When a thread says "Updated -- secs / mins ago"?

Question

Hi everybody , I have a silly question but for some reason I want to know the answers , sometimes when I see my threads it says updated ---- secs/mins ago, but when I view it I notice that : no one has made any comment , no one has edited any answer , no one voted or un-voted any answer or a question

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Then how it's updated is it a glitch that happens all the time or what ? .

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I know that this is not important thing to ask about but I really would like to know .

Thanks you so much

Maybe they made a comment or just looked at it ? - sanlee, Sep 8, 2010

Lovely, I am pretty sure it is a buried comment that you just didn't notice. Do you mind telling us which thread? Since all of the comments are dated, I am sure I can find it for you ... you know I like to help find things. - LateToDinner, Sep 9, 2010

Thanks so much late but the thread was updated from a looong time ago , it's the figure the word ( 8 ) thread !! , so it's going to be hard to figure where was that update :) - 00b6f46c, Sep 9, 2010

You are right ... everything says 16 hours! My guess was someone voted one more time for the winning answer. I know I do that when someone wins. - LateToDinner, Sep 9, 2010

yeah maybe you are right and maybe someone un-voted anything and I didn't notice that , thank you late - 00b6f46c, Sep 9, 2010

That would be hard to figure out if someone unvoted on it. It must be really old. If it is interesting you can comment on it and bring it back to life. - sanlee, Nov 7, 2010

Answer 1

Hi Lovely

This may well be "Admins" such as myself just delving around the site. I just tried clicking the edit button on this post and without editing anything, I re-looked looked at it and it said it had been updated.

yeah I know if anything was edited it's normally to say updated even if you didn't change anything but no one edited my thread before ! - 00b6f46c, Sep 9, 2010

Answer 2

Then how it's updated is it a glitch that happens all the time or what ?

I think you are right, Lovely -- it's a glitch in the system. I have seen this happen a few times to threads that have no visible updates or recent votes. Thankfully, it doesn't happen often.

From my observation, only three things update a thread:

1) a vote for the question

2) a new comment

3) a new answer

4) a vote on an answer. - LateToDinner, Sep 9, 2010

5) clicking the edit button. - LateToDinner, Sep 9, 2010

Thank you Eddy, I should have thought of that! - LateToDinner, Sep 9, 2010

Answer 3

we are all the same,and i think it means that you asked this question before .........sec\mins ago

or i think it means something else like the last view for the question was before........sec\mins ago - rose_roro, Sep 8, 2010

Sorry, not view. - LateToDinner, Sep 9, 2010

Answer 4

Nothing so mysterious, sorry.

A view does not change 'last update'

All it takes is one comment on the question or any of the answers.

One comment ... you could just add a

Answer 5

I like that word, glitch