# Guest with post count?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-with-post-count/300517>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 22, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-with-post-count/300517 "2005-04-22T00:29:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-with-post-count/300517/1 "2005-04-22T00:29:25Z")

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How come [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=313012) guest has a post count and location?

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-with-post-count/300517/2 "2005-04-22T00:52:31Z")

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There’s already a discussion going about that doper’s name and the fact that they are asking (the admins) for it to be changed. It must be fecking about with the software somehow. And the post count is a side-effect.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-with-post-count/300517/3 "2005-04-22T03:05:09Z")

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Because if we could get his name to render correctly it would show that he subscribed already, he’s a member.

When we changed his name, it all popped into place.

your humble TubaDiva