Comment count does not match actual comments

March 17, 2005 11:16 AM

3067 != 3202 ; 443 != 471 ; 426 != 432 ; but 11 == 11. An old user thing? Or a massive cover-up? Follow the money!
posted by orthogonality to Bugs at 11:16 AM (26 comments total)

I bet the larger number includes deleted comments.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 11:39 AM on March 17, 2005

I'd place money on monju being correct. I'm pretty sure quonsar has had a lot of deleted comments (compared to the MeFi average). Is it nearing 200? Possibly. Matt and/or quonsar might be able to tell us that.
posted by raedyn at 11:43 AM on March 17, 2005

That would give Q 135 deleted comments.

No way.
posted by Mid at 11:43 AM on March 17, 2005

Oooooh -- they could be comments in threads that got deleted. That makes sense.
posted by Mid at 11:46 AM on March 17, 2005

quonsar commenting in a to-be-deleted thread? No way.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 11:49 AM on March 17, 2005

Either I have been naughty 53 time or I have wasted my comment 53 times in threads that went poof. I think the latter.
posted by caddis at 11:49 AM on March 17, 2005

they could be comments in threads that got deleted. That makes sense.

That's an interesting theory, but the stats for Alex Reynolds appear to contradict it.
posted by casu marzu at 11:55 AM on March 17, 2005

Heh : 4141! = 4423
posted by caddis at 11:56 AM on March 17, 2005

Hmm. Mine are off quite a bit: 338 to 514.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 11:57 AM on March 17, 2005

Ooops, make that 339.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 11:58 AM on March 17, 2005

Oh, now it's 340.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 11:59 AM on March 17, 2005

caddis writes "Heh : 4141! = 4423"

"!=" != "! ="

Remember, whitespace separates tokens.
posted by orthogonality at 11:59 AM on March 17, 2005

monju_bosatsu is prolly right on the money. Mine are off as well, and I know that I chattered in a now deleted thread so... (but did I really make 21 comments to that one? My, what a chatterbox I can be...)
posted by dabitch at 12:10 PM on March 17, 2005

How did I miss casu marzu's comment completly? That's interesting. Hmmmm... ze plot thickens then.
posted by dabitch at 12:11 PM on March 17, 2005

Now I'm confused all to hell. I tried to check mine, but it says comments #400- 43whatever, and it shows all of my comments. Also, I counted, and the number on that page is the same as the number of comments it says I have in my profile, not the number it says at the top of the detail page.

I contend, however, that it would be a bigger bug if 3067 did equal 3202. Imagine the implications for commerce.
posted by anapestic at 12:12 PM on March 17, 2005

I think it's just a cheap stunt pandering to ethnic stereotypes.
posted by koeselitz at 12:13 PM on March 17, 2005

koeselitz writes "I think it's just a cheap stunt pandering to ethnic stereotypes."

An outrage, even. ;)
posted by orthogonality at 12:28 PM on March 17, 2005

You counted? Oh boy, I bet your checkbook balances as well. ;)
posted by caddis at 12:33 PM on March 17, 2005

this most likely has to do with the fact that askme and metatalk were intermingled at one time. adding askme comments to metatalk numbers doesn't add up, but i'll still bet it's a major factor.
posted by quonsar at 12:57 PM on March 17, 2005

if only i could somehow find a way to harness the energy put into this thread.

WHY ID BE RICH>

or at least be able to pay off some looming debts.
posted by fishfucker at 1:11 PM on March 17, 2005

You counted? Oh boy, I bet your checkbook balances as well. ;)

I'm a CPA. Occupational hazard.
posted by anapestic at 1:27 PM on March 17, 2005

I'm a CPA.

that explains much.
posted by quonsar at 3:33 PM on March 17, 2005

That's an interesting theory, but the stats for Alex Reynolds appear to contradict it.

Maybe it's a bug, or matthowie took pity on me and edited my numbers. This is indeed a strange universe.
posted by AlexReynolds at 8:58 PM on March 17, 2005

I mentioned this before, but I'm not sure if Matt understood what I meant... I don't think I was very clear.
posted by taz at 11:32 PM on March 17, 2005

I'm sure this will all be explained after SXSW.
posted by graventy at 12:48 PM on March 18, 2005

Wow, I seem to be a real winner. Perfect Metafilter and Ask scores, way out of whack MeTa scores.

I don't even recall posting that many comments...
posted by shepd at 3:00 PM on March 18, 2005