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Message deleted by Mumset (etc)

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Maryzsnewaccount · 26/06/2018 00:12

Why can't we AS this any more?

Up until last week I could work out how many posts had been deleted, both for myself and for posters who might have been, erm, slightly questionable.

Now AS won't let me search by poster name + "message deleted by" any more.

Is there a reason for this? Because it seems to me (cynical as I am) that it's a very useful way to hide how many posts are deleted by certain MRAs goady posters in FWR

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Maryzsnewaccount · 26/06/2018 02:13

Yes, but why now?

Last week "message deleted by MNHQ" was the text of the post. And it was searchable as such.

But this week, when having messages deleted by MNHQ will lead to a direct ban, apparently, if you have three of them, they are no longer searchable and countable.

So not only can we not see how many posts we ourselves have had deleted, and how many fucking stupid strikes we are on, we also can't count the zillions of posts from goady newbies other people that have been deleted.

For example, one particularly prolific anti-women poster had four posts deleted on one thread but was still going strong. I'm sure s/he had many deleted on other threads, but it's hard to find exact numbers.

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ErrolTheDragon · 26/06/2018 02:08

I don't know... with my developer's hat on, it doesn't seem entirely unreasonable that if posts/threads are deleted then they're, well, deleted or not indexed for search.

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Maryzsnewaccount · 26/06/2018 01:21

Yes. An improvement. But why? There must, surely, be a reason.

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thebewilderness · 26/06/2018 01:17

One of those improvements that make it harder for users? I know about those.

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Maryzsnewaccount · 26/06/2018 01:04

I don't think so bewilderness. I think it's deliberate.

Up until June 19th this year it was possible to AS "message deleted by MNHQ".

Now it isn't

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thebewilderness · 26/06/2018 00:48

There must be a glitch that prevents a proper search.

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Maryzsnewaccount · 26/06/2018 00:20

A cynical person might wonder whether there was a reason.

Obviously I'm not cynical Grin

I'm sure it's an error. It must be. There is no way that MNHQ might not want us to know how many posts certain goady, misogynistic, MRA, deluded, fantasist, flat earth and creationist posters have had deleted.

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spontaneousgiventime · 26/06/2018 00:17

Good question. Someone mentioned when a thread is deleted on FWR you can't see it's footprint any more, it's like they didn't exist.

pombear · 26/06/2018 00:16

Duck duck quack! It's interesting, isn't it?

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