deleting your own post

**PAWGLover** · October 29th, 2018, 03:15 PM

If you delete 1 of your posts, do you lose the points & thanks given there ?

**PoloMintGuy** · October 29th, 2018, 07:23 PM

Hi there chicago!

I don't know if there is a difference between Moderator deleted & self deleted but I'm pretty sure that you retain Thanks for the former.

You can see several members who have more Thanked posts than their actual Posts count. This is because some of their posts have been removed (presumably through going dead etc. over time & being deleted).

You'd need someone from Staff to confirm if this is the same for self deleting.

Hope this is of use!

Jenny48549 · October 29th, 2018, 08:12 PM

No, the hack is set so that user thanks count and reputation will not go down even if a post is hard deleted. Self deletion is actually a soft delete. It does not entirely remove the post from the database and staff has the ability to restore the post if needed. However, while a self delete will reduce post count shown in a members profile, it also will not reduce thanks or reputation count.

By the way, staff does not delete posts. They are removed to a section only accessible to staff. We try very hard to avoid hard deleting posts as it's not the best thing for database integrity.

fats · October 30th, 2018, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jenny48549

We try very hard to avoid hard deleting posts as it's not the best thing for database integrity.

Say what? The vBulletin database was so poorly implemented that the should-be-routine act of deleting a record corrupts it?!?

Jenny48549 · October 30th, 2018, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fats

Say what? The vBulletin database was so poorly implemented that the should-be-routine act of deleting a record corrupts it?!?

No, that's not it. This version of vBulletin was not designed to run with large databases on a multiple server setup which is what we have. We have enough database sync issues without introducing another variable into the mix that could potentially cause more issues.

October 29th, 2018, 03:15 PM	#1
PAWGLover Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SW FLORIDA Posts: 2,697 Thanks: 14,145 Thanked 50,237 Times in 2,826 Posts	deleting your own post If you delete 1 of your posts, do you lose the points & thanks given there ? __________________ Free The Nipple ! I am sorry but I no longer have time to re-up dead links.

October 29th, 2018, 07:23 PM	#2
PoloMintGuy Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 3,998 Thanks: 67,895 Thanked 63,059 Times in 4,009 Posts	Possible answer... Hi there chicago! I don't know if there is a difference between Moderator deleted & self deleted but I'm pretty sure that you retain Thanks for the former. You can see several members who have more Thanked posts than their actual Posts count. This is because some of their posts have been removed (presumably through going dead etc. over time & being deleted). You'd need someone from Staff to confirm if this is the same for self deleting. Hope this is of use!

October 29th, 2018, 08:12 PM	#3
Jenny48549 Beloved Sister Mistress of Mayhem Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Great Gig In the Sky Posts: 6,668 Thanks: 64,911 Thanked 127,567 Times in 6,475 Posts	No, the hack is set so that user thanks count and reputation will not go down even if a post is hard deleted. Self deletion is actually a soft delete. It does not entirely remove the post from the database and staff has the ability to restore the post if needed. However, while a self delete will reduce post count shown in a members profile, it also will not reduce thanks or reputation count. By the way, staff does not delete posts. They are removed to a section only accessible to staff. We try very hard to avoid hard deleting posts as it's not the best thing for database integrity. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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