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Notification on a dead topic. spam? Hack?

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 2:37 pm
by kturock
I got an email notification and a notification here that a very old, dead topic got a new post.

Last post is 2013.

https://www.bartertown.com/trading/view ... ead#unread

Hello kturock,

You are receiving this notification because you are watching the topic
"(Repost from TGN): Verdict from GW vs. CHS" at "Bartertown.com". This
topic has received a reply by GearHead since your last visit. No more
notifications will be sent until you visit the topic.

It says that GearHead replied. Yet he has no posts on the topic.

Re: Notification on a dead topic. spam? Hack?

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 4:00 pm
by 3eland
Nah. He deleted his post immediately after leaving it.

If no one has read a post/comment in a conversation thread, the user can sometimes delete it immediately after leaving it.

So it sent you an email, but when you checked, the comment was already gone.

R

Re: Notification on a dead topic. spam? Hack?

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:06 pm
by kturock
Ok. I thought when he did that it would show either edited or deleted.

oki Kool.

Re: Notification on a dead topic. spam? Hack?

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:50 pm
by 3eland
We see on our side when it is deleted, which is the only reason I know what happened.

But yeah, it's all good :)

R