# Post count, threading messed up **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [October 8, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-threading-messed-up/952114 "2021-10-08T03:55:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-threading-messed-up/952114/1 "2021-10-08T03:55:29Z")
Look at this picture [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/q4raUV5.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/q4raUV5) Notice the timeline bar on the right says there are 132 posts in the topic. But clearly you can see **Cheesesteak** ’s post #133. And there have been three hours to update the count, if that was the issue. Notice that I have expanded the replies, but the reply to post #133 is post #132. I understand how it happens, but coming from threaded forum experience it confused me at first to see the “1 Reply” and no subsequent posts. I thought there might be a problem loading the topic. And the jump-to-post arrow (under where the tooltip reads “share a link to this post”) is pointing the wrong way. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-threading-messed-up/952114/2 "2021-10-08T17:09:09Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > Notice the timeline bar on the right says there are 132 posts in the topic. But clearly you can see **Cheesesteak** ’s post #133. And there have been three hours to update the count, if that was the issue. > > Notice that I have expanded the replies, but the reply to post #133 is post #132. I understand how it happens, but coming from threaded forum experience it confused me at first to see the “1 Reply” and no subsequent posts. I thought there might be a problem loading the topic. The post numbers sometimes don’t match the various Total Posts counts. I just assume that something got cornfielded or otherwise mucked around with. The link will still take you to the right post. > [@](#): > > And the jump-to-post arrow (under where the tooltip reads “share a link to this post”) is pointing the wrong way. If we’re talking about the same jump-to-post arrow, the ones under x replies are supposed to point down because they take you down to the reply. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2021, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-threading-messed-up/952114/3 "2021-10-10T05:44:19Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > I just assume that something got cornfielded or otherwise mucked around with. Yep. In this case, post 60 was deleted. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-threading-messed-up/952114/4 "2021-10-11T15:00:51Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > The post numbers sometimes don’t match the various Total Posts counts. In my opinion, that is a bug (although a minor one). > [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > If we’re talking about the same jump-to-post arrow, the ones under x replies are supposed to point down because they take you down to the reply. But in this case, the reply is _up_, not down. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-threading-messed-up/952114/5 "2021-10-11T17:42:58Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > But in this case, the reply is _up_, not down. What the…? It shouldn’t be possible for a reply to be listed before the post it was replying to. Only thing I can think is that JaneDoe edited the earlier post to include a response to cheesesteak’s slightly later post. ETA for testing: > [@Max\_S](#): > > That was the confusing part - the threading seems to be messed up. > > ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-threading-messed-up/952114/6 "2021-10-11T17:46:04Z")
That was the confusing part - the threading seems to be messed up. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-threading-messed-up/952114/7 "2021-10-11T18:02:02Z")
'K, that seems to be the way (or at least a way) that it could be done. It’s fairly difficult to do, though, since if you try to insert a later post, the software will either ask you to cancel your edit or blank your entire edit. You have to reply to the later post, copy it from your reply box, cancel the reply, then edit your earlier post and paste in the quote from the later post. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-threading-messed-up/952114/8 "2021-10-11T18:29:05Z")
Or edit your reply, then do a select-quote. ~Max