# Why is my \[impressive|damning\] post count not displayed? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 28, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035 "2015-05-28T12:51:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035/1 "2015-05-28T12:51:57Z")
Is it because I am not, and never will be, a Charter Member? Is it showing up but not just on my screen? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035/2 "2015-05-28T12:58:31Z")
Only charter members get post counts. I can’t see how big yours is. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035/3 "2015-05-28T13:00:32Z")
Location and post count do not display for guests. I can see them by viewing your profile, if I’m interested. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035/4 "2015-05-28T13:00:41Z")
Not just charter members. Paid members as well. See? -\> ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035/5 "2015-05-28T13:45:23Z")
That’s weird – I thought any paying member got post counts. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035/6 "2015-05-28T13:47:10Z")
Pretty sure my post count is being displayed (isn’t it?). I haven’t been a charter member for several years; I’m just a plain ordinary member. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035/7 "2015-05-28T14:29:59Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Is it because I am not, and never will be, a Charter Member? > > Is it showing up but not just on my screen? It should be displayed, as should your location. What’s in your Location field in your UserCP? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035/8 "2015-05-28T15:19:21Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Is it showing up but not just on my screen? I think you broke it.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035/9 "2015-05-28T16:07:02Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > It should be displayed, as should your location. What’s in your Location field in your UserCP? I don’t know how custom titles work. Could it be that his membership has indeed lapsed and but for the custom title, he’d be displaying Guest and the post and location display would therefore be functioning properly? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035/10 "2015-05-28T18:42:34Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I don’t know how custom titles work. Could it be that his membership has indeed lapsed and but for the custom title, he’d be displaying Guest and the post and location display would therefore be functioning properly? Yes, that makes sense. This is probably what happened. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035/11 "2015-05-28T18:45:13Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I don’t know how custom titles work. Could it be that his membership has indeed lapsed and but for the custom title, he’d be displaying Guest and the post and location display would therefore be functioning properly? > [@Giraffe](#): > > Yes, that makes sense. This is probably what happened. I’m pretty sure you have to be a paid member to have a custom title. Maybe if he paid for the title at a different time, it still runs full term. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035/12 "2015-06-15T03:20:37Z")
Nah. I am (and have, nudge nudge) a Member. Jerry wouldn’t let the system slip up so badly. Anyway…how about now? ETA: Huh. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035/13 "2015-06-15T03:32:40Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Nah. I am (and have, nudge nudge) a Member. Jerry wouldn’t let the system slip up so badly. > > Anyway…how about now? > ETA: Huh. At least _one_ of those statements appears not to be true at this time. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035/14 "2015-06-15T03:46:41Z")
Wait. Now someone’s just fucking with me. In the blink of an eye I have become Guest-ified. Was it something I said? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035/15 "2015-06-15T03:48:30Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > At least _one_ of those statements appears not to be true at this time. Were you referring to what I just noticed and pointed out in immediately preceding post? Because I really do have one. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035/16 "2015-06-15T03:56:33Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Were you referring to what I just noticed and pointed out in immediately preceding post? Because I really do have one. And now you seem to be one yet again. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035/17 "2015-06-15T03:58:49Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Wait. Now someone’s just fucking with me. > > In the blink of an eye I have become Guest-ified. > > Was it something I said? Boy howdy. Wasn’t there a movie where reality is questionable because updates in the present change all of past history? That was posted 11:46. This will be/is posted whenever it says. Much of the immediately preceding posts, if not the entire thread, make no sense whatsoever, now that I am–and always was, in stupid vBulletin, which is a rolling disaster for historians–yet a third status, whereas a scant few minutes ago it did, barely. In the few minutes since my previous post I futzed around with my User CP, and now I’m not who I claimed to be in terms of membership, and in fact never was! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035/18 "2015-06-15T04:01:33Z")
You wouldn’t happen to know a guy by the name of Marty McFly, by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035/19 "2015-06-15T04:02:28Z")
Simulpost. Oh yeah, wait for this… - Off to User CP \* ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035/20 "2015-06-15T04:05:43Z")
How do you like me now? What? Of course I’ve always been a Guest here. Just check all my posts since I registered. There are by now, something like…\ In post #12, did I lie…? I say no. Rather than continue to exert my God-like power over past and future, I will stay as a Guest for the time being. See how the other half lives. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-impressive-damning-post-count-not-displayed/721035.md?page=2)