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Vanilla Bug? Discussion count is greater than those listed in user profile
If you look at the discussions of @SCAM_DONT_BUY :
https://www.lowendtalk.com/profile/discussions/SCAM_DONT_BUY
The number shown is 28 discussions, but there are only two listed. Is that just me, or is there a bug with Vanilla overinflating the number of discussions?
Comments
My guess? Likely deleted threads.
It's a bug cuz nothing is showing up in my case.
Gosh, 26/28 deleted threads is a lot hehe. Never thought of that, I was stupid
The website was responding slowly when I posted my first thread.
After that thread was posted, "my discussion" showed "4", but the list contained only one thread.
My guess is that the program contains something like this:
If the second line panics due to database timeout, the user thread count is still increased.
I have only made 2 discussions so far, nothing got deleted. It's just Vanilla, nothing out of the ordinary.
Most removed threads aren’t deleted but moved to a hidden category only mods and admins can see. They still count.
You're good at Vanilla & experienced with it being a former Moderator. Why then choose Discourse over Vanilla?
Every decision in the development of discourse was made from the perspective of understanding community behavior and building a platform that better facilitated positive interactions, while discouraging negative ones. This being mostly subjective means plenty will argue that certain decisions didn’t accomplish this, but I’m heavily invested in the goals.
And it’s not just from a member perspective. It’s made to limit admins and provide audit trails to their activities. Take a look at this for example: https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-should-have-the-ability-to-edit-poll-results/76650
And you’ll find that kind of thought behind most decisions.
Vanilla is simply a forum. Discourse is a mission to improve community. I thought that fit really well with my mission, which was to create one space where we could all be better versions of ourselves. A place where even I tried to check certain parts of my personality at the door. See some of my philosophy here: https://hostedtalk.net/t/hostedtalk-is-a-political-sanctuary/5988