# So What Happened To My Post Count? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 11, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471 "2002-03-11T04:08:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471/1 "2002-03-11T04:08:32Z")
The old board had me at a post count approacing 1,000. Now I’m back to double-digits. What gives (he asks so innocently)?☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471/2 "2002-03-11T04:11:32Z")
Everyone was taken back to their post count as of December 7, 2001. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471/3 "2002-03-11T04:18:25Z")
::sniff:: I feel like half a skating duo and got screwed by a French judge. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471/4 "2002-03-11T04:18:41Z")
Yeah, me too. I’m about 200 posts short, or something. Tripler No short jokes, please. . .:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471/5 "2002-03-11T05:12:14Z")
That’s odd, I seem to have mine. Unless I had a lot more than I thought I did before the great crash… ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471/6 "2002-03-11T05:19:59Z")
I had over 3,000 posts, and I signed up in Sept. 1999. This is my first post back on the “new” boards. Let’s see what my post count is now! Wheeee! ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471/7 "2002-03-11T05:21:38Z")
Huh. Well, that’s strange. I was sure I had over 3,000. I obviously lost a few. No big deal. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471/8 "2002-03-11T05:25:52Z")
I’m just curious what my post-count is at. I know it was over 3000 before the board crashed. ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471/9 "2002-03-11T05:38:11Z")
I got knocked back down to 370 from over 600. I think there was some problem where they lost everything from Dec 7, 2001. I don’t really care about losing the posts, I’m just glad the board is back up. Thanks, guys, it’s good to be home. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471/10 "2002-03-11T05:46:18Z")
Ya know, there’s an announcement that might have some meaning for you. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471/11 "2002-03-11T05:49:59Z")
I was approaching my birth year (1974). I was really looking forward to it. Now I’m back in the 15th century. Oh boy, I get to live through Richard III again, sigh. Oh well, what I’m most sad about are my handfull of threads that I started that are gone. ☹ (wow, eek looks bad, terrible, awful, something has to be done about him) ---
**Author:** ![shawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@shawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shawa)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471/12 "2002-03-11T06:26:31Z")
just checking my post count. It was in the 70s I think. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471/13 "2002-03-11T07:46:01Z")
Aaaarrggghhh!!! I passed 200 just before xmas. I passed 300 just last month. Gone–all gone.☹ ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471/14 "2002-03-11T08:02:52Z")
So does this mean that those of us who dropped several hundred posts (about 400-500 in my case IIRC) now drop back down to “annoying newbie” status?! ---
**Author:** ![mancunian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mancunian/32/12244_2.png) [@mancunian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mancunian)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471/15 "2002-03-11T08:06:49Z")
This is nice. I wonder what my ost count is now. Lets see. ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471/16 "2002-03-11T09:12:34Z")
No major drop for me. I really need to post more. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471/17 "2002-03-11T09:19:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by istara \* > \*\*So does this mean that those of us who dropped several hundred posts (about 400-500 in my case IIRC) now drop back down to “annoying newbie” status?! \*\* Yes. **OW! OWW!!! STOP IT!! I’M SORRY!!!** 😃 Don’t know how many I lost, because I don’t know how many I had! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471/18 "2002-03-11T10:04:02Z")
I love it. When I think of all those desperate, pathetic post-padding threads and post-count parties gone forever and their effect evaporated I just can’t help a dry chortle. Of course I’m about to see what _my_ post count has dropped to. Certainly below 2000 again I should think. Sob. pan ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471/19 "2002-03-11T10:57:19Z")
I lost about 700 posts. Not to worry, I’ll get 'em back soon enough. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tighthead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@tighthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tighthead)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471/20 "2002-03-11T11:49:09Z")
Well, I lost everything I ever did here, and had to re-register. JB [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-my-post-count/97471.md?page=2)