Level percentage and post count desync

[gothic soda]

So a while ago one of my posts got auto merged, and that got me thinking "is that only 1, or 2 posts?"

Looks like its both.
The level percentage seems to count It like Two posts
While the post count only as one.

So was level 1 and 0 at the same time

 

[Nelson2001 Nelson2001]

This must be a bug or synchronization issue of the Level System even if you have 25 messages to reach to the Level 1 and sometimes that can take hours or less than an hour to update the level system if you arrive with the certain amount of messages if the Notification is not enough but good.

And it is also due to a limitation that if you post 2 comments before 1 hour of being edited, it automatically joins because they are the same comment even if it is unquoted unless another user comments something and you will be able to post another comment without merging it again and that explains why you can only have 1 message per comment because if you comment another one is merged by that limitation.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

This must be a bug or synchronization issue of the Level System even if you have 25 messages to reach to the Level 1 and sometimes that can take hours or less than an hour to update the level system if you arrive with the certain amount of messages if the Notification is not enough but good.

Right! The system takes to do hourly "sweeps" to see who did what. That said, it's been acting up lately...

 

[gothic soda]

This must be a bug or synchronization issue of the Level System even if you have 25 messages to reach to the Level 1 and sometimes that can take hours or less than an hour to update the level system if you arrive with the certain amount of messages if the Notification is not enough but good.

The problem seems to only on the level percentage, the report is my 25th post and It did change from new Challenger to young hero, so i Just need to wait.
But that would mean that everyones percentage is off by tiny bit, scary.

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

Is there a reason why my message count went from 1,000 to 500?

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Is there a reason why my message count went from 1,000 to 500?

Yes, we are recalculating based on board permissions. We'll update y'all on that later.

 

[Fray Guillermo]

So, what happened, I'm further away from lvl 4 now

 

[Cardboardtubeknight Cardboardtubeknight]

I was wondering where my 60,000 post went

 

[Toppis Toppis]

Okay so there is bug

 

[Fray Guillermo]

We'll update y'all on that later.

Still no info on this? does it have anything to do with the bans updates?

 

[RageBurner]

That would be my guess, yes.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Still no info on this? does it have anything to do with the bans updates?

I'm awaiting confirmation on something.

Sorry for the delay.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Ok, so... Posts made in "Chatter" no longer count towards people's post count/level.

That's the reason for this whole thing.

 

[Cheela Cheela Cheela's icon]

Ok, so... Posts made in "Chatter" no longer count towards people's post count/level.

That's the reason for this whole thing.

may ask why the sudden change without any telling. It feels pointless and kinda hurts long standing users that usually don't really make problems with their profile customization. I think that kinda stuff should be informed at least.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

may ask why the sudden change without any telling. It feels pointless and kinda hurts long standing users that usually don't really make problems with their profile customization. I think that kinda stuff should be informed at least.

It appears that it was getting too spammy.

It also affected my progression greatly, but I can't say I'm surprised... "Chatter" boards have historically not counted towards people's post counts, and we are an old school bunch ;D

 

[neromero]

Nooooo my level gone down

 

[Toppis Toppis]

Now my profile looks bad again

 

[fake-kun]

Ok, so... Posts made in "Chatter" no longer count towards people's post count/level.

That's the reason for this whole thing.

I suspected as much.

 

[thecrow2313]

It appears that it was getting too spammy.

It also affected my progression greatly, but I can't say I'm surprised... "Chatter" boards have historically not counted towards people's post counts, and we are an old school bunch ;D

I'm sure viewers noticed spam bots posting random ad threads as well

 

[Fray Guillermo]

Now my profile looks bad again

I was close to level 4 hurts a bit because I barely participate in those "spammy" threads, but oh well, it's not a super big deal anyways

 

[JustLooking123]

Hey, we are all together in this!
I have lost 1/4 of my post count too!
But that won't stop me from posting in that section!
The main purpose of that section is having fun, and that surely still stands!

 

[Spike's iconSpike]

I want to reward meaningful posts. It's unfair to people making an actual effort to create meaningful discussions when someone can post a picture of a blue character or type "186" and be equally rewarded.
It promotes spam.
And leveling is supposed to be hard and take time. I know it hurts but now it's actually fair again. You all got the levels you deserve.
I'm sorry for not announcing it, it was a moment of clarity after a rough time.