# Thread #1?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-1/34191>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 22, 2000, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-1/34191 "2000-09-22T19:58:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-1/34191/1 "2000-09-22T19:58:17Z")

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Why is [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=1), from 12 July 2000, thread #1?

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**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:** [September 22, 2000, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-1/34191/2 "2000-09-22T20:04:29Z")

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Keep in mind that we didn’t start out with vB from scratch, we imported quite a bit of material from our previous board system, that in itself probably would have skewed any count to begin with.

As to why “post #1” in July, one of the tech guys probably reset the counter.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-1/34191/3 "2000-09-22T23:35:07Z")

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… and [Thread #2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=2) is from March '99 (and features a post from Cecil!). 😕

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-1/34191/4 "2000-09-23T02:02:48Z")

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I’ve seen this thread before, but there used to be some posts above that, something to the effect of “So this is the new message board… Cool.” In July, **zebbmx** bumped the thread, and Arnold, not noticing its historic status, closed it. Now, that first post seems to have disappeared, making it even more confusing than it was before.

Techies, any idea? Posts dissapearing without deleting threads?