# Posts Per Day in Profile - Inconsistent For Newbies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-per-day-in-profile-inconsistent-for-newbies/142098>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 11, 2002, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-per-day-in-profile-inconsistent-for-newbies/142098 "2002-12-11T21:26:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-per-day-in-profile-inconsistent-for-newbies/142098/1 "2002-12-11T21:26:57Z")

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A quick search revealed nothing, and while I recognize that this may have been asked before, I wanted to get this posted before the links expire.

Occasinally, I look of the profile of a newbie, and find some contradictions in the posts-per-day field.

**SoulSearching** signed up today. This poster has, at the moment, 33 posts, and 0.13 posts per day. [Profile](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=20554)

**Andygrrl** also signed up today (about two-and-a-half hours after **SoulSearching** ). This poster has, at the moment, 8 posts, and 8 posts per day. [Profile](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=27845)

So what’s up with the Board’s math? I’ve seen this happen several times. Sometimes all the posts are listed, sometimes a decimal number is given.

Thanks- and I hope someone with the answer sees this before the numbers change and the evidence is erased.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-per-day-in-profile-inconsistent-for-newbies/142098/2 "2002-12-11T21:44:40Z")

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> \*Originally posted by wolfstu \*  
> **SoulSearching** signed up today. This poster has, at the moment, 33 posts, and 0.13 posts per day. [Profile](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=20554)

Um, according to the profile **Soulsearching** signed up on March 25 of this year. That will give the post ratio listed.

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**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-per-day-in-profile-inconsistent-for-newbies/142098/3 "2002-12-11T21:59:40Z")

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Yes indeed… I, uh, just wanted to see if you’d notice. 😉  
Crumb.  
Well, I’m pretty sure I have seen this before…

Oh, alright.  
:: Slinks away in utter embarrasment ::