Empty Forum Posting History

Hi,

My Forum Posting History comes up as empty, despite the fact that I have posted on numerous forums. Here's one, for example:

http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/justcause2/show_msgs.php?topic_id=m-1-54250201&pid=943500

Mine is the last post in the thread.

But when I go to my profile to view previous posts, it says there's nothing, and tells me to "get cracking". The post above is less than 12 months old, so it's hardly ancient. Is there a time limit to how long you keep track of contributions? Surely if the thread is still there then my posts should still be recorded.

Can you assist?

Thanks.

Um, I'm confused, didn't you click the link I provided? The thread is still there, and very much on GameSpot. I didn't post on GameFAQs, I posted here. The thread is locked, sure, but then all threads are locked after inactivity, but it's still present and all the posts are visible, including mine.

It's pure luck that I found it in the first place, I just happened to be browsing topics and stumbled across one of my posts. I've no way of finding any of my other 34 posts as my posting history has nothing in it.

I'd be grateful if you could look again at this issue, as it seems like you answered a different question to the one I asked.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

The-Apostle is actually spot on. That thread you linked may still exist, but it's archived. As far as GameSpot is concerned, that thread is no longer directly accessible, so you won't see it in your posting history.

The same applies to almost all posts made to the shared game boards that are a couple of months old.

The-Apostle is actually spot on. That thread you linked may still exist, but it's archived. As far as GameSpot is concerned, that thread is no longer directly accessible, so you won't see it in your posting history.

The same applies to almost all posts made to the shared game boards that are a couple of months old.dab198

Like I said, if you look at the message board directly, you won't be able to find the topic. However, a quick search on the GameFAQs side will net you this result. Archived topics can only be found on an outside search engine, as seen here.

Well, that's just bizarre. It wasn't like I posted on GameFAQs initially, you'd think that if I found a forum on THIS website and posted on it, it would be preserved just like anything else. Makes absolutely no sense, in my mind, but if that's the way it is, well, there you go.

Thanks for the search tip, anyway, unlikely a method as it is, I can actually find my posts using Google. Pretty surreal that I have to use a 3rd party to track my contributions, but it's something, I suppose.

Ah well. Thanks for letting me know, anyway. Nice to know that something as massive, well-known, and supposedly "game"-focused as GameSpot doesn't actually take ownership of a large chunk of game-related content that it features on its own pages. I guess that's the price for being such a massively sprawling entity.