Summary

@authorpendragon via H&S

This is seriously worrying. Although I doubt that devices matter in this, I'm on Chromebook and Mac Air/High Sierra/Firefox. Minds has given us a sub-channel of our published blogposts. Nice touch. However, I had a massive amount of unlisted blogposts, which have suddenly vanished...and many of my published ones, several the work of months each, are missing. The article below for example comes from my Gail McGowan Mellor channel. It was the product of months of research, writing and fielding comments, yet missing completely from the new blog gallery set-up.

I retrieved it from way down the list in the Boost Console.

Anything never boosted (ALL my unlisted work) is of course not retrievable that way. As worrying, although I can get this particular article from Boost, republishing it does not make it show up in the new blogpost listing.

I've lost access to at least 4/5 of my work. Please restore the previous set-up. I cannot even inventory the amount of loss, which is not balanced by a glitzy new format.

This is critically important because some blog posters like @authorpendragon, but incredibly amounts of effort into their blogs, and the drafts can take months to finalise.

Steps to reproduce

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Platform information

Chromebook and Mac Air/High Sierra/Firefox

What is the current bug behavior?

The user cannot see the majority of their blog drafts

What is the expected correct behavior?

The user should be able to see all of their previous blog drafts.

Relevant logs and/or screenshots

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Possible fixes

I believe the workaround to this is to re-index the post manually. Regardless this should not be necessary.

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Super relieved to hear that you are on this. Thank you from all of us. To reproduce:

1. Look for https://www.minds.com/GailMcGowanMellor/blog/those-lowlife-trolls-trying-to-divide-minds-and-cut-it-off-f-911022362963087360 See? It exists, is being commented upon. I first published it in the fall of last year.

2. I just republished that post, having found it in Boost. [Check Boost on that channel, It's there.]

3. It has disappeared along with at least 50 blogposts -- years of work -- from my @gailmcgowanmellor and @authorpendragon channels. [Try to find it in my @gailmcgowanmellor gallery, where it should be. It isn't there.]

So it still exists on Minds' servers (you can find it on Boost).

Access to it however has been lost. At this writing at least, republishing that post from Boost has not replaced it in my Blog Gallery. If something is not in Boost, moreover, it cannot be found or even be republished; it's just lost -- like ALL my unlisted work and much of my published work, completely disappeared.

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Further examples

https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1054431251830112256

https://www.minds.com/BigbyLupo/

Here is a list of links to every blog that has disappeared from my page. If you could make them return without me having to edit them that would be awesome, thank you.

3D Printing Pandora's Box: Plotting Human Obsolesce https://www.minds.com/blog/view/707440303547621386

How to protest on Minds https://www.minds.com/blog/view/756898149326397440

Big Deal with Bigby Lupo: @Porpoiseful_Discussion https://www.minds.com/blog/view/745813848769961984

Big Deal with Bigby Lupo: @Anita Roars https://www.minds.com/blog/view/740450447482953744

Mind Yourself: Censorship on Minds. https://www.minds.com/blog/view/743173522863431680

Deception of the "Separation of Church and State." https://www.minds.com/blog/view/742201129890226181

Evidence the Bible Does Not Promote Rape or the Unfair Treatment of Anyone https://www.minds.com/blog/view/712719921540243456

Facebook Euthanasia: Censorship Killed the Media Star https://www.minds.com/blog/view/705047974706683918

The Myths About Leadership and How Anyone Can Be a Great Leader https://www.minds.com/blog/view/705792787198517266

Keeping a Positive Attitude and Being a Great Team Member https://www.minds.com/blog/view/701768963037601808