Post date/time oddity

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Joe90
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19 Feb 2023, 5:39 am

I posted this post weeks ago but it has somehow appeared as the newest post I've made.
Is this a glitch?

viewtopic.php?f=24&t=409784&p=9219672#p9219672

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19 Feb 2023, 7:17 am

Joe90 wrote:

I posted this post weeks ago but it has somehow appeared as the newest post I've made.

Is this a glitch?

viewtopic.php?f=24&t=409784&p=9219672#p9219672

The only information we have is the information related to the post - the where and when it was posted.
I think it extremely unlikely a post would transplant itself in time due to a bug in the system, and you have made posts around this time before, so... :chin:

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19 Feb 2023, 2:35 pm

Cornflake wrote:

Joe90 wrote:

I posted this post weeks ago but it has somehow appeared as the newest post I've made.

Is this a glitch?

viewtopic.php?f=24&t=409784&p=9219672#p9219672

Does it say "posted today" on the post? Maybe from other people's devices it says different. But I know I posted that a few weeks ago, not today or yesterday.

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19 Feb 2023, 5:46 pm

She's right. The thread itself doesn't appear in a google cache that I can find, but check the "similar topics" out on this cached (26Jan) page:

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/ ... clnk&gl=uk

Suggests Joe90 made that post on the 22nd of January.

You may also notice from that same cached page that knowingtheautist bumps his threads. The bump notice disappears when someone replies to it.

I think that is what happened. Complete guess - I haven't ever noticed this before - but maybe timestamp of the last post in the thread is changed to the present time when it is bumped thereby making it appear at the top of the forum? Makes a sort of crude sense, albeit leaving Joe90 confused. I might do an experiment later.

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19 Feb 2023, 5:49 pm

Mikah wrote:

I might do an experiment later.

Please post any findings.

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19 Feb 2023, 5:53 pm

funeralxempire wrote:

Please post any findings.

Already done. I was correct in my guess. I just bumped my anti-vax thread and it changed the timestamp of traven's post - the most recent in that thread.

Before bump: