# 3,000,000th Post Watch

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-000-000th-post-watch/159639>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 7, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-000-000th-post-watch/159639 "2003-03-07T02:42:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![ECJones29](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@ECJones29](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ECJones29)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-000-000th-post-watch/159639/1 "2003-03-07T02:42:03Z")

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What day will see the 3 millionth post to the SDMB?  
Who will be the lucky doper?

Guess #1: **3/12/03**

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**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-000-000th-post-watch/159639/2 "2003-03-07T03:07:44Z")

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I’d say sometime tomorrow afternoon. Just for fun, let’s say 4:18 p.m. EST.

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**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-000-000th-post-watch/159639/3 "2003-03-07T03:14:49Z")

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In case the post isn’t in jest, the 3M mark has already been crossed. Hold your mouse over the quote button and check the end of the URL.

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**Author:** ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-000-000th-post-watch/159639/4 "2003-03-07T04:43:47Z")

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Nope **Gyan9** , we’re at 2,993,249 by the stats on the index page.

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**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-000-000th-post-watch/159639/5 "2003-03-07T05:20:35Z")

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That number is slow in updating. We are way past the 3,000,000 mark. There was a thread on it somwhere already.

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**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-000-000th-post-watch/159639/6 "2003-03-07T05:23:42Z")

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Ah, found it:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=167059](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=167059)

I guess 2-15-2003 😉

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**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-000-000th-post-watch/159639/7 "2003-03-07T16:44:15Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Joey G \*  
> \*\*That number is slow in updating. We are way past the 3,000,000 mark. There was a thread on it somwhere already. \*\*

I’m perplexed as to why the stats are slow in updating.

After all, this site is database-driven. As I’ll type this reply and press Submit, the vB code will access some entry and assign my reply an up-to-date post number. Why can’t the index page simply access that entry?