Vazela said:
Why does my content that I've just written suddenly disappear after I've pressed post but when I backspace it isn't there anymore?
That does seem to be an issue.
If you do get booted from writing a post, just check to see if your auto save. For others that may not know, you can pull up the auto saved content by going into the Full Editor and clicking "View Auto Saved Content (Timestamp)" just below the editor, assuming there is an auto save. That is the proper method for restoring posts through Star Wars RP.net's auto save feature.
If you lost your auto save, then it is likely due to the specific error you experienced - which is a Driver Error. Nearly everything that members deal with on the site is managed by a database management system. Driver Errors are due to that database management system, and are likely the cause of the loss of recent auto saves. Since this is due to the system we have for the site, I'm sorry for those that lose their posts in because of this.
Keep in mind, though, that the site creates a backup at 2am and 4am Eastern Time, give or take 45 minutes. The lag due to the creation of these backups has reliably causes several second periods of Driver Errors. Abnormal Driver Errors are when it lasts for more than several minutes.
One thing I do with posts that I've found to be very reliable though is to copy my entire posts before pressing the "Add Reply" button, just in case something goes wrong.
Vazela said:
Why is there random likes coming up all over the website when I and other people post?
This is a result of the database corruption from earlier that wiped out a lot of posts. As I said, the board is connected to several databases. The database for posts was corrupted and had an old backup. Likes are clearly on a different database and the board is attempting to "make up" for a few months of likes that are now missing posts. I can assure you that these phantom likes, as Staff has begun to call them, are not affecting anyone's Reputation.
Vazela said:
Why wasn't there a proactive operation to recover the posts that were lost in the delete?
The Recovery forum is still available for those wishing to restore posts that have been lost. Tutorials on how to Recover posts were created. If I recall correctly, Staff members with time managed to restore a significant amount of threads. Unfortunately at this point, recovery through Google cache (our only method of Recovery besides memory and member's saving drafts) is most likely unavailable - and likely became unavailable just days after the posts were lost. There are still hundreds of threads that weren't recovered. The number of threads lost in the several month period was too great for our limited team. I'm sorry for the inconvenience this has caused you with your lost posts.
Fortunately, the likelihood of such an event happening again is very low. As I mentioned earlier, Star Wars RP.net has automatic nightly back ups. Also, Tef does a weekly back up onto his personal drive. Lessons were learned.
If my answers have not adequately answered your questions, simply reply back and I'll see if I can help.