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Posted by Think1234 on June 14, 2006, at 15:38:05
After emailing Dr. Bob. Asking him about his censorship policy, because I thought the policy was vague. (Check it out in the FAQ)
The next day he moves my thread to the previous Jun 4 section.
He didn't respond to my e-mail. And I can't figure why he would move it back other than the content of the thread. It was an active conversation and its initial date was much earlier than the others in the main psychobabble. I also think it was impolite of him would to not respond to my e-mail.I've been looking at the FAQs to figure out how whats considered new,and how many posts you see in a given thread when you enter the main psychobabble page, etc. I've found nothing to explain the sudden removal of what was only the day before halfway through the posts on the main psychobabble page.
To find my post just go to the June 4 posts. And you can find my thread by searching for Think1234.
Posted by pseudoname on June 14, 2006, at 15:38:05
In reply to Dr.Bob moves my post a date back., posted by Think1234 on June 11, 2006, at 22:26:40
Hi, Think.
> The next day he moves my thread to the previous Jun 4 section.
The list of active threads & recent posts on each board's main page "turns over" every so often. On the Meds board (where your post was), this happens about every five days. That way there's a manageable amount of the most active recent threads on the main page. But you (and everyone else) can always access them by the exact same URL for the specific post, or by looking at the older pages of lists.
It's mostly automatic and certainly was nothing personal. It happens to everyone, every 5 days or so on the Med board. Maybe you noticed that my posts got moved with yours? It's less often on the other, less-active boards.
> I also think it was impolite of him would to not respond to my e-mail.
Dr Bob receives thousands of emails. He doesn't usually reply to individual emails about Babble. I think he's replied to 1 of about 7 emails I've sent him in the past few years. He works full time and does all the administrative work here, so he probably doesn't have a lot of time.
If you have a policy or operations question, you can always post it at the Admin board. If Bob doesn't reply there, someone else will, if they know the answer.
> I've been looking at the FAQs to figure out how whats considered new,and how many posts you see in a given thread when you enter the main psychobabble page, etc. I've found nothing
I think you're right that board "turnover" is not addressed in the FAQs. Maybe you could suggest that on Admin? (It will still probably take a few months before Bob has time to add something, though.)
Posted by Glydin on June 14, 2006, at 15:38:05
In reply to Dr.Bob moves my post a date back., posted by Think1234 on June 11, 2006, at 22:26:40
> After emailing Dr. Bob. Asking him about his censorship policy, because I thought the policy was vague. (Check it out in the FAQ)
> The next day he moves my thread to the previous Jun 4 section.
>
> He didn't respond to my e-mail. And I can't figure why he would move it back other than the content of the thread.~~~ I don't think that was the case. As pseudoname noted, I believe it was a rollover situation. Rarely, rarely, rarely are posts ever deleted here and that is in light of many varied topics, opinions, etc. Archiving is essential with the number of posts on some of the boards.
I'm sorry if you believe this was a slight due to content, while I'm not the owner of this site, I don't believe that was the case.
As suggested, if you have issues on the running of the site, Adm. board is the place to post those concerns.
Posted by Phillipa on June 14, 2006, at 15:38:05
In reply to Re: Dr.Bob moves my post a date back. » Think1234, posted by Glydin on June 12, 2006, at 11:05:08
Turn over rate is fast on the med board check another like parents. Love Phillipa
Posted by Think1234 on June 14, 2006, at 15:38:05
In reply to Re: Dr.Bob moves my post a date back., posted by Phillipa on June 12, 2006, at 19:04:01
Ok, gotcha all. I was just surprized at how quckly their was a turnover. Because the conversation seemed active. I e-mail Dr. Bob and then suddenly I find the post has moved. But yes, I think I'm was most definitly wrong. And yes Dr. Bob does likely have tons of e-mail to sift through.
So there is a particular turn over rate. But when does a post turn over. When their isn't a response in one day, two days, 3 days, etc. I guess the turnover rate is only one day because thats the amount of time that went by since I last posted to the board. Or are other factors involved, such as whether I'm doing the posting or someone else is Posting?
Considering that I have political aspirations. I hope that their is a way that in the future I can remove the thread that I created.
Posted by jedi on June 14, 2006, at 15:38:06
In reply to Attn: Amin: So what is the turnover rate?, posted by Think1234 on June 13, 2006, at 19:15:25
> Considering that I have political aspirations. I hope that their is a way that in the future I can remove the thread that I created.
>I probably should have posted this response in Admin. Jedi
However:
From Psychobabble FAQS.
How private is this?
It depends:Whenever you're online, your browser probably keeps track (on your own computer) of which web pages you visit. Also, your Internet service provider (and hackers) may be able to monitor what you do.
...When you post a message, it, your posting name, and the time of your submission become public information. If you don't want anyone to know your real name:
Don't register with your real name.
Please understand that if information is public, it may be linked to by search engines. In fact, this site itself uses Google Search.I ask for demographic information so that I can characterize the Psycho-Babble community. I ask for email addresses (and the server logs IP addresses) so that if there's abuse or serious danger, I can notify the person's Internet service provider (or other authorities). With these exceptions, I won't release any identifying information to anyone else. Unless ordered to by a court or something like that.
If someone else has posted information that identifies or private communications from you and you object, or if you did so yourself and have changed your mind, please contact me.
If you receive an abusive email or babblemail from someone here, please forward it directly to me (with all its headers, if you know how to do that). FWIW, I can then block any Psycho-Babble or associated Yahoo Group registrations using that email address.
Registration information and connection logs are stored on the web server. The logs are used to generate usage statistics, but no individuals are identified. Besides myself, only the computer support people should have direct access to the web server. Hackers or even burglars might, however, be able to break in.
You may also want to think twice about what you post. It's easy to feel safe online and therefore to be open about yourself. That's one of the advantages of online message boards, but don't forget:
What you post is public, as public as if you put it up on an old-fashioned bulletin board in a supermarket. Maybe even more so, since there aren't supermarket bulletin board search engines.
Under certain circumstances, being linked to a post could jeopardize your job or lead to your criminal prosecution. To repeat, what you say could be used against you.
To be completely safe, you have to abstain.
How do copyrights work here?
My understanding is that when you write something, you (usually) get the copyright to it. It doesn't even have to include a copyright statement. There's a process by which you can register that copyright, but that's a somewhat separate issue. However, I want to be able to use these posts elsewhere. For example, on my Book Ideas page or in articles.You may therefore submit a message only if you agree to allow me unrestricted use of it. Submitting a message constitutes acceptance of that condition. But you retain the copyright.
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Posted by Think1234 on June 16, 2006, at 9:29:17
In reply to Redirected thread to Administration board » Think1234, posted by gardenergirl on June 14, 2006, at 15:39:34
So what is the turn over rate? Is there a specific turn over rate. Or is it determined subjectively?
Posted by Glydin on June 16, 2006, at 9:29:18
In reply to Someone please tell me the turnover rate, posted by Think1234 on June 15, 2006, at 19:19:08
Number of entries (lines) including thread beginning and followup posts under threads per loaded page?
That's a guess...
Posted by NikkiT2 on June 16, 2006, at 9:37:00
In reply to Someone please tell me the turnover rate, posted by Think1234 on June 15, 2006, at 19:19:08
I think its by size of the board..
and by size, I mean in bytes
Nikki
Posted by Larry Hoover on June 18, 2006, at 13:25:15
In reply to Someone please tell me the turnover rate, posted by Think1234 on June 15, 2006, at 19:19:08
> So what is the turn over rate? Is there a specific turn over rate. Or is it determined subjectively?
It is an automatic software-driven process. It requires no human intervention.
I'm going to use numbers to illustrate it, but the exact numbers are ones that Dr. Bob tweaks around. They're different on different boards, to manage the differing traffic levels.
So, using hypothetical numbers......
When the main board accumulates 80 MB of message content, which includes headers and allocated file space for the posts under the headers, the software archives half of the total, placing the earliest date of all the archived material as the one that shows in the archive header. Thus, a post that is in that archived half of the 80 MB total could have any date between the earliest post in that cluster, and the last post that fell just under the 40 MB line. If you want to access any post in a thread, though, all you need to do is open any one post, and *all* the posts in that thread are listed underneath, each as a hypertext hot link.
Once the 40 MB of archival material is allocated to the archive access file tree, the hard drive then continues to accumulate new posts on the current board, showing all those carried forward 40 MB of posts, and all new posts.....until it hits 80 MB again. At 80 MB total, a new branch is started, carrying forward the most recent 40 MB posted, and the 40 MB that was carried forward the last time becomes the next archive.
Once a day? the software does a "how big is the current board, in MB?" thing, and if <current board size> is greater than <threshold size for archive process>, then the whole thing just goes, automagically.
The main board has hundreds of archives, whereas some other boards hardly have a few, yet.
Lar
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