This is not a problem I want somebody to solve; rather it’s an observation of board behavior that I know some of our geeks will lap up, and I’m curious, too.
I just posted to a thread in GQ about GIS software and got the “website not responding” screen. I closed that window and returned to GQ in a new window. The thread was way down on the list and did not show that I’d replied. But on opening it I found my reply as the last reply, although my post count was not updated.
Now I’m curious to see whether this post will bump my post count by one or two. I know some things have a priority such that they may hover in something like a buffer for a bit. Of course, there’s always the possibiity this will turn out to be one of those OP-less threads.
Hmmm. I DO know that if a thread fails to bump, but the post is still recorded (much like Ringo describes), the thread will develop an anomaly: it will display 49 posts in the forum list (and no links to a page two, because that starts at 50), but if you click on the thread, you’ll see that the last post is actually on page 2, and there’s a link to it as well. The thread HAS 50 posts, but it only COUNTED 49. Once this is done, it’s done. The same problem will occur at 99, 149, 199, et cetera. The count does not recover from the glitch.
I can think of no reason why the same reasoning would not apply to a poster’s post count. Therefore, it’s reasonable to assume that if you post to a thread and the thread fails to bump because of a time-out, your post count will not change either.
People actually know their post counts enough to know if its gone up each time you post? Man, I must really not be paying attention… I just assume it does, and I watch out for milestones (which I tend to miss anyways…hehe)
I just assume it does, and I watch out for milestones (which I tend to miss anyways…hehe)