Some of our eagle-eyed members noticed a slight discrepancy in the top ranked spots over the weekend. I've asked Jon if I can hire you as beta-testers!

Sadly, this was no nefarious plot to allow me to takeover Lawrence with my pittance of points, nor was it a virulent worm or virus attacking the site. The real story begins many moons ago… (get in the mood; imagine gathering round a campfire with bated breath!)

After we launched re-blogging, we noticed that points were being improperly awarded. We took down re-blogging to fix points. Case closed, or so we thought. But like the best laid plans of mice and men, our fix went slightly awry. Points were being awarded for re-blogging, but point totals weren't being updated. (ed: do you ever suspect all computers are secretly run by gremlins trying to make your life difficult?) Last night, we took the site down briefly to clean house and fix scoring for all users. During that process, the top ranked spots were regenerated with zero-point users at the top. Oops! Everything should be running normally now, but if you notice any more point-related weirdness, let me know in the comments.

ActiveRain takes security very seriously. Should the site ever be compromised by an outside entity (heaven forbid!), we have procedures in place for analyzing threats, notifying members, and restoring content. We want you to have a good time in the rain, not the hail.