Argus Posted June 22, 2021 Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 (edited) So I just got a 'badge' for being here one year - after fifteen years. Also got a badge for making my 500th post! Yay me! It was only three minutes ago I got a badge for my first post! Edited June 22, 2021 by Argus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlight Graham Posted June 22, 2021 Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 congrats argus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Anthony Posted June 22, 2021 Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 Hmm....... perhaps it is The Mark Of The Best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougar Posted June 22, 2021 Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 (edited) 58 minutes ago, Argus said: So I just got a 'badge' for being here one year - after fifteen years. Also got a badge for making my 500th post! Yay me! It was only three minutes ago I got a badge for my first post! Don't get too irritated. I too received a few badges - one week in the forum, one month in the forum and one year in the forum - all of them shown as "Rare". In fact I should have received a "10 year with the forum" badge, but those three will make up for it. P.S. After posting the above I even received a "Posting Machine" badge !!!! ? Edited June 22, 2021 by cougar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OftenWrong Posted June 23, 2021 Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 and here I thought I was getting a special award for all my great posts! I bragged to my wife! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Admin Greg Posted June 23, 2021 Forum Admin Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 Sorry folks, a forum upgrade added a new gamification feature, which includes badges. The upgrade is requiring a reindexing of 1.44 million postings (in the background), so things are a bit slow around here. Once the search reindex is complete, i can then start the process of reindexing the database to properly allocate badges based on everyone's past contributions. Argus, you'll be pleased with all the fancy badges you're about to receive So ignore the badges for now, they're going to be incorrect for a short period! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Admin Greg Posted June 23, 2021 Forum Admin Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 Search re-index has been completely and the badge reindex has started. Note, while the badge DB redindex is running, the badges will no longer show... So it'll be a few hours before everything is displaying properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted June 23, 2021 Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 (edited) Badges ? Edited June 23, 2021 by bush_cheney2004 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argus Posted June 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 7 hours ago, Greg said: Search re-index has been completely and the badge reindex has started. Note, while the badge DB redindex is running, the badges will no longer show... So it'll be a few hours before everything is displaying properly. You know where I said I'd been here fourteen years? I was wrong. It's seventeen years. Holy Jesus! You've kept this forum you built going for an unbelievable amount of time! I hope you're getting a special badge, boyo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougar Posted June 24, 2021 Report Share Posted June 24, 2021 9 hours ago, bush_cheney2004 said: Badges ? Stinky Badgers ??? Thanks for the laugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Admin Greg Posted June 24, 2021 Forum Admin Report Share Posted June 24, 2021 15 hours ago, Argus said: You've kept this forum you built going for an unbelievable amount of time! Ha, thanks. It hard to believe, but I was member #1 registered in Dec 29, 2000! I'm not certain, but this might be one of the oldest (and longest running) political forums on the Net. We'd certainly be in the running in Canada... But I might be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OftenWrong Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 I note we are all Grand Masters now. Doesn't seem right. Like having too many chiefs, or something. This could also be communism... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 29, 2021 Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 11 hours ago, OftenWrong said: I note we are all Grand Masters now. Doesn't seem right. Like having too many chiefs, or something. This could also be communism... Also, I notice that the "First Post" badge is considered rare. Wouldn't that have to be the most common badge awarded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OftenWrong Posted June 29, 2021 Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 14 minutes ago, bcsapper said: Also, I notice that the "First Post" badge is considered rare. Wouldn't that have to be the most common badge awarded? It’s like when your kid’s on a soccer team and everybody gets an award every time they play nobody loses nobody wins no score is kept in fact there is no ball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betsy Posted June 29, 2021 Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 (edited) I have had two notices already - one for one year, and now for being "dedicated." I didn't click them - wary they might be a scam or viruses. Edited June 29, 2021 by betsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Admin Greg Posted July 1, 2021 Forum Admin Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 On 6/28/2021 at 9:22 PM, bcsapper said: Also, I notice that the "First Post" badge is considered rare. Wouldn't that have to be the most common badge awarded? In theory yes, but because this is such a large forum, it attracts ALOT of spammers. Those spammers will register and then will either be immediately blocked (via an external spam filtering service), or they will post their spam and then one of the mods will ban them. So basically we have 80K + spammer accounts in the DB all of which have no posts associated with their account (cause when we mark them as spammers, their spam is removed). So if you're not a spammer, it's a good chance you've posted at least once. And because spammers outnumber members, you've in a "rare" group of members who've posted at least once. The rare badge is assigned to tasks that less than 5% of members have achieved. So the solution to this is to prune the spammers from the DB - which I've considered doing... but that might cause some unintended consequences... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Greg said: In theory yes, but because this is such a large forum, it attracts ALOT of spammers. Those spammers will register and then will either be immediately blocked (via an external spam filtering service), or they will post their spam and then one of the mods will ban them. So basically we have 80K + spammer accounts in the DB all of which have no posts associated with their account (cause when we mark them as spammers, their spam is removed). So if you're not a spammer, it's a good chance you've posted at least once. And because spammers outnumber members, you've in a "rare" group of members who've posted at least once. The rare badge is assigned to tasks that less than 5% of members have achieved. So the solution to this is to prune the spammers from the DB - which I've considered doing... but that might cause some unintended consequences... Ah. Makes sense. Edited July 1, 2021 by bcsapper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yzermandius19 Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 some forum members are having trouble posting after this update what is that about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Anthony Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 What can you tell us that they can not tell us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Admin Greg Posted July 12, 2021 Forum Admin Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 On 7/5/2021 at 7:02 AM, Yzermandius19 said: some forum members are having trouble posting after this update @Yzermandius19 This is the first I've heard of any problems. If someone tells you they're having an issue, tell them to post a message in the support forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yzermandius19 Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Greg said: @Yzermandius19 This is the first I've heard of any problems. If someone tells you they're having an issue, tell them to post a message in the support forum. they are having trouble posting during some times and not during others the user I know who it is effecting, doesn't care enough to report the issue, but I thought I'd give you a heads up that it is an issue since the update Edited July 12, 2021 by Yzermandius19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Admin Greg Posted July 14, 2021 Forum Admin Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 On 7/12/2021 at 12:24 PM, Yzermandius19 said: the user I know who it is effecting, doesn't care enough to report the issue, but I thought I'd give you a heads up that it is an issue since the update OK, I appreciate the note, but please encourage that user to send me a note when something like that occurs. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Admin Greg Posted August 4, 2021 Forum Admin Report Share Posted August 4, 2021 On 7/1/2021 at 11:54 AM, Greg said: So the solution to this is to prune the spammers from the DB - which I've considered doing... but that might cause some unintended consequences... Just so everyone is aware, I've pruned the spammer accounts, and we're down to about 10K accounts (most are dormant). After pruning I initiated a recount of everyone's badge counts. This should correct most of the "RARE" badge issues that were cropping up before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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