Online or Offline? Mystery of Posts Showing Wrong Status

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Users are experiencing discrepancies between their online status and post visibility, with some posts appearing as offline despite recent activity. Instances have been noted where members seem online one day but show as inactive the next. Additionally, a significant drop in post counts has been reported, with one member losing around 300 posts. These issues may be related to caching problems or a recount feature that recalibrates post counts. Overall, the inconsistencies raise concerns about the accuracy of online status and post tracking.
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A lot of the time, I am online but I'll see posts that I have just made and they will say that I'm offline. I happened to make three separate posts in a row in a thread just now, and the first and third posts show me as offline, the second shows me as online. Weird.
 

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Weird. I've also seen people online, but the next day their profile shows they haven't been online for days.

Another member's post count dropped by around 300 posts.
 
Evo said:
Weird. I've also seen people online, but the next day their profile shows they haven't been online for days.

Another member's post count dropped by around 300 posts.

Could be some cache problems. The post count drop could have been because I did a post recount that recalculates some members post count numbers.
 

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