# Forum Index: last post error

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-index-last-post-error/175770>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [May 16, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-index-last-post-error/175770 "2003-05-16T21:27:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Fatwater\_Fewl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@Fatwater\_Fewl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fatwater_Fewl)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-index-last-post-error/175770/1 "2003-05-16T21:27:58Z")

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In the [MPSIMS Forum Index](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=4&daysprune=2&sortorder=&sortfield=lastpost&perpage=50&pagenumber=3), this [Fantasy Baseball thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=183541) I started refuses to acknowledge the last post (holding out for Taps?). Instead it shows the second last post, which was made about twenty hours earlier. In other words the last post never pushed the thread to the front page. I saw this immediately after I posted.

Now I know the subject matter is very boring to most people, but have the hamsters begun to use a post yawn meter to decide what hits the front page and what doesn’t?😛

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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:** [May 17, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-index-last-post-error/175770/2 "2003-05-17T01:40:03Z")

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This happens once in a while when the server is strained. It updates the thread with the post, but not the index. Or something similar to that.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-index-last-post-error/175770/3 "2003-05-17T04:21:13Z")

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Yes, what xash said.

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**Author:** ![Fatwater\_Fewl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@Fatwater\_Fewl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fatwater_Fewl)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-index-last-post-error/175770/4 "2003-05-17T06:14:07Z")

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Ah, thank you, **xash** and **Arnold**.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-index-last-post-error/175770/5 "2003-05-17T12:59:13Z")

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Of course, you would also have found that information [in the FAQ](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1946046#post1946046).

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**Author:** ![Fatwater\_Fewl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@Fatwater\_Fewl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fatwater_Fewl)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-index-last-post-error/175770/6 "2003-05-18T21:53:10Z")

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Oops. [My face is this]