# my post count froze **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 12, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114 "2002-09-12T14:47:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114/1 "2002-09-12T14:47:49Z")
I came online this morning with a post count ending in 54. I posted something (twice accidentally) and its still 3754! What happened? Hamsters? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114/2 "2002-09-12T14:55:10Z")
I get it! Vanilla… frozen… Vanilla Ice! ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114/3 "2002-09-12T14:56:15Z")
I hadn’t even thought of that. vanilla…trying for 4,000 :eek: ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114/4 "2002-09-12T14:59:03Z")
Did your posts actually go through? You know how this place can be flukey - if you do a search on all of your posts, the number of posts in the search doesn’t match what you have under your username. So maybe this was just a hiccup - it seems to be adding to your count normally now. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114/5 "2002-09-12T15:11:06Z")
When a post times out, it sometimes gets to the thread anyway, but other actions (such as the post count increment, or the thread bump) get lost in the time-out. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114/6 "2002-09-12T17:38:02Z")
The post count will catch up eventually. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114/7 "2002-09-12T22:25:10Z")
ah, it was no big deal anyway. I just am trying to get my numbers up there. 🙂 hamsters! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114/8 "2002-09-12T23:35:20Z")
**vanilla**. Bad girl. Your post count is meaningless. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114/9 "2002-09-13T02:42:07Z")
It’s in the FAQ. See [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1946046#post1946046). ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114/10 "2002-09-13T14:27:35Z")
NO! My post count is indicative of what kind of human being I am!! ;)😃 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114/11 "2002-09-13T14:40:37Z")
Whoops, I meant to say, “resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.” ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114/12 "2002-09-13T14:41:49Z")
notice that I’m ahead of you postcount wise. heh heh you followin me? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114/13 "2002-09-13T14:43:51Z")
Ya got here 9 months before me and got into a few fights. Me, I’m a lover, not a fighter. Heh. Maybe this should all be in email. I’m wasting server space. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2002, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114/14 "2002-09-13T14:51:40Z")
a few fights?😕 ---
**Author:** ![Costermonger\_means\_barrow\_boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Costermonger\_means\_barrow\_boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Costermonger_means_barrow_boy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114/15 "2002-09-15T01:22:49Z")
A word of caution: A high post count indicates a lonely person. Present company excluded, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Helm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Helm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helm)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114/16 "2002-09-15T03:46:18Z")
If it means anything, when I posted, my count was unchanged. When I went back a few minutes later it was correct, so I guess the count just takes a while to catch up. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114/17 "2002-09-15T06:11:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Costermonger means barrow boy \* > \*\*A word of caution: A high post count indicates a lonely person. Present company excluded, of course. \*\* Uh huh. Suuuuuuuuuuuuure. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114/18 "2002-09-15T06:49:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TubaDiva \* > \*\*The post count will catch up eventually. > > your humble TubaDiva > Administrator \*\* How? I’ve never seen anyone report their count jumping up suddenly, and everyone has a low post count. I’d think a system process to find everyone’s true count and fix it would be a bit… database intensive. I still maintain that it doesn’t matter, but then at least the post count parties would be punctual. **vanilla** , you have 3782 posts. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114/19 "2002-09-15T13:03:22Z")
Where do you get 3782? She’s got 3765. Not that it matters… ---
**Author:** ![Helm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Helm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helm)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114/20 "2002-09-15T19:22:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wikkit \* > **How? I’ve never seen anyone report their count jumping up suddenly** I guess you missed my report above. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-post-count-froze/128114.md?page=2)