ATS approaching 20 MILLION POSTS! Can we have a competition?

I am not sure if this happened in the past with other landmark events but could we have a competition to guess the time and date of the 20 millionth post?

No prize would be needed.

Also would it be possible to Identify the actuall post and shower the poster with glitter and a fanfare from a brass band?

It will be on one of those private mod threads or one of the many that gets deleted

also this post is #20116683, your thread is too late

a reply to: Indigent

? According to the forum index the current total was 19,984,212.

a reply to: nonspecific
I tried this last year in connection with the one millionth thread.
One million threads
Again, the difficulty was that it might be a non-public one, which proved to be the case.
There were thoughts of celebrating a million public topics instead, but that opportunity got missed.

P.S. The difference between the forum page total and the identity numbers attached to the posts might, once more, be the difference between "public posts" and "all posts".

a reply to: nonspecific

then why the number of the post i am replying is 20116689, I smell a conspiracy the mods must be vanishing post

a reply to: nonspecific

Nice!

I wonder how many of those posts are from the main core of ATS'ers. You know, the few people you see on almost every thread.

originally posted by: Indigent
a reply to: nonspecific

then why the number of the post i am replying is 20116689,

I smell a conspiracy the mods must be vanishing post

Where are you getting that number from?

originally posted by: Indigent
a reply to: nonspecific

then why the number of the post i am replying is 20116689,

I smell a conspiracy the mods must be vanishing post

I think it's just, as with threads, that every "alert" post gets an identity number along with the rest, but only the public ones get counted in the forum page stats.

originally posted by: nonspecific

originally posted by: Indigent
a reply to: nonspecific

then why the number of the post i am replying is 20116689,

I smell a conspiracy the mods must be vanishing post

Where are you getting that number from?

From the quote

originally posted by: [post=20116700]nonspecific

Or the address link of any post

originally posted by: Indigent

originally posted by: nonspecific

originally posted by: Indigent
a reply to: nonspecific

then why the number of the post i am replying is 20116689,

I smell a conspiracy the mods must be vanishing post

Where are you getting that number from?

From the quote

Aha I never noticed that before.

I imagine Disrali is correct then, I was going on the public figure.

originally posted by: [post=20116700]nonspecific

Or the address link of any post

Incidentally, this was the post numbered 20 million.
Send your blazing trumpets to gortex.

I guess I am not the only one who talks too much.

Do double, triple and quadruple posts count? Because over the last couple of days ATS has been really 'glitchy'.

The coveted 'Tin Foil Hat' Award!
It WILL be Mine...Oh, yes, it will be mine...Muhahahahaaaaaa

Relax OP, the Middle Ages were a hoax, we are still in the 18 th century. "Internet", "forums", and "posts" haven't been invented yet. We have plenty of "time" to plan the 20,000,000 post event.

originally posted by: Indigent
a reply to: nonspecific

then why the number of the post i am replying is 20116689,

I smell a conspiracy the mods must be vanishing post

The "grand total" on the forum page refers to publicly accessible posts. That's why the "post ID" and the "total posts" aren't the same.

a reply to: nonspecific

So I guess you have to amend this to mean publicly accessed posts.


board stats
Total Posts: 19,984,794

a reply to: soulpowertothendegree

Yes that was the number I was basing it on.

"118,017 new posts in the past 30 days"

that would mean that it could be in round about a months time.

originally posted by: nonspecific
a reply to: soulpowertothendegree

Yes that was the number I was basing it on.

"118,017 new posts in the past 30 days"

that would mean that it could be in round about a months time.

Depends on whether or not there's another terrorist attack.

a reply to: IAMTAT

Or a new ebola outbreak, one of those and it could be by the end of the day