User statistic not accurate after manual mass deletion of content

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User statistics can become inaccurate after manual mass deletion of content. Specifically, four statistics - topics created, posts created, likes received, and solutions received - can become incorrect. In one instance, Serdar reported that these statistics displayed random integers instead of resetting to 0. Although some statistics may appear to increase over time, they are likely incorrect. JammyDodger acknowledges that this is an unusual scenario but highlights the importance of being aware of the effects of manual content pruning on user statistics.

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When a lot and all content is deleted from a forumer, by another user, 4 statistics will be incorrect - topics created, posts created, likes received and solutions received.

Prior to being deleted, they were all positive integers.

After being deleted:

  • topics created is a random negative integer

  • posts created is a random negative integer

  • likes received is a random positive integer

  • solutions is a random positive integer

These statistics should all be at 0 under normal circumstances.

I had reproduced this on devforum.roblox.com, which uses Discourse forum software, I even have a video on it: https://youtu.be/8QLNurYG6nY

Post Reproduction:

2 months have passed since I achieved this and I began publishing new topics and topic replies again. And I have noticed that all statistics but the solutions received have been increasing, probably as I have been gaining the other 3 statistics and have not had a post marked to be as a solution yet. However, the increasing statistics are not correct.

See: Profile - MasterSapphireFrost - DevForum | Roblox

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It is unusual for a user’s content to be deleted in such a fashion but their user details be left in place. I think the regular methods of user deletion or anonymisation would normally account for this in practical terms.

That said, I think it is useful to know the effects of some outlier cases so we can form a picture, so thanks for mentioning this. :+1: If we get more reports this will help us look into the issue further, but for now I think I would advise admins/moderators in general to be mindful of the effects of manually pruning content to such a large degree, and to make users aware that it can have an affect on the veracity of their stats.

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