# Why do I sometimes see and sometimes don't the post totals for guests?

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**Created:** [February 26, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-sometimes-see-and-sometimes-dont-the-post-totals-for-guests/830220 "2019-02-26T01:06:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-sometimes-see-and-sometimes-dont-the-post-totals-for-guests/830220/1 "2019-02-26T01:06:10Z")

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Sometimes I am curious how active a poster is. If they are members I always see it; if not I sometimes see the numbers sometimes don’t. It seems to be consistent across any one sign-on, but can change the next time. Is there a way to turn it on permanently?

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**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-sometimes-see-and-sometimes-dont-the-post-totals-for-guests/830220/2 "2019-02-26T01:18:50Z")

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Use Sultantheme. I assume you are seeing a different skin when you’re logged in and that accounts for the difference.