Thread disappeared

Last week I contributed or started a thread about swap space in Debian Squeeze. I described two computer configurations, one Atom/1GB and an AMD something with 4GB. I was complaining about my 4 GB machine filling up memory in a few days and then start swapping.

In one of the answers the word swappiness was used, and how to set it in /etc/syscntl.conf. I replied at least once to that thread.

99% of the time I sign my posts with the word jlinkels. I can't imagine I did not sign any of these posts this time. It is in the message body, not in the signature.

The posts were most likely made during the weekend of Oct 22. Not more than a week before, not after Oct 25.

I can't find that thread anymore. Not in my subscriptions, not looking for the keywords jlinkels or swappiness. That is unusual, I hardly ever unsubscribe from threads, and certainly not technical relevant threads. I also checked the Debian forum chronoligically, and could not find the thread there either.

Threads are not supposed to disappear, are they?

jlinkels

It may have been deleted if it were shown to be a spam thread or if the user was a spammer and the thread was seen as one of the "normal" threads spammers use to convince us that they are benign. Do you remember the name of the thread starter?

Unfortunately I don't remember the thread starter. Based on contents you would not consider that thread as spam. There were 8-10 posts eventually, and a quite normal discussion. I recognize those spammers posting messages which seem to be benign, I know what you mean.

If it is regular practice to delete threads without a trace you might have deleted it by accident, or based on the last post if that was spam. It was not really extremely important. However if threads disappear due to technical issues, that would be reason for concern.

jlinkels

I'm not able find any post made by your userid that contains the word 'swappiness' (aside from the OP in this thread). I've verified this on both the master and slave servers, to ensure it's not a replication or search server issue. Do you have any additional information that may help me track this potential issue down?

--jeremy

You mean the thread over on forums.debian.net ? ...

No

no

nooooooooooooooooooooooooo


It is true! Once in blue moon I post in another forum and I make now this mistake!

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I AM SO SORRY FOR WASTING YOUR TIME!

jlinkels

my my, reminds me of a time a friend of mine accidentally typed something rather embarrassing intended for an MSN chat with one of her other friends into a public irc channel. oops.