# Do posts made as a Guest count on the Post Count?

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**Created:** [April 17, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-posts-made-as-a-guest-count-on-the-post-count/240477 "2004-04-17T03:10:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-posts-made-as-a-guest-count-on-the-post-count/240477/1 "2004-04-17T03:10:45Z")

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Well do they? It doesn’t matter much to me either way, but I am kind of curious. If Pster X joins as a guest for a month, and then decides to join will his post count be 1, or however many posts he made while a guest?

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-posts-made-as-a-guest-count-on-the-post-count/240477/2 "2004-04-17T07:16:02Z")

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Yes, post counts will carry over. As will Karma and Nanju.

Yes, I made up Nanju. 😛

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**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-posts-made-as-a-guest-count-on-the-post-count/240477/3 "2004-04-17T07:29:52Z")

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Yep… Try viewing the Guest’s profile and you will see their post count. 🙂