Where Did All my Listings Go

Lost internet for a few days and when I log back into the site all of my listings are missing. What the hell?? Is this a glitch or does the site delete trades after a certain amount of time?

imkincaid wrote: 2 years ago

Lost internet for a few days and when I log back into the site all of my listings are missing. What the hell?? Is this a glitch or does the site delete trades after a certain amount of time?

Trades automatically expire and are deleted after about 3 days if you're not here to keep them alive by bumping them.

mhlg wrote: 2 years ago

imkincaid wrote: 2 years ago

Lost internet for a few days and when I log back into the site all of my listings are missing. What the hell?? Is this a glitch or does the site delete trades after a certain amount of time?

Trades automatically expire and are deleted after about 3 days if you're not here to keep them alive by bumping them.

This. You may ask why? -It's actually great for data management since it filters the members who haven't used this site for some time and auto-deletes their offers thus prevents base to overflow with unused/irrelevant data. I would personally prefer that this is longer (for a period of 5-7 days) since I have a medical condition and it happens that I literally cannot get up from bed/access site for days straight, but I kinda worked around it [asked someone to check every other day if bump all button was pressed and if not to press it]... But yeah, basically they auto-delete for the sake of preserving server's performance to top shape, tidy up inactive users and their offers and keep things relevant and up-to-date.

P.S. We had a "freeze all trades button" but as far as I know it was bugging out and not working properly (deleting random trades -- something like that) so they removed that option for the best.

3days is too short or it should have options to reactive my listings.

This is why I stop using Diablo

Io and the website is dying.

Andys77a wrote: 1 year ago

3days is too short or it should have options to reactive my listings.

This is why I stop using Diablo

Io and the website is dying.

There could be a number of legitimate reasons for removing inactive listings after a few days. Suppose inactive listings aren't deleted and you see something you like, place a bid on it, and then after several days you get no reply because the seller has moved on while leaving behind all her/his listings? Now consider possible server limitations such as bandwidth and storage. Unused listings essentially become clutter and clutter can slow things down. especially if D2.

Io is on a shared server. There are a number of other possible reasons for the decision to delete listings after a couple of days. I get that it can be frustrating to lose your listings because of events you have no control over. I live in Tampa Fl, and was directly affected by

Hurricane Milton which knocked out power and the internet for several days, but I did have a functioning cell phone, and if needed the forum can be accessed by cell phone.