Websites - time paradoxes and other derping-ups

[Feather Spiral 1,892]

We've all had these moments, right? On DeviantART, YouTube, blogs, forums...

Sometimes it's a new skin or theme that causes glitches, sometimes there's another cause you can point at, and at times there's nothing you can put your finger on.

 

In any case, the result is something that completely contradicts the facts. Clearly visible replies aren't counted, the date-time stamps are all wrong, thread/post/whatever's title in the list doesn't match the one you see after clicking it...

If you happen to notice such a thing, you have three options, which of course aren't mutually exclusive: go "lol glitch" or "ZOMFG SHIT GLITCH OHNOEZ" and flip out, take a screencap to show everyone, warn the admins of the website.

 

Well

If you have any memories, and preferably screenshots, of such events happening to you, post them here!

 

 

Remember my gift poem that I posted right before leaving for Christmas? Yeah, I was sad to see it with 0 views... then thought it was unusual after a long time, looked at the thread, and saw the brohoofs.

 

DA also omits things and decides to put 0 instead of another number sometimes.

 

And now for time paradoxes, YouTube apparently just had one. My mobile homepage did, at least.

 

I also recall seeing a DA journal, where one of the comments was apparently sent BEFORE the journal itself. I took a screencap of it, but I dont remember where I put it now.

 

 

 

Your turn. :3

[Jadefire 2,798]

I don't have any specific examples, but there have been a few times I'd see a youtube video that would only have a few dozen views, but over a hundred 'likes' on it. x3

[Viscra Maelstrom 3,718]

afaik, views only count on YouTube videos if you actually watch the whole video, and not just part of it. still unsure why it shows less views than there actually are, though.

 

not sure how views count in general, though, like artwork on dA.

[Feather Spiral 1,892]

Ah yeah, I noted that on YT too. It's a way to avoid bias.

Like, you just open the link, look at the first few seconds, then leave because you don't like what you see (or you were warned about things you're uncomfortable with). Or sometimes, you accidentally click on a video link, and a tiny portion loads (even plays) before you return.

A rational human being wouldn't count that as a "view".

 

BTW

I found the screencap of the DA time glitch I mention in the OP.

It was on my netbook (file salvaged from my lagtop), whereas I was on the iPad earlier.

 

UPDATE:

 

Same two glitches in the OP are still happening. The YouTube mobile time paradox (videos suggested "43 years ago"), and zero-view threads with brohoofs (The Neigh After Tomorrow, also other people's fanfics like Fox News Fanfiction and Harmony's Reign).

Edited January 12, 2013 by Feather Spiral