# Inaccurate post count on threads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccurate-post-count-on-threads/937393>\
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**Created:** [March 7, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccurate-post-count-on-threads/937393 "2021-03-07T15:44:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/codinghorror/32/4242_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccurate-post-count-on-threads/937393/3 "2021-03-07T20:52:19Z")

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This isn’t correct; post numbering is absolute (from the top of the topic down), never relative.

To learn the post number of any particular reply (replies start at post #2 for what I hope are obvious reasons 😉 ) click or tap the timestamp on the post at upper right.

[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/ZyjTqxP.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/ZyjTqxP)

The URL itself will give you a hint about this, e.g.

`https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-title/937393/2`  
`t/topic-title/937393/2`  
`937393/2`

The topic ID is `937393` and that is post `2` in the topic.

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