tumblr’s code may change but no notes ghost stays the same
Oh thank god
imagine the shit storm when tumblr finally becomes so dysfunctional that this post’s total notes is finally revealed
In case anyone’s curious about what happened to this post, it has to do with how we tally up notes. Likes and reblogs always add to the note count of the root post (the OP). However, the note count relies on the previous value of the root post before adding more notes to it.
Normally when you delete a post, it’s gone, but not gone gone. Just deleted from public never to be seen again. The database entry is still there, just inaccessible.
This post, however, the root post is just gone. Gone gone. Gone forever. Everything attached to it is still there, but since the root post is hard deleted (something that requires manual manipulation of the database), when the note counter tries to add notes to it, it gets nil to start with.
So it throws every new note into the void. Goodbye forever, notes.
I’m not sure if we’ll ever know the real number of notes on this post.
the real question is how and why the fuck did someone manually hard delete no notes ghost’s root post
If you say things like “autistic people are never successful” and you are also a Pokemon fan then you should probably sit down while I tell you the news about the creator of your beloved game series. Yeah, Satoshi Tajiri, creator of Pokemon and founder of gamefreak? Autistic
Also before anyone tries to play the “he’s so successful despite his autism” card I feel it’s important to point out much of the content in Pokemon was inspired by his special interest in bug collecting. Pokemon would not exist without him and the fact that he’s autistic.
