The backlinks update posted here: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=129601 seems to have rolled back at some point. This is probably the cause of all the 'backlinks updated' threads. Add to that the PR update for some sites that froze, throw in some inattentive webmasters, and you get a whole lot of PR update threads as well - see my post here: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?p=1386052#post1386052