some people are determined to fill my database with tombstones,

so only save zonk if we deleted something

activity.go

@@ -315,12 +315,12 @@ func eradicatexonk(userid int64, xid string) {
 	xonk := getxonk(userid, xid)
 	if xonk != nil {
 		deletehonk(xonk.ID)
-	}
 		_, err := stmtSaveZonker.Exec(userid, xid, "zonk")
 		if err != nil {
 			elog.Printf("error eradicating: %s", err)
 		}
 	}
+}
 
 func savexonk(x *Honk) {
 	ilog.Printf("saving xonk: %s", x.XID)