Those stats are supposed to count the section itself and all subsections, but it's a cached value which drifts from the true value over time. It gets corrected in the recounts which I do periodically (several times per year).
As of this second, the true per-board stats are:
So since the displayed stats count subsections, the top-level message count should be 230270, but it's about 20k off due to drift, and this will get worse over time until I do a recount.
As of this second, the true per-board stats are:
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Main
posts: 193201
topics: 4213
Altcoins
posts: 11213
topics: 695
Altcoin Announcements
posts: 25856
topics: 2572
So since the displayed stats count subsections, the top-level message count should be 230270, but it's about 20k off due to drift, and this will get worse over time until I do a recount.
Thanks theymos for making the bitcoin forum that satoshi creates a better placed.
Locking the thread.
