# Post count of zero?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-of-zero/198589
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [August 30, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-of-zero/198589 "2003-08-30T06:56:18Z")
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### Author: ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-of-zero/198589/1 "2003-08-30T06:56:18Z")

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This is the first time I’ve seen a poster with a post count of zero! [music without vocals](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=208108)  
How could this happen? :eek:

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### Author: ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-of-zero/198589/2 "2003-08-30T07:31:42Z")

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I’m not sure that starting a thread adds to your post count.

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### Author: ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2003, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-of-zero/198589/3 "2003-08-30T07:38:43Z")

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No, starting a thread should add to your post count. It’s just more weirdness. The boards have been intermittently slow all day.

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### Author: ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2003, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-of-zero/198589/4 "2003-08-30T07:38:54Z")

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Starting a new thread does add to your post count, I did a test. I guess it was the hamsters, because now it says 1 under the post count.

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### Author: ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-of-zero/198589/5 "2003-08-30T07:43:22Z")

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According to the history **Colinmarshall** didn’t post his own thread. Good start for him.

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### Author: ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2003, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-of-zero/198589/6 "2003-08-30T08:04:25Z")

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Hmmm… Maybe the hamsters start counting at zero. Clever little varmints!