Same problem here! The 1969 date is undoubtedly a system default that gets displayed when a portion of a member's records can't be found by the system. I had noticed that a couple of my stories had begun to lose Views counts the past day or so as well.
I sent in a new story on Sunday, then a suggestion on Monday... I was afraid I'd ticked someone off! LOL
Take it easy...I am sure everything will come back in time. This sort of thing happens. I am sure nothing will be lost. The main thing is DON'T PANIC...
I heard from Laurel. They are aware of the problem and working on it. ASAP is the only ETA possible when the gremlins have been this successful. [6PM EST]
From what I can see, it's all of the areas involved with computations that are taking a hit, and the New Section is empty. If you go to Incest, for example, the stories are still in the stacks. But the Top Incest list is empty.
same here. It may be a worm going through the site or a DoS hit. Just be patient. I am sure it is being handled. But it IS interesting to watch the path it is taking.
Back in the old millennium, when Eli-the-Bearded was running the ASSTR Archive, the site hit a glitch and was out for three weeks. Compared to that, this is barely a hiccup.