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TUrtLE1625 Champion Author Oregon Posts:659,091 Points:3,660,965 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jan 16, 2013 8:36:49 AM Ignore TUrtLE1625 Report Abuse As of 5:35 PST, the consecutive days number for today has not increased.

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As of 5:35 PST, the consecutive days number for today has not increased.

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janrey Champion Author Columbia Posts:39,705 Points:2,941,160 Joined:Jun 2004	Message Posted: Feb 13, 2013 3:30:23 PM Ignore janrey Report Abuse Wow I never knew about the reinstatement. I lost around 2500 but just restarted and realized it didn't really matter. Can't sweat the small stuff.
computerperson Rookie Author Winnipeg Posts:30 Points:501,575 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Feb 7, 2013 10:47:20 PM Ignore computerperson Report Abuse My consecutive days went form around 60 two days ago, to 0 yesterday, to 22 today. The systems has done this to me 3 times in the past, and I notice the system has difficulties if you make entries around 12:00am local time. Admin told be "you missed making an entry on a certain date, which I didn't, but it is hardly worth the bother. I no longer worry about consecutive days and ignore them. Just one bad spot in an otherwise good site.
John747 Champion Author Chicago Posts:474,663 Points:3,652,610 Joined:Aug 2001	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2013 11:14:56 PM Ignore John747 Report Abuse Yes we lost a day back then. For those with a lot of consecutive days it doesn't matter. Somewhere in the past we all had 2 extra days added to us. I've seen a few people temporarily lose their streak for things like power outages. If you petition GasBuddy they might reinstate you. At that time you would lose the 2 extra days. If you didn't have a whole lotta consecutive days then you lost a day. Scrapheap - from what I've seen the consecutive days is updated at 6AM Central time.
Scrapheap Champion Author Virginia Posts:14,692 Points:2,386,530 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2013 9:22:12 PM Ignore Scrapheap Report Abuse That 1 is yesterday's activity. The consecutive days is updated shortly after 6 a.m. Eastern Time and reflects the total consecutive days as of midnight in Hawaii the previous day. [Edited by: Scrapheap at 2/5/2013 9:22:38 PM EST]
HeavyDuty_cache Champion Author Omaha Posts:13,057 Points:2,504,080 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2013 6:53:58 PM Ignore HeavyDuty_cache Report Abuse I posted prices via the app for iPhone yesterday February 4th and I see that my consecutive days are back at 1 today. Why? Do the days not count if you use the app?
waynester1955 Veteran Author Ontario Posts:284 Points:214,410 Joined:Aug 2009	Message Posted: Jan 30, 2013 3:39:25 AM Ignore waynester1955 Report Abuse I seem to lose days a few times per year
rho Champion Author Sacramento Posts:32,164 Points:3,525,520 Joined:May 2003	Message Posted: Jan 21, 2013 11:49:44 PM Ignore rho Report Abuse Lost 1 Consecutive Days. 2,156 Consecutive Days. Should be 2,157 System was not updated 1/16/2013.
RichWLIN Champion Author Indiana Posts:4,249 Points:666,565 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Jan 21, 2013 3:34:13 PM Ignore RichWLIN Report Abuse I think Turtle said earlier in this thread that he did contact a moderator directly, and that he received multiple responses, some of which he bothered to share with members here. I don't care much about losing a day but admit to being curious as to why it happened once this thread was underway. Others obvioulsy were as well. I sure don't consider the act of pointing out a problem and trying to find out if and how the server crash impacted others (while waiting for the typically slower moderator response) out of line with the concept of TBTU. RG
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:26,197 Points:3,061,500 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Jan 21, 2013 12:41:22 PM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse kwzh wrote: "I lost all of mine; I'm not sure how many that is, since I haven't been archiving my counter." I don't know why anyone would want to archive their counter, let alone know how to archive my own. The only reason I could think of to want to would be in the expectation that the consecutive days list hasn't increased and so you have "proof" to provide the Gas Buddy moderators. But is the consecutive day list really that important to warrant the number of topics started, let alone the number of posts responding to those topics? I realize that one member noted (in another thread) that her consecutive days number reverted to zero (before it was reinstated) and she had apparent concern about her standing versus her "classmates", all of who still had some 190 or so days. And I realize that there are a number of members that haven't missed a days in a half dozen or more years, some since near the inception of Gas Buddy. But if they eliminated the consecutive days list, and the 90-day wings or number of messages posted for that matter, very few members would object. I can't believe the number of topics that have been started because "My consecutive days amount has disappeared...", "I didn't get credit for a day...", and the inevitable "I thought I posted but I must have forgot so please give me a "make-up" day and give me credit for the gas prices I didn't post and messages I forgot to post." Better, if anything needs or should be listed (but it's something for a different topic) would be the number of gas prices posted. After all, isn't the primary function of this website? I would ask "Does anyone really care that much about how many consecutive days they've posted" but I already know the answer. And, like kwzh, I don't think it's worth worrying about, let alone worth starting topics about it. Better, if it's really that important, would be to contact the moderators directly and leave "Talk Back To Us" to more substantive issues that actually might draw the interest and comments of fellow members. In my opinion.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:82,171 Points:3,281,170 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jan 21, 2013 10:03:34 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse I'm not sure why this is such a big deal????
TUrtLE1625 Champion Author Oregon Posts:659,091 Points:3,660,965 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jan 21, 2013 7:36:28 AM Ignore TUrtLE1625 Report Abuse rho, I don't follow your explanation. kwzh, I agree. Remember when we tried to get them to drop the consecutive days? They mean nothing, especially with the reinstatement. They'd have more time to pursue other issues if they didn't have to fool with "conseutive" days.
kwzh Champion Author San Jose Posts:20,790 Points:3,710,915 Joined:Jul 2001	Message Posted: Jan 21, 2013 4:45:28 AM Ignore kwzh Report Abuse I lost all of mine; I'm not sure how many that is, since I haven't been archiving my counter. I decided not to file a report, since I'm not really a fan of the whole consecutive days counting in the first place, and I believe that it's bad to get too attached to something that can vanish so easily.
rho Champion Author Sacramento Posts:32,164 Points:3,525,520 Joined:May 2003	Message Posted: Jan 20, 2013 11:45:18 PM Ignore rho Report Abuse Lost 1 Consecutive Day. 2,155 Consecutive Days. Should be 2,156 System was not updated 1/16/2013. Those that lost 2 days, may have depended on when the server problem started and fixed vs when you posted on both of those two days in question.
buckeyecountry Champion Author Ohio Posts:8,188 Points:727,680 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Jan 20, 2013 11:44:26 AM Ignore buckeyecountry Report Abuse I never even noticed.
TUrtLE1625 Champion Author Oregon Posts:659,091 Points:3,660,965 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jan 20, 2013 9:01:00 AM Ignore TUrtLE1625 Report Abuse scout, succinctly stated. I still want to know why everyone else lost 1 day and I was "lucky" enough to lose 2.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:82,171 Points:3,281,170 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jan 20, 2013 6:42:35 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse You can never get back lost days!
rho Champion Author Sacramento Posts:32,164 Points:3,525,520 Joined:May 2003	Message Posted: Jan 20, 2013 12:41:36 AM Ignore rho Report Abuse Lost 1 Consecutive Day. 2,154 Consecutive Days. Should be 2,155, System was not updated 1/16/2013. [Edited by: rho at 1/20/2013 12:46:30 AM EST]
TUrtLE1625 Champion Author Oregon Posts:659,091 Points:3,660,965 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jan 18, 2013 10:34:33 AM Ignore TUrtLE1625 Report Abuse Rich, true, but I lost 2 days! :-\
RichWLIN Champion Author Indiana Posts:4,249 Points:666,565 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Jan 18, 2013 9:34:53 AM Ignore RichWLIN Report Abuse I think everyone lost a day as a result of the Tue-Wed (15th-16th) server issue.
fundogs Champion Author Boston Posts:5,510 Points:1,080,550 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Jan 18, 2013 7:46:33 AM Ignore fundogs Report Abuse I'm still off by 1 day. On Jan 14, I was at 326. On Jan 15, 16 and 17 I was at 327. On the 17th I posted before 6:00 AM eastern time so after 6:00 it did change to 328. Today, Jan 18, it is at 329. You can see my tracking of this at: http://www.bostongasprices.com/Forum_MSG.aspx?master=&category=1235&topic=207865&page_no=1
TUrtLE1625 Champion Author Oregon Posts:659,091 Points:3,660,965 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jan 17, 2013 11:05:38 AM Ignore TUrtLE1625 Report Abuse RichWLIN, I have since received a couple more IM's from Ryan, and yes I have now lost 2 days, but he tells me no more and Friday I will finally increase from 3600 to 3601. We shall see.
RichWLIN Champion Author Indiana Posts:4,249 Points:666,565 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Jan 17, 2013 10:59:12 AM Ignore RichWLIN Report Abuse TUrtLE1625 asked: "Anyone else find this?" Might this not have something to do with the explanation you provided below? Seems they may have restarted your counter and subsequently subtracted the 2 day advance from 2008? Mine was stuck on 500 for two days (Tuesday and Wednesday) as a result of the Wednesday morning server glitch but it has now advanced to 501 as of this morning and is again apparently functioning correctly. My lost day will likely just stay lost. I'm not sure that it really matters much. RG
TUrtLE1625 Champion Author Oregon Posts:659,091 Points:3,660,965 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jan 17, 2013 10:03:54 AM Ignore TUrtLE1625 Report Abuse Anyone else find this? I had 3061 consecutive days when I got up this morning. It's now back to 3600 for the 3rd day in a row!
TUrtLE1625 Champion Author Oregon Posts:659,091 Points:3,660,965 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jan 17, 2013 8:21:02 AM Ignore TUrtLE1625 Report Abuse Okay folks, here is the IM I received from GB mod Don yesterday about Consecutive Days. "When updating Consecutive Days, there may be some members with lots of days whose count could actually decrease. This is due to a glitch that happened back in 2008, where member consecutive days suddenly increased by 2 more days than what they actually were. The problem was fixed, but we left the extra 2 days tacked on to user's counts, rather than take them away and receive large volumes of backlash. The problem now is, if we update CDs for users from this period, all it does is recount from the last missed day, which in return corrects that old "problem". So, when it comes to make a correction for an older, more established username such as your own, re-running the counter will actually take away 1 more day, seemingly not correcting the count, and "updating" it to the way it was originally tabulated. I hope this explanation helps."
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:82,171 Points:3,281,170 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jan 17, 2013 7:56:10 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse Is the day you are missing today? If so, it isn't counted until tomorrow. And if your speed lines are still there, you haven't lost a day.
mwhals Champion Author Charleston Posts:14,241 Points:2,475,985 Joined:Jun 2006	Message Posted: Jan 17, 2013 7:50:44 AM Ignore mwhals Report Abuse I am missing a day too and this should not count against reinstatement since it is no fault of us. If the site is going to have it, then it should be correct.
crmedic Champion Author Arkansas Posts:2,909 Points:248,475 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Jan 17, 2013 7:46:58 AM Ignore crmedic Report Abuse I'm missing a day too!
vando45 Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:11,560 Points:2,248,525 Joined:Jan 2007	Message Posted: Jan 17, 2013 7:36:59 AM Ignore vando45 Report Abuse My consecutive days are still off by 1. < The consecutive days will not change. If you want to know why contact the mods. > Yes, please post the reason here. Is this permanent?
TUrtLE1625 Champion Author Oregon Posts:659,091 Points:3,660,965 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jan 17, 2013 7:04:01 AM Ignore TUrtLE1625 Report Abuse The consecutive days will not change. If you want to know why contact the mods. Remember when consecutive days was an added feature? We tried to get them to discontinue it, but it didn't happen. Also, because of reinstatement, at one time multiple times, now limited to 3 times, it really means nothing. Enough said.
Scrapheap Champion Author Virginia Posts:14,692 Points:2,386,530 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Jan 17, 2013 6:33:09 AM Ignore Scrapheap Report Abuse I used to care about this trivia. Now I only look at the lists when lgppa writes on my whiteboard a congrats about hitting some milestone or when someone is whining about one of these lists. I'm wondering how long it will take you to figure out that none of these lists are particularly important.
RichWLIN Champion Author Indiana Posts:4,249 Points:666,565 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Jan 17, 2013 6:18:53 AM Ignore RichWLIN Report Abuse Seems that lost day is just going to fall through the crack of time.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:82,171 Points:3,281,170 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jan 17, 2013 6:18:52 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse Mine are fine~
mwhals Champion Author Charleston Posts:14,241 Points:2,475,985 Joined:Jun 2006	Message Posted: Jan 16, 2013 5:50:55 PM Ignore mwhals Report Abuse Mine is also the same as yesterday. Gas Buddy changes the numbers in the morning. Since it was down, it didn't happen. It will likely self correct tomorrow morning.
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:26,197 Points:3,061,500 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Jan 16, 2013 10:51:36 AM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse TUrtLE1625: Understood.
TUrtLE1625 Champion Author Oregon Posts:659,091 Points:3,660,965 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jan 16, 2013 10:43:04 AM Ignore TUrtLE1625 Report Abuse Thanks to the rest of you who also noticed some stats not updated. Gas_Buddy, I keep a small "GB" calendar where I record my Consecutive days, how many days at my current rank and GB birthdays of those I message with. I agree that the incorrect numbers are probably due to the 3 hour down time early this morning.
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:26,197 Points:3,061,500 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Jan 16, 2013 10:28:08 AM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse "This is why I keep a separate spreadsheet of the half-year points, total points, and consecutive days, as well as screen shots, to prove what is correct." Seriously? You keep a spreadsheet and and take screen shots of Gas Buddy just to prove what's correct? Screen shots of everything you do on Gas Buddy and all your statuses/points-etc standings? You do this continually? Are there that many things you need to prove that Gas Buddy won't acknowledge or accept your word for? Or am I not understanding the reasoning for the spreadsheet, screen shots, etc.
RichWLIN Champion Author Indiana Posts:4,249 Points:666,565 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Jan 16, 2013 10:13:11 AM Ignore RichWLIN Report Abuse Seems to be connected to the website downtime this morning. Yesterday, another member wrote me congratulating me for 500 consecutive days. Today it is still 500 days. I wouldn't worry about it.
TUrtLE1625 Champion Author Oregon Posts:659,091 Points:3,660,965 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jan 16, 2013 9:15:35 AM Ignore TUrtLE1625 Report Abuse Gas_Buddy, that is incorrect. My consecutive days for today should be 3601.
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:26,197 Points:3,061,500 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Jan 16, 2013 9:05:54 AM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse As of 9:03 a.m. Eastern time, January 16, you show the following in your profile: Member Profile Home Site: Oregon Joined: Mar 11, 2003 Total Points: 3,508,715 GasBuddy Age: 9 Years 314 Days Title: Champion Author Overall Rank: 101 Forum Posts: 640428 Consecutive Days: 3600
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:26,197 Points:3,061,500 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Jan 16, 2013 9:04:47 AM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse [Post duplicated; this post deleted.] [Edited by: Gas_Buddy at 1/16/2013 9:08:22 AM EST]