# Here's a bug that's "very vaguely creepy" **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 12, 2000, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-bug-thats-very-vaguely-creepy/29083 "2000-08-12T06:04:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![barflyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@barflyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barflyer)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-bug-thats-very-vaguely-creepy/29083/1 "2000-08-12T06:04:26Z")
When I clicked on Dragon’s Search link, I got shown 3 threads. Since Dragon had posted twice already, and had a Post Count of 3, that didn’t add up. The extra thread was actually only used by **red\_dragon60** , and it was entitled \*\*Very vaguely creepy. - 279 replies Homer 08-10-2000 In My Humble Opinion \*\* ---
**Author:** ![barflyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@barflyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barflyer)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-bug-thats-very-vaguely-creepy/29083/2 "2000-08-12T06:11:08Z")
I was in Dragon’s initial thread, where Dragon’s count read 3 and two Dragon posts were visible there. Then I clicked on Search and there were 3 threads listed, which would imply 4 posts total. However, the 4th post turned out to have been made by red\_dragon60. None of red\_dragon60’s other threads were linked in however. And the spooky part was that thread was named Very vaguely creepy. Yeah, I think that’s right now. Anyway, it does appear to be a Very vaguely creepy bug. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-bug-thats-very-vaguely-creepy/29083/3 "2000-08-12T07:45:01Z")
Get some sleep, barflyer. 😉 Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-bug-thats-very-vaguely-creepy/29083/4 "2000-08-12T17:17:41Z")
To sum up: The bug is that a search for user “Dragon” turned up one thread by user “red\_dragon60”, but not all threads by him. This is genuinely weird… Lemme see if I can duplicate it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-bug-thats-very-vaguely-creepy/29083/5 "2000-08-12T17:27:00Z")
OK, I’ve figured it out… It wasn’t red\_dragon60 who triggered the search, it was [The White Dragon](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=30758&pagenumber=5#post635235). Since “Dragon” appears as a separate word in that name, and since it’s capitalized, it shows up in the search. ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-bug-thats-very-vaguely-creepy/29083/6 "2000-08-12T22:15:32Z")
You seem to have ruined barflyer’s mystery, all right. Too bad; I hate when the board starts making sense- too disorienting. Looks like **The White Dragon** is one of Fanny May’s **monoposters** , someone who posts once and stops. Actually fairly common, from the stats Bill H. had. Just passing through, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![barflyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@barflyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barflyer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2000, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-bug-thats-very-vaguely-creepy/29083/7 "2000-08-13T01:39:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mangeorge \* > \*\*Get some sleep, barflyer. 😉 > Peace, > mangeorge \*\* Oh dear. The light of day is always a shock! Yes, my midnight “bug” was a daylight “oversight” on my part. Sorry to trouble you. Thanks **Chronos** for double checking.