# This is a post count test
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-post-count-test/198597
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [August 30, 2003, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-post-count-test/198597 "2003-08-30T07:34:34Z")
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### Author:  [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2003, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-post-count-test/198597/1 "2003-08-30T07:34:34Z")
Do new threads add to your post count?
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### Author:  [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-post-count-test/198597/2 "2003-08-30T07:37:12Z")
I guess they do.
Several times I’ve started new threads and not had an updated post count, plus there is [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=208108) thread. The OP has a zero post count, and someone asked in ATMB.
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2003, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-post-count-test/198597/3 "2003-08-30T07:46:47Z")
This MB is weird - some people report regularly disappearing posts ( **Zenster** I think) whereas I have never had a post of mine disappear (to my knowledge). Other people report post count not updating, yet I’ve never seen that happen to me (again, to my knowledge)
And others report seeing strange icons on the thread pages.
ddddddddddd
(um, that was supposed to be the twilight-zone tune)
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### Author:  [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-post-count-test/198597/4 "2003-08-30T07:56:38Z")
Well, I’ve had it go as long as a few minutes without updating, then all of a sudden, it’s updated.