SingAstro

I've realised the past few months and more frequently the past 2 weeks that certain posts have been deleted without any notice. Is there something wrong with the server/database?
Some of these are even 3-4 posts in a row from certain threads.

Would be great if the moderators/admin can clarify if it's something wrong with the servers or some hacker attack again?

Hi,

I've realised the past few months and more frequently the past 2 weeks that certain posts have been deleted without any notice. Is there something wrong with the server/database?
Some of these are even 3-4 posts in a row from certain threads.

Usually, the admin and mod will only delete those spam/religious/political related posts/threads or those posts/threads that we think not suitable for public. Those posts or threads that we think were in the wrong sub-forum will be move to the correct sub-forum. Also, it's possible that the poster delete the posts themself.

By the way, any threads that you know was affected??

Have a nice day.

Hmm .. there've been a few. Off the top of my head -

When rlow was selling his Telrad, there was a post by arief that said he'll take it and it disappeared

When rlow was selling his 15" mirror, I posted something about there having been a 16" project in the past, that one also disappeared a few hours later.

the most recent one was this afternoon when arief and I were talking about Yang Beng's C5 sale and guessing what he might buy next. at least 3-4 posts were deleted from our mini "conversation".

There has also been once when I got an email when saying I got PM, but when I check, there's no PM and one of my PM was deleted from the bottom of my inbox.

I'm suspectiing something went wrong and the database needed to be restored during these times?

these posts you mentioned seemed harmless and would not have been deleted.
btw, I also encountered similar problems previouslyalthough not so common.
In one case a post disappeared only to reappear a few hours later . maybe its because of some bug in the forum software or that the system had auto restored from a backup after a hacker attack?