# Post Counts **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 16, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-counts/360969 "2006-06-16T18:05:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-counts/360969/1 "2006-06-16T18:05:50Z")
Just wondering why my post count is stuck on 293. I don’t really care about tallies, I was just wondering. I’ve noticed before if you post on the same day, the count doesn’t change, but this number has been around since the 15th of May. Thanks! yanceylebeef ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-counts/360969/2 "2006-06-16T18:07:20Z")
And of course, as soon as I post, the count changes. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-counts/360969/3 "2006-06-16T19:12:26Z")
It’s the Hamster’s Rule. ---
**Author:** ![fortytwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f9ae1b/32.png) [@fortytwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fortytwo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-counts/360969/4 "2006-06-16T21:35:27Z")
What is the reason for Post Counts? I’ve thought about this before and can’t see why these are kept and other features are disabled.