Looking at a similar recent case in another thread, I would say that it seems that after a spam message is removed, the date and time of the previous (and now last) message are changed to the date and time of removal of the spam message. Not a very clever or convenient scheme, I would say.
If the spam removal is the culprit here, I have observed another little "glitch" in the process - "(Updated)."
I have found threads that show "(Updated)," but the remaining last reply (after spam removal), shows a previous date. In some of those cases, even after I view the thread, it will continue to show "(Updated)." The only way that I have found to clear that, is for someone else to Reply to that thread, and then, after viewing, "(Updated)" will finally "clear."
Hunt
Honest to goodness (and no disrespect intended - you really should always ask for perfection) "rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic" came to mind.
I can only begin to guess at what a monstrous mess the scripts that drive this forum must be, to have ongoing problems of this nature and a company whose stock has skyrocketed that's too afraid to fix them.
-Noel
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