Why is my number of posts going down?

[elliedoom]

Earlier today I was at 93 posts. Now I'm at 90 (91 after I submit this one). Why would the number be going down? I'm not aware of any reason my posts would have been deleted.

[Debbie42]

Did you maybe reply to someone else post that got deleted?

[Throwin64]

Originally Posted by elliedoom

Earlier today I was at 93 posts. Now I'm at 90 (91 after I submit this one). Why would the number be going down? I'm not aware of any reason my posts would have been deleted.

Elliedoom:

Debbie is right. As a mod who is generally on overnight or in the early morning, I often see where you are replying to spam messages (from the posts I have seen you are trying to be helpful and inform others). When we delete the spam messages, it also deletes any other messages in that thread. In your case, I think it was Tuesday(?) when I deleted three spam posts, each of which you had replied to. That deducted three posts from your count. The better approach is to use the "Report Post" option in the upper right hand corner of each post (it's the red triangle). This allows you to report the post directly to the mods of each forum, along with your comments, in a way that won't result in your posts being deleted. Let me know if you have any questions.
Take care,
Throwin

[elliedoom]

Thank you, Debbie and Throwin. That makes sense.

(Now if someone could just tell me how to go about uploading my own avatar without getting an error message, I'd be a happy camper.)