# Post count changed **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 8, 2000, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-changed/28525 "2000-08-08T03:56:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-changed/28525/1 "2000-08-08T03:56:15Z")
I’m not complaining really, I’m actually just curious. Earlier today I noticed my post count was 506, and just now after my latest post I noticed it is showing up as 501. I’ve reloaded Netscape, cleared cache, etc. No change. What could cause my post count to suddenly drop? Would deleting a thread do this? Or did I imagine this? The only reason I’ve even looked at it lately was having just passed 500, I was aware of it. Thanks all. ---
**Author:** ![Fanny\_May](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@Fanny\_May](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fanny_May)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-changed/28525/2 "2000-08-08T05:11:35Z")
I keep forgetting, is that the one kind of coal or the other? Not that I could ever see any difference in coal, and it’s been a while since I’ve had to shovel the stuff into a boiler. Remember that routine? I guess they still do it in W.Va. towns. So, do you have a regular party thread, or did you stop counting at 39, like Jack Benny? ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-changed/28525/3 "2000-08-08T06:01:42Z")
I noticed that too–I posted and went from 495 to 487. I thought that maybe it was a deleted thread, but I can’t think of anything I would have posted to that would have snipped nine posts. I note that the board has been awfully slow since I got on–I wonder if there’s some sort of tech problem. By the way, **Anthracite,** happy 500. (For the moment, that is–we seem to be going backwards.) \ ---
**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:** [August 8, 2000, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-changed/28525/4 "2000-08-08T06:17:50Z")
Jerry the Tech Guy did some system maintenance this afternoon, I suspect in the process of that cleanup some counts changed. Sorry for any inconvenience you may have had. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-changed/28525/5 "2000-08-08T07:01:03Z")
I noticed that. About 5:30, for about 5 minutes, right? –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-changed/28525/6 "2000-08-08T07:50:27Z")
But they only seemed to go down. Were the counts incorrect? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-changed/28525/7 "2000-08-08T09:47:11Z")
All I know is that I get to cross the 1000-post threshold TWICE! Not many get to do that… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-changed/28525/8 "2000-08-08T11:53:16Z")
Yes, Anthracite is a type of coal - one of the best types. West VA still has a bit of Anthracite as a matter of fact. Thanks for the congrats’ guys - I just forgot all about a 500th post count party, so I made no notice of it in MPSIMS. Thanks TubaDiva, no inconvenience or bother at all, I was just curious. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-changed/28525/9 "2000-08-08T13:56:33Z")
Said Pheobe Snow About to go Upon the train to Buffalo “My gown stays white From morn till night Upon the Road of Anthracite!” – Thanx and a tip of the hat to **Cecil** and the Erie-Lackawanna line ---
**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:** [August 8, 2000, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-changed/28525/10 "2000-08-08T14:49:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Danielinthewolvesden \* > \*\*But they only seemed to go down. Were the counts incorrect? \*\* I dunno about “incorrect.” In the course of everyday life we do sometimes need to remove posts or even entire threads from the board . . . when we do that the post counts don’t change. We had a spot of system maintenance yesterday and my guess is when Jerry did do that voodoo that he does so well, all those deleted posts and/or threads were zeroed out and the post counts now reflect actual posts in existence on the board. Just a WAG on my part. your humble TubaDiva Administrator who finds the quality of a post a much more important consideration than the quantity. ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-changed/28525/11 "2000-08-08T19:49:09Z")
I was wondering about this too, since 2 days ago I had 942 posts, and yesterday I had 922. 20 posts sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-changed/28525/12 "2000-08-09T03:01:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TubaDiva \* > \*\*your humble TubaDiva > Administrator > who finds the quality of a post a much more important consideration than the quantity. \*\* But, hey, for some of us, quantity is all we have! 😃