just through it's "new/live" content. Plenty of people search for "$topic Reddit" and fond some old threads with useful information. If the content is deleted, Reddit usefulness goes way down.
- dmix 3y agoSo you’re saying deletions are so wide scale they decided to undelete every comment in the past couple days? And this is the new policy?
- Leherenn 3y agoI have no idea why they decided to do that's or even whether that was on purpose. But I don't think it's impossible, yes.
- ImPostingOnHN 3y agothey appear to be doing something along those lines, the conclusions around how common it is can be left to the reader
- goykasi 3y agoCould be an issue with too many tombstones in their Cassandra cluster. If there is an increase in deleted data (very possible given the blackout), the cluster could be having some issues. No doubt they have regularly, scheduled repairs on their tables, but those are not fast operations on huge clusters. I hope its that and not something more dubious.