# How many posts did you lose? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2002, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585 "2002-03-11T15:12:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Marley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Marley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585/81 "2002-03-12T12:39:04Z")
100%. Over 400 posts, as I recall. I don’t think the world is poorer for the loss of my words, but I do miss many of the replies I got. And all those thread hijacks with Genseric, and the 42nd post party… alas. There have been a few times when I’ve spent hours or days working on some code, then lost it all. Every time, the rewritten code was much better than the first try. Hope the same is true here. * * * Hi Genseric! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585/82 "2002-03-12T14:26:16Z")
I lost somewhere in the vicinity of 80-90 posts. Not too many. ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585/83 "2002-03-12T14:40:34Z")
I lost less than 50 - I’m not really sure. Not bad at all. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585/84 "2002-03-12T14:48:24Z")
I actually have no idea how many I’ve lost. I wasn’t posting that much between Dec-Board Crash, so I’d say less than 50, probably less than 20. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585/85 "2002-03-12T15:39:33Z")
I think I lost around 120-140. I was really posting during the last couple of months. Boy do I have a lot of posting to do ahead of me. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585/86 "2002-03-12T15:48:37Z")
long with my 2000 post Roman triumph thread! You muggs wouldn’t do this to Julius Caesar. 😛 😃 ---
**Author:** ![misshannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@misshannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misshannah)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585/87 "2002-03-12T15:50:02Z")
I also lost all my posts. I had been a lurker and didn’t register until January. I think I only had maybe 20-30… But I’m grateful to be back! ---
**Author:** ![Efrem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@Efrem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Efrem)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585/88 "2002-03-12T15:54:05Z")
'bout 20-30, darn it. ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585/89 "2002-03-12T16:05:34Z")
All of them!!! ---
**Author:** ![Doubting\_Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Doubting\_Robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubting_Robert)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585/90 "2002-03-12T16:48:19Z")
I lost all of mine - over 30 on the old board and 39 on the temporary board. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Calliope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Calliope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calliope)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585/91 "2002-03-12T16:51:11Z")
I lost all of them, as well as my registration. I had about 120 inane and pointless posts, and now will start over. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Unix\_Geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unix_geek/32/19368_2.png) [@Unix\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unix_Geek)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585/92 "2002-03-12T17:01:01Z")
It’s okay everybody. Everyone knows that it is quality not quantity that matters most. :rolleyes: And look for our trouble we get color!! ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585/93 "2002-03-12T17:01:32Z")
I think around 150-200, but I’m not positive. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585/94 "2002-03-12T17:12:03Z")
Okay, I’m posting to find out, too. I was _this_ close to 1K when the board went down. I think I had 985. Based on my obscene posting rate, I probably lost 300-400.☹ Let’s see… ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585/95 "2002-03-12T17:38:26Z")
_sigh_ Looks like pretty much all of 'em. I think I’d broken 100, but I’m not sure. Oh well, thems the breaks. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585/96 "2002-03-12T18:32:57Z")
All I know is that I was closing in on 4000 total posts. I’m not sure exactly how close I was, though. What sucks is not the count, but the content. On Dec. 7th, I was still in California. There were 4 seperate “Goodbye Jack Dopefest” in that time, as well as some other good stuff. Kind of sucks really. ---
**Author:** ![scotth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@scotth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585/97 "2002-03-12T18:34:15Z")
When I got to checking… I guess I did lose about 150 or so. I don’t think I have ever started a thread that was so popular… what a suprise. I am so glad to be back here. It appears that ALOT of people never registered or posted much on the temp board. Already there is much more activity here than I saw over there. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585/98 "2002-03-12T18:50:42Z")
I lost between 350 and 400. The worst part is that I was within striking distance of 1000. **grumble grumble** –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Infectious\_Lass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@Infectious\_Lass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infectious_Lass)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585/99 "2002-03-12T20:48:13Z")
As I said in a thread in ATMB, I was at 170 and had the board not crashed, I would probably have been past 200 by now. When the board came back I was back to 130. And as I’m not a particularly prolific poster it’ll probably take a fair old while to get back where I was _cry!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585/100 "2002-03-12T21:19:59Z")
I only lost about 40 but that’s ok with me. I’ll be able to have a 1500 post party soon. Yipee! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-did-you-lose/97585.md?page=6)