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Did profiles on this discussions site get reset at some point? I’ve seen a lot of people talk about ways to access previously saved threads using Google search but no explanation as to what actually happened.
for example, here’s a thread of mine from 2021, but as you can see in my profile, it looks like my profile was created late last year now
Safari Version 14.0.1 Unexpectedly Quits - Apple Community
iPhone 13 Pro
Bradley Wagner wrote:
[I] can't find any of my posts or threads.
If they're from 21 years ago, then I'm not surprised. The 'My Subscriptions' page only shows threads from the last 120 days normally (and as of right now, only the last seven days while they perform maintenance).
And I've heard people discuss searching google: "Bradley Wagner site:discussions.apple.com. But can't figure out why that's necessary.
This website is crawled by search engines, so results from here can show up on Google. By searching...
site:discussions.apple.com "Bradley Wagner"
...you tell Google to only give you results from "discussions.apple.com" (this website) that include your name, exactly (hence the quotes). Here are a few posts of yours that come up when searching:
From 2017 - iCloud Safari tabs from macOS not showing… - Apple Community
From 2018 - Can I change the direction of 3 finger sw… - Apple Community
From 2020 - MacBook Pro 13" display flickers frequent… - Apple Community
Bradley Wagner wrote:
[I] can't find any of my posts or threads.
If they're from 21 years ago, then I'm not surprised. The 'My Subscriptions' page only shows threads from the last 120 days normally (and as of right now, only the last seven days while they perform maintenance).
And I've heard people discuss searching google: "Bradley Wagner site:discussions.apple.com. But can't figure out why that's necessary.
This website is crawled by search engines, so results from here can show up on Google. By searching...
site:discussions.apple.com "Bradley Wagner"
...you tell Google to only give you results from "discussions.apple.com" (this website) that include your name, exactly (hence the quotes). Here are a few posts of yours that come up when searching:
From 2017 - iCloud Safari tabs from macOS not showing… - Apple Community
From 2018 - Can I change the direction of 3 finger sw… - Apple Community
From 2020 - MacBook Pro 13" display flickers frequent… - Apple Community
Your included screenshot shows you have been a member since October 21, 2003 (almost 21 years ago). Does that time frame seem correct?
Bradley Wagner wrote:
Thanks! Do you know if there's any way to access the threads I've participated in my screenshot above? They're not specifically subscriptions.
Sure, the delimited web search can help with that too. If there's a specific topic you're looking for, you can add it:
site:discussions.apple.com "Bradley Wagner" iCloud
...using iCloud as an example. Or, see them all by clicking here- this brings up not only your posts but also any posts you've replied to. There's not quite 21 results, but if some of those posts were extremely old there's a good chance they were 'purged' from ASC at some point to clean things up, or were never crawled. Also, any posts you replied to that later were removed due to the author breaking a rule still count towards your thread participation count but won't show up in search results.
Of course, you can always ask a new question if you need support with something. I expect any replies to your decades-old posts would be long outdated by now anyway.
I see this:
but can't find any of my posts or threads. And I've heard people discuss searching google: "Bradley Wagner site:discussions.apple.com. But can't figure out why that's necessary.
Wow. yes, sorry. So then my question is where did all my posts and saved replies here.
Thanks! Do you know if there's any way to access the threads I've participated in my screenshot above? They're not specifically subscriptions.
There is also currently a temporary limit of seven days for recent posts. It has something to do with maintenance. But, even if that wasn't in place, there is still a limit, more like 60-90 days.
Thanks again!
Bradley Wagner wrote:
Thanks again!
Happy to help.
what happened to my profile in this community
