# why did my post count drop?

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**Created:** [March 22, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-post-count-drop/99581 "2002-03-22T18:55:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![whatmove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecc23a/32.png) [@whatmove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatmove)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-post-count-drop/99581/1 "2002-03-22T18:55:41Z")

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Why, huh? Maybe it’s similar to the all-too-common shrinkage phenomenon, because it’s affecting my dignity in much the same way.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-post-count-drop/99581/2 "2002-03-22T18:57:43Z")

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a) Dropped since when?  
b) Did you read the FAQ?

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**Author:** ![whatmove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecc23a/32.png) [@whatmove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatmove)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-post-count-drop/99581/3 "2002-03-22T19:17:09Z")

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a) since the new boards  
b) no. I’ll go do that

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**Author:** ![whatmove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecc23a/32.png) [@whatmove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatmove)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-post-count-drop/99581/4 "2002-03-22T19:25:22Z")

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Could my lost post numbers be similar to the number of posts I posted after December-the-seventh (incidentally, Pearl Harbor Day…political “coincidence”?)? Any way to get a post implant to represent the posts I lost?

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-post-count-drop/99581/5 "2002-03-22T19:27:33Z")

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> \*Originally posted by whatmove \*  
> Could my lost post numbers be similar to the number of posts I posted after December-the-seventh (incidentally, Pearl Harbor Day…political “coincidence”?)?

Yes.

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> Any way to get a post implant to represent the posts I lost?

We are not offering that service.

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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-post-count-drop/99581/6 "2002-03-23T01:47:01Z")

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It is pretty disappointing, though, isn;t it? I was well into the 700s, and now I’m down to whatever it is I’m at. Though I guess it;s not TOO bad. I get to do #666 again…hehehe

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-post-count-drop/99581/7 "2002-03-23T01:53:37Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \*  
> We are not offering that service.

Ah, c’mon Arnold. Let’s start spamming all the Dopers:

**YOUR POST COUNT SO BIG IT SCARES PEOPLE!!!**