I’ve noticed in a couple of multiple-page threads that a new page has begun with the 148th or 149th post rather than the 50th or 100th. An example is Londope thread.
Is this because there have been posts deleted from the thread? Or is there another reason? Just curious.
My guess is that it’s related to our frequent server glitches. It sometimes fails to update a poster’s post count when it’s really busy. It wouldn’t be a stretch to imagine it sometimes fails to update a thread’s postcount: so the first post on the third page actually IS #150, but one of the first 149 entries didn’t get counted in the database.
Aha. I hadn’t thought of it that way round. Thanks Coldie.