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Most Unusual Forum Problem

Shawn Gossman

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What's the most unusual problem you've ever had to solve as a forum admin?

This could be a problem with the forum itself, a member, staff member, or anything else of that nature.

What was the problem and what did you learn from it?
 
Once when I was posting on Forum Promotion, there. Was a glitch where, once you hit post reply and your message went through, instead of saying "last posted 1 minute ago" it would say "last post was tomorrow" as if it were some kind of time capsule or something. It was hilarious, although I don't think people wanting to request services for their own forum very amusing lol. It did get fixed, but it was a few years ago so I no longer remember details
 
Ashley said:
Once when I was posting on Forum Promotion, there. Was a glitch where, once you hit post reply and your message went through, instead of saying "last posted 1 minute ago" it would say "last post was tomorrow" as if it were some kind of time capsule or something. It was hilarious, although I don't think people wanting to request services for their own forum very amusing lol. It did get fixed, but it was a few years ago so I no longer remember details
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That would have been interesting to see. LOL. I'd have to check the date and make sure it wasn't April 1st.
 
Shawn Gossman said:
That would have been interesting to see. LOL. I'd have to check the date and make sure it wasn't April 1st.
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Right? Although I'd be pissed if I wanted to request a package or review only to find everything saying the same thing lol. I'd be like, can I request a service now or am I still on a wait time from a previous request? Definitely a funny/not funny for sure
 
Hulk said:
On a forum I used to work on that had package services the owner would always want a package for their own forum (the same one the services were on) 🤷
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Wouldn't that be kinda cheating? I mean if you paid for services with forum credits, as the owner, he'd have more credits than anyone else! I hope he abided by his own rules for requesting services at least?
 
Ashley said:
Wouldn't that be kinda cheating? I mean if you paid for services with forum credits, as the owner, he'd have more credits than anyone else! I hope he abided by his own rules for requesting services at least?
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The owner paid for these packages with real money. It is just weird that they would pay their own staff to do a package like that.
 
Ashley said:
Once when I was posting on Forum Promotion, there. Was a glitch where, once you hit post reply and your message went through, instead of saying "last posted 1 minute ago" it would say "last post was tomorrow" as if it were some kind of time capsule or something. It was hilarious, although I don't think people wanting to request services for their own forum very amusing lol. It did get fixed, but it was a few years ago so I no longer remember details
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It was VGR that I experienced something similar. When happens when you post was the post going twice. You have to delete one post after each post. It was a crazy experience because I thought it was my Internet messing up but it's not so because another person had the same experience.
 
I’ve never been an admin but one odd issue I’ve seen on a forum was a glitch that kept logging people out over and over. It caused a lot of confusion until the admin fixed it. It made me realize how important it is to handle technical problems quickly and keep members updated.
 
As a forum moderator, I had to handle this issue with a certain member who opened threads repeatedly to announce that he was retiring from the internet. And he always returned every three days with another dramatic goodbye. I engaged him and found out that he was trying to express emotions through the forums. I just created a gentle rule against repetitive threads
 
King Belieal said:
As a forum moderator, I had to handle this issue with a certain member who opened threads repeatedly to announce that he was retiring from the internet. And he always returned every three days with another dramatic goodbye. I engaged him and found out that he was trying to express emotions through the forums. I just created a gentle rule against repetitive threads
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I've dealt with so many "Goodbye posts". Most of them result in arguments and debates that did not favor an outcome of the person quitting the forum.

In these cases, I usually remove their ability to create content without my approval. It's unwanted drama that only angers people.

If it's legit and positive, like someone simply taking a break from the internet, then that's different.
 
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