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digging into the error log scared me

I replicated the bug, and these are the last few lines from the error log:

[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query
UPDATE wp_2_posts
SET post_modified = '2012-05-12 22:48:46',
post_modified_gmt = '2012-05-12 20:48:46'
WHERE post_status='publish'
AND ( ID = 418 OR ID = 347 OR ID = 348 OR ID = 365 OR ID = 366) made by require, require_once, require_once, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, live_streams_update_streams, live_streams_update_post_modified
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query
UPDATE wp_2_postmeta
SET meta_value = '399'
WHERE meta_key = 'live_viewers'
AND ( post_id = 365) made by require, require_once, require_once, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, live_streams_update_streams, live_streams_update_live_streams_viewers
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query  SELECT   wp_2_posts.* FROM wp_2_posts  WHERE 1=1  AND wp_2_posts.post_name = 'regolamento-forumobbligatorio' AND wp_2_posts.post_type = 'topic'  ORDER BY wp_2_posts.post_date DESC  made by require, wp, WP->main, WP->query_posts, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT post_id FROM wp_2_postmeta, wp_2_posts WHERE ID = post_id AND post_type = 'topic' AND meta_key = '_wp_old_slug' AND meta_value = 'regolamento-forumobbligatorio' made by require, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, wp_old_slug_redirect
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT ID FROM wp_2_posts WHERE post_name LIKE 'regolamento-forumobbligatorio%' AND post_type = 'topic' AND post_status = 'publish' made by require, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, redirect_canonical, redirect_guess_404_permalink
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT meta_value FROM wp_sitemeta WHERE meta_key = 'can_compress_scripts' AND site_id = 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_head, do_action, call_user_func_array, wp_print_head_scripts, print_head_scripts, script_concat_settings, get_site_option
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT meta_value FROM wp_sitemeta WHERE meta_key = 'can_compress_scripts' AND site_id = 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_head, do_action, call_user_func_array, wp_print_head_scripts, print_head_scripts, script_concat_settings, get_site_option
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT option_value FROM wp_2_options WHERE option_name = 'super_simple_google_analytics_item' LIMIT 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_head, do_action, call_user_func_array, super_simple_google_analytics_print_code, get_option
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT t.*, tt.* FROM wp_2_terms AS t INNER JOIN wp_2_term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id WHERE tt.taxonomy = 'nav_menu' AND t.term_id = 3 LIMIT 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_nav_menu, wp_get_nav_menu_object, get_term
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT t.*, tt.* FROM wp_2_terms AS t INNER JOIN wp_2_term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id WHERE tt.taxonomy = 'nav_menu' AND t.slug = '3' LIMIT 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_nav_menu, wp_get_nav_menu_object, get_term_by
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT t.*, tt.* FROM wp_2_terms AS t INNER JOIN wp_2_term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id WHERE tt.taxonomy = 'nav_menu' AND t.name = '3' LIMIT 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_nav_menu, wp_get_nav_menu_object, get_term_by
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT * FROM wp_2_posts  WHERE (post_type = 'page' AND post_status = 'publish')  AND ( ID  44 )    ORDER BY menu_order,wp_2_posts.post_title ASC made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_nav_menu, call_user_func, wp_page_menu, wp_list_pages, get_pages
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query  SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS  wp_2_posts.* FROM wp_2_posts  INNER JOIN wp_2_postmeta ON (wp_2_posts.ID = wp_2_postmeta.post_id)
INNER JOIN wp_2_postmeta AS mt1 ON (wp_2_posts.ID = mt1.post_id) WHERE 1=1  AND wp_2_posts.post_type = 'live_streams_stream' AND (wp_2_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'closed') AND (wp_2_postmeta.meta_key = 'live_viewers'
AND  (mt1.meta_key = 'status' AND CAST(mt1.meta_value AS CHAR) = 'live') ) GROUP BY wp_2_posts.ID ORDER BY wp_2_postmeta.meta_value+0 DESC LIMIT 0, 50 made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, Live_Streams_Widget->widget, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT FOUND_ROWS() made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, Live_Streams_Widget->widget, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT DISTINCT u.ID as id, u.user_registered, u.user_nicename, u.user_login, u.display_name, u.user_email , um.meta_value as last_activity FROM wp_users u LEFT JOIN wp_usermeta um ON um.user_id = u.ID WHERE u.spam = 0 AND u.deleted = 0 AND u.user_status = 0 AND um.meta_key = 'last_activity' AND DATE_ADD( um.meta_value, INTERVAL 5 MINUTE ) >= UTC_TIMESTAMP() ORDER BY um.meta_value DESC LIMIT 0, 15 made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, BP_Core_Whos_Online_Widget->widget, bp_has_members, BP_Core_Members_Template->__construct, bp_core_get_users, BP_Core_User->get_users
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT u.ID) FROM wp_users u LEFT JOIN wp_usermeta um ON um.user_id = u.ID WHERE u.spam = 0 AND u.deleted = 0 AND u.user_status = 0 AND um.meta_key = 'last_activity' AND DATE_ADD( um.meta_value, INTERVAL 5 MINUTE ) >= UTC_TIMESTAMP() ORDER BY um.meta_value DESC made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, BP_Core_Whos_Online_Widget->widget, bp_has_members, BP_Core_Members_Template->__construct, bp_core_get_users, BP_Core_User->get_users
[12-May-2012 20:48:46] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT * FROM wp_2_comments JOIN wp_2_posts ON wp_2_posts.ID = wp_2_comments.comment_post_ID WHERE comment_approved = '1' AND wp_2_posts.post_status = 'publish' ORDER BY comment_date_gmt DESC LIMIT 5 made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, WP_Widget_Recent_Comments->widget, get_comments, WP_Comment_Query->query
[12-May-2012 20:48:47] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query  SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS  wp_2_posts.* FROM wp_2_posts  INNER JOIN wp_2_postmeta ON (wp_2_posts.ID = wp_2_postmeta.post_id) WHERE 1=1  AND wp_2_posts.post_type = 'topic' AND (wp_2_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'closed') AND (wp_2_postmeta.meta_key = '_bbp_last_active_time' ) GROUP BY wp_2_posts.ID ORDER BY wp_2_postmeta.meta_value DESC LIMIT 0, 10 made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, BBP_Topics_Widget->widget, bbp_has_topics, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 20:48:47] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT FOUND_ROWS() made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, BBP_Topics_Widget->widget, bbp_has_topics, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 20:48:47] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT * FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = 'blogname' made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_footer, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_core_admin_bar, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_adminbar_logo, get_blog_option
[12-May-2012 20:48:47] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT user_id, user_login, user_nicename, display_name, user_email, meta_value as caps FROM wp_users u, wp_usermeta um WHERE u.ID = um.user_id AND meta_key = 'wp_2_capabilities' ORDER BY um.user_id made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_footer, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_core_admin_bar, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_adminbar_authors_menu
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query
UPDATE wp_2_posts
SET post_modified = '2012-05-12 23:27:39',
post_modified_gmt = '2012-05-12 21:27:39'
WHERE post_status='publish'
AND ( ID = 342 OR ID = 343 OR ID = 360 OR ID = 361 OR ID = 405) made by require, require_once, require_once, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, live_streams_update_streams, live_streams_update_post_modified
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query
UPDATE wp_2_postmeta
SET meta_value = '920'
WHERE meta_key = 'live_viewers'
AND ( post_id = 342) made by require, require_once, require_once, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, live_streams_update_streams, live_streams_update_live_streams_viewers
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query  SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS  wp_2_posts.* FROM wp_2_posts  WHERE 1=1  AND wp_2_posts.post_type = 'post' AND (wp_2_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'closed' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'private' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'hidden')  ORDER BY wp_2_posts.post_date DESC LIMIT 0, 10 made by require, wp, WP->main, WP->query_posts, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT FOUND_ROWS() made by require, wp, WP->main, WP->query_posts, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT meta_value FROM wp_sitemeta WHERE meta_key = 'can_compress_scripts' AND site_id = 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_head, do_action, call_user_func_array, wp_print_head_scripts, print_head_scripts, script_concat_settings, get_site_option
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT meta_value FROM wp_sitemeta WHERE meta_key = 'can_compress_scripts' AND site_id = 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_head, do_action, call_user_func_array, wp_print_head_scripts, print_head_scripts, script_concat_settings, get_site_option
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT option_value FROM wp_2_options WHERE option_name = 'super_simple_google_analytics_item' LIMIT 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_head, do_action, call_user_func_array, super_simple_google_analytics_print_code, get_option
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT t.*, tt.* FROM wp_2_terms AS t INNER JOIN wp_2_term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id WHERE tt.taxonomy = 'nav_menu' AND t.term_id = 3 LIMIT 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_nav_menu, wp_get_nav_menu_object, get_term
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT t.*, tt.* FROM wp_2_terms AS t INNER JOIN wp_2_term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id WHERE tt.taxonomy = 'nav_menu' AND t.slug = '3' LIMIT 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_nav_menu, wp_get_nav_menu_object, get_term_by
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT t.*, tt.* FROM wp_2_terms AS t INNER JOIN wp_2_term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id WHERE tt.taxonomy = 'nav_menu' AND t.name = '3' LIMIT 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_nav_menu, wp_get_nav_menu_object, get_term_by
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT * FROM wp_2_posts  WHERE (post_type = 'page' AND post_status = 'publish')  AND ( ID  44 )    ORDER BY menu_order,wp_2_posts.post_title ASC made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_nav_menu, call_user_func, wp_page_menu, wp_list_pages, get_pages
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query  SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS  wp_2_posts.* FROM wp_2_posts  WHERE 1=1  AND wp_2_posts.post_type = 'post' AND (wp_2_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'closed' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'private' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'hidden')  ORDER BY wp_2_posts.post_date DESC LIMIT 0, 4 made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->slideshow_home, cc_slidertop, slider, query_posts, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT FOUND_ROWS() made by require, require_once, include, get_header, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->slideshow_home, cc_slidertop, slider, query_posts, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query  SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS  wp_2_posts.* FROM wp_2_posts  WHERE 1=1  AND wp_2_posts.post_type = 'post' AND (wp_2_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'closed' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'private' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'hidden')  ORDER BY wp_2_posts.post_date DESC LIMIT 0, 3 made by require, require_once, include, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->default_homepage_last_posts, cc_list_posts, query_posts, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT FOUND_ROWS() made by require, require_once, include, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->default_homepage_last_posts, cc_list_posts, query_posts, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query  SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS  wp_2_posts.* FROM wp_2_posts  INNER JOIN wp_2_postmeta ON (wp_2_posts.ID = wp_2_postmeta.post_id)
INNER JOIN wp_2_postmeta AS mt1 ON (wp_2_posts.ID = mt1.post_id) WHERE 1=1  AND wp_2_posts.post_type = 'live_streams_stream' AND (wp_2_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'closed' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'private' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'hidden') AND (wp_2_postmeta.meta_key = 'live_viewers'
AND  (mt1.meta_key = 'status' AND CAST(mt1.meta_value AS CHAR) = 'live') ) GROUP BY wp_2_posts.ID ORDER BY wp_2_postmeta.meta_value+0 DESC LIMIT 0, 50 made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, Live_Streams_Widget->widget, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT FOUND_ROWS() made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, Live_Streams_Widget->widget, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT DISTINCT u.ID as id, u.user_registered, u.user_nicename, u.user_login, u.display_name, u.user_email , um.meta_value as last_activity FROM wp_users u LEFT JOIN wp_usermeta um ON um.user_id = u.ID WHERE u.spam = 0 AND u.deleted = 0 AND u.user_status = 0 AND um.meta_key = 'last_activity' AND DATE_ADD( um.meta_value, INTERVAL 5 MINUTE ) >= UTC_TIMESTAMP() ORDER BY um.meta_value DESC LIMIT 0, 15 made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, BP_Core_Whos_Online_Widget->widget, bp_has_members, BP_Core_Members_Template->__construct, bp_core_get_users, BP_Core_User->get_users
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT u.ID) FROM wp_users u LEFT JOIN wp_usermeta um ON um.user_id = u.ID WHERE u.spam = 0 AND u.deleted = 0 AND u.user_status = 0 AND um.meta_key = 'last_activity' AND DATE_ADD( um.meta_value, INTERVAL 5 MINUTE ) >= UTC_TIMESTAMP() ORDER BY um.meta_value DESC made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, BP_Core_Whos_Online_Widget->widget, bp_has_members, BP_Core_Members_Template->__construct, bp_core_get_users, BP_Core_User->get_users
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT * FROM wp_2_comments JOIN wp_2_posts ON wp_2_posts.ID = wp_2_comments.comment_post_ID WHERE comment_approved = '1' AND wp_2_posts.post_status = 'publish' ORDER BY comment_date_gmt DESC LIMIT 5 made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, WP_Widget_Recent_Comments->widget, get_comments, WP_Comment_Query->query
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query  SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS  wp_2_posts.* FROM wp_2_posts  INNER JOIN wp_2_postmeta ON (wp_2_posts.ID = wp_2_postmeta.post_id) WHERE 1=1  AND wp_2_posts.post_type = 'topic' AND (wp_2_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_2_posts.post_status = 'closed') AND (wp_2_postmeta.meta_key = '_bbp_last_active_time' ) GROUP BY wp_2_posts.ID ORDER BY wp_2_postmeta.meta_value DESC LIMIT 0, 10 made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, BBP_Topics_Widget->widget, bbp_has_topics, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT FOUND_ROWS() made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, do_action, call_user_func_array, CC_Theme_Generator->sidebar_right, locate_template, load_template, require_once, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, BBP_Topics_Widget->widget, bbp_has_topics, WP_Query->__construct, WP_Query->query, WP_Query->get_posts
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT * FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = 'blogname' made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_footer, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_core_admin_bar, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_adminbar_logo, get_blog_option
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT DISTINCT b.blog_id, b.id, bm1.meta_value as name, wb.domain, wb.path FROM wp_bp_user_blogs b, wp_blogs wb, wp_bp_user_blogs_blogmeta bm1 WHERE b.blog_id = wb.blog_id AND b.blog_id = bm1.blog_id AND bm1.meta_key = 'name' AND wb.deleted = 0 AND wb.spam = 0 AND wb.mature = 0 AND wb.archived = '0' AND b.user_id = 11 ORDER BY b.blog_id made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_footer, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_core_admin_bar, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_adminbar_blogs_menu, bp_blogs_get_blogs_for_user, BP_Blogs_Blog->get_blogs_for_user
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT b.blog_id) FROM wp_bp_user_blogs b LEFT JOIN wp_blogs wb ON b.blog_id = wb.blog_id WHERE wb.deleted = 0 AND wb.spam = 0 AND wb.mature = 0 AND wb.archived = '0' AND user_id = 11 made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_footer, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_core_admin_bar, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_adminbar_blogs_menu, bp_blogs_get_blogs_for_user, BP_Blogs_Blog->get_blogs_for_user, BP_Blogs_Blog->total_blog_count_for_user
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT * FROM wp_bp_notifications WHERE user_id = 11 AND is_new = 1 made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_footer, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_core_admin_bar, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_adminbar_notifications_menu, bp_core_get_notifications_for_user, BP_Core_Notification->get_all_for_user
[12-May-2012 21:27:39] WordPress database error MySQL server has gone away for query SELECT user_id, user_login, user_nicename, display_name, user_email, meta_value as caps FROM wp_users u, wp_usermeta um WHERE u.ID = um.user_id AND meta_key = 'wp_2_capabilities' ORDER BY um.user_id made by require, require_once, include, get_footer, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_footer, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_core_admin_bar, do_action, call_user_func_array, bp_adminbar_authors_menu

Nope, didn’t help. Still being bombarded by spam. About ready to ditch Buddypress altogether and go back to regular WordPress site. *sigh*

Along with tags for status updates, having the ability to select a group to post in from a dropdown box would be useful too.

Which leads to another thought. BP is too confusing. Groups, Activity Feed, Forum, etc. It doesn’t have to be so convoluted. This is why 9.9/10 BP sites are unsuccessful. It’s exciting to build it at first, only to realize that users don’t have a pleasant experience navigating the mess (and spam) and never return. Why not build the platform around the Activity Feed and Groups?

Perhaps this column gets updated when I mark the sender as a spammer? Which I did do in this case. This perhaps would prevent private messages from being seen by the recipient.

Thanks Paul. I read the article briefly last week and will read it again.

Meanwhile here are some findings:
1) It seems apparently the hackers are using some auto-login scripts – cos after setting achievements for tracking/awarding 1 point per login, some accounts clocked in over 20K points in a single day (twenty thousand times of login in to the site?!)
2) Another research method which was accidental – i setup Feedjit to see traffic and potential users coming in. Apparently the hacker use this search phrase – “powered by WordPress and Buddypress” so they must have and actively seeking sites powered by Buddypress knowing they can come in to create spam easily.

Anyway the above observations is for those who are working on their sites as reference.

Thanks for the replies Aces. I have upgraded from the most previous version of buddypress (1.5.4?). I was fortunate enough to to a backup right before upgrading so I am going to attempt restoring to the older version, so I can give you the exact information later.

When I send a test email from WP-Mail-SMTP I get the “bool (true)” message at the top of the test report, which I have read means that the test went through. However, the email never makes it to my inbox (or spam).

I’m not sure if this is solely a Buddypress issue as I am not receiving emails on new comments either, but this is the only change that has been made since I stopped receiving messages all together. My host provider assures me that it is not an issue with them.