# New thread pages when # of replies is \< 50 / 100? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 22, 2002, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-pages-when-of-replies-is-50-100/110281 "2002-05-22T11:54:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-pages-when-of-replies-is-50-100/110281/1 "2002-05-22T11:54:41Z")
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](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=97442) thread. Is this because there have been posts deleted from the thread? Or is there another reason? Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-pages-when-of-replies-is-50-100/110281/2 "2002-05-22T11:58:23Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thread-pages-when-of-replies-is-50-100/110281/3 "2002-05-22T13:15:39Z")
Aha. I hadn’t thought of it that way round. Thanks **Coldie**.