Don't understand Ning -- Comment added cant find it

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Permalink Reply by Sue R. on August 25, 2008 at 5:51pm

Kathy, I just got an email saying "vivian" added a comment to my home page. When I clicked the link through, I found no new comment. Was your phantom comment from vivian, too?

I hope this is just a fluke, or a computer glitch, and not some sort of malware/viral scheme. I'm gonna report this to Steve Hargadon and hope he can figure it out.

~Sue

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Permalink Reply by DoonePlace on August 25, 2008 at 5:53pm

I saw a message on the Ning Creators today about a Vivian being banned. When you ban someone all of the comments and postings of the bannee are deleted from Ning. She must have posted the comment and then was banned before you were able to read the comment.;

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Permalink Reply by Sue R. on August 25, 2008 at 5:59pm

Thanks to both you and Steve for explaining the phenomenon!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hargadon on August 25, 2008 at 5:58pm

DoonePlace is exactly right. Vivian posted a number of comments today and a couple of members alerted me that she was "spamming" them. I looked at her profile and quickly determined to "ban" her (Ning's terminology for removing a member). When you ban a member, it removes all of his or her content, and so that's why you couldn't find anything when you clicked through from the email notification.

I'm glad you asked the question!

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Permalink Reply by Barbara on August 25, 2008 at 7:12pm

Thanks...that clears up my mystery too

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