You are free to believe it or leave it. I don't keep a link of everything I read. There's a ton of stuff that you and I read everyday on immigration alone on several channels. I hadn't foreseen that I'll have to stand to a forum trial ;-)
Good luck for us 448s.
I can comment on this as I had done some research on OINP while awaiting my ITA.Can you post a link to where you read it? I am sorry, but this is just not true. If it is true, they would not tell us this precisely because everyone would keep deleting and re-creating their profiles. Also WHY would OINP care when the profile was made? This just cannot be true. Lets not lose our grips on our critical thinking and lets not believe things just because it happened to this one guy that we know
Also 448, good luck, I suspect your time (and mine) is coming soon in the next few months!!!
--- In 2018, they invited all who submitted post 01 Jan 2018.
--- In 2019, they invited all who submitted post 1 Jan 2018 (not 2019)
I know two such cases:
1. One of my friends applied on 31 Dec 2017 with 438 and still waiting for a nomination. He was not picked because he applied a day early, in fact just a few hours.
2. The same friend refreshed his profile first in Aug 2018 and then in Jan 2019 at 438, and this time, neither got direct ITA, nor nomination because this time. OINP was okay to invite 2018 profiles in 2019.
In summary, OINP used to like new profiles in 2018, deviated a little in 2019 and is expected to maintain the same stance throughout 2019. There is no need to refresh the profiles.