You can't "still" have problem if you never had the problem to begin with. And in their mind, if you didn't report the problem in the 1st thread in a timely manner like you "should", that would be your fault.
I get what you're saying but I disagree- their initial post was to discover the cause and resolve the issue. It was never about compensation -- they asked players to post so they could get it resolved. A lot of players on my server didn't post individually because they assured everyone it would be resolved. Once the first fix went through, they asked anyone who still had an issue to post, so more people posted that time around.
The intent of the post was to resolve the issue, not to take down a list for compensation. More posted in the second thread because it ran longer and clearly was more for the intent of compensation. Tobei even acknowledged toward the end of the week that there would be a compensation and everyone should post - linking the thread that doesnt state to provide screenshots.
I'm a little surprised that there isnt any data being captured behind the scenes though - I'd think it would be pretty easy to validate who was affected on the back end - probably easier than modifying a screenshot for people who want to take advantage.