Blog Catalog Discussion: NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.

crkian on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

crkian — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:20:35 -0500

I suffer from dataloss all the time so I would proberbly of forgotten what was lost by this time tomorrow anyway

clioandme on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

clioandme — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:17:21 -0500

Phew! I thought this was a new thread. False alarm. Why are people digging up this old thing? It's almost irresponsible giving people a heart attack like that.

Norski on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

Norski — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:10:15 -0500

(dumb!)

This happened in July, 2007.

No wonder.

Note to self: wake up, then read discussion threads.

Norski on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

Norski — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:07:53 -0500

Stuff happens, as the bowdlerized saying goes.

Thanks for keeping us up to date on what happened - and giving contact information for reporting missing pieces.

So far, I haven't found anything of mine missing.

silentbeautie on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

silentbeautie — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:17:42 -0500

Soo that's why it was dejavu when sfgirl added me. I knew she had been on my friend's list before. Well, I wonder who else is missing?

carol1461 on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

carol1461 — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:05:51 -0500

LOL! That explains why I lost all my friends and communities and had to start over. I thought I had done that in some way. Good to know that I am not that puter illiterate after all!

lis on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

lis — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:50:55 -0500

I've a missing review too. I got the email notification that told me I've a new review but I don't see it.

Theresa111 on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

Theresa111 — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:48:56 -0500

He's not being serious.

Theresa111 on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

Theresa111 — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:48:30 -0500

I'm serious guys.

louis3030 on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

louis3030 — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:33:15 -0500

I can be the backup memorizer as I can remember at least all 2 friends of mine.

Theresa111 on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

Theresa111 — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:25:35 -0500

I'm applying for a job with you guys. I'll be your BlogCatalog Liasion.
It could free up your time to do other things. I already have a PayPal Account.

Avinash on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

Avinash — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:41:07 -0500

Sorry to know about the data loss! Unfortunately, I started being active on Blog Catalog since 26th June, 2007 and when I logged into my account after 3 or 4 days, EVERYTHING is gone. 27+ community members, 107 blogs that I picked from the directory, 30+ friends, comments, messages, etc. :(

Should I smack my head on the desk? Nothing can be worse than this situation when you spend two days writing an article about MyBlogLog and Blog Catalog, trying to show Blog Catalog way nicer than MBL and suddenly, the sky falls on your head!

Anyway, I hope to survive. Be careful in the future, guys.

AnEnglishMum on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

AnEnglishMum — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:11:59 -0500

Just a blog review gone here... and looks like I'm 'Billy no-mates' as my widget is showing no one has visited me for weeks! Sniff! Hope you're not pulling out too much hair, guys...

louis3030 on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

louis3030 — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:55:18 -0500

good job doggy u r #1 4 honesty

louis3030 on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

louis3030 — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:53:05 -0500

how come its allways the dog who messes up?....but its not everyone who admits their mistakes so now we know that bc is on the level....

TonyB on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

TonyB — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:03:05 -0500

Simple explanation is we made a mistake.

There was no major technical issue. The mistake happened after 3 weeks of programming and the launch of the new blogcatalog design and functions.

The main reason we couldnt recover everthing is that growth on BlogCatalog over the past 2 months has been so fast that we didnt keep up on the server side of things.

By the end of this week, however, we will be running the community on much faster servers with more frequent backups. This way even if this occurs again (which is highly unlikely) our backup data will be a day old at the most.

LeoChiang on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

LeoChiang — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:32:58 -0500

Luckily I just joined not long ago, so my loss was minimal.

arisjulianta on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

arisjulianta — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:27:14 -0500

I got no effect on my account. Would you gimme short explanation about this trouble? sorry to hear it...

bloggingmix on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

bloggingmix — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:14:01 -0500

Opps... My friends and contacts are gone... I've just noticed it today. Yesterday, I thought that the only problem I've had was that some of the replies in the discussions I've created were deleted but just checked out my friends and they're all gone. I just have 2 friends. Those who've just added me today.

MarLa on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

MarLa — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:23:39 -0500

Apart from the loss of data - It seems my feed is not updating. How can I correct this?

stormin1961 on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

stormin1961 — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:05:33 -0500

i was wondering why my blog ranking dropped so much from yesterday.

thegoodknife on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

thegoodknife — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:38:21 -0500

i wish you would have told me that sooner. now i have to cancel the second one.

derrich on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

derrich — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:09:01 -0500

I still love you guys.

owengray on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

owengray — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:57:11 -0500

I wondered what had happened. But I do appreciate the heads up.

ccarey76 on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

ccarey76 — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:25:30 -0500

Its the blogcatalog mulligan of the year. They are allowed one ;)

tiziozep on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

tiziozep — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:18:15 -0500

same situation, after 25th june...nothing
waiting backup!

clockworkwar on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

clockworkwar — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:16:15 -0500

I joined on the date of the reset back - so I lost everything!

iluvmonkeys2 on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

iluvmonkeys2 — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:00:17 -0500

it happens guys...no worries...feel free to re-add me kids...i'll reciprocate all that come in...

mobiwan on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

mobiwan — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:18:50 -0500

Ahhh... my avatar rolled back and I lost a bunch of blog cred on my rank.

vixious on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

vixious — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:07:30 -0500

I joined on... yep, June 25th. LOL I find it kind of funny, really. Feel free to blame it all on my presence. :)

frenchkys on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

frenchkys — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:49:59 -0500

Yeah, same here. Hope everything goes back to normal soon.

bloggingmix on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

bloggingmix — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:17:08 -0500

No one expected this to happen. I've noticed that some of my replies in my discussions were lost and I have to change my pic. It's okay, no sweat doing it again.

I just hope that this thing will not happen again.

http://www.bloggingmix.com

bloggingmix on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

bloggingmix — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:16:37 -0500

clioandme on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

clioandme — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:29:32 -0500

I wonder if this makes the benevolent powers-that-be here wish they were running everything on Apple's Xserve? Probably not, but I couldn't resist.

clockworkwar on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

clockworkwar — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:49:19 -0500

Well done this had crippled my profile completely!!

AAACopywriter on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

AAACopywriter — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:35:08 -0500

You guys ought to be spanked. For that and for not replying to emails! :P

OMYWORD on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

OMYWORD — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:26:40 -0500

oops. Things like that happen. I noticed I was missing all my comments and neighbors and friends and...um...my face. I've replaced my face. :-)

wandadog13 on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

wandadog13 — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:01:11 -0500

doesn't anyone take back-ups any more or mirror servers??????

As someone commented earlier - its a good chance to clear out some of the junk and start re-discovering old friends and picking up a few new ones along the way.

Bad luck guys but that is life.

NewGreenEarth on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

NewGreenEarth — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:45:46 -0500

Oops have even lost my face.

NewGreenEarth on 'NOTICE: BlogCatalog Data Loss.'

NewGreenEarth — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:45:13 -0500

All gone for both my sites. Missing you all already.