# Off-by-one reply count in read time estimation

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/off-by-one-reply-count-in-read-time-estimation/27578
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [2015年四月14日 22:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/off-by-one-reply-count-in-read-time-estimation/27578 "2015-04-14T22:36:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![anon42064797](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@anon42064797](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon42064797)
#### Post date: [2015年四月14日 22:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/off-by-one-reply-count-in-read-time-estimation/27578/1 "2015-04-14T22:36:32Z")

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![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/5/65f7edade836adae816248cd9de4b36caf04a1d0.png) 

On the topic lists, replies is always one less than posts - that doesn’t apply to the read time estimation text, though.  
It seems to me that it should either say “posts” or use the reply count instead of the post count.

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### Author: ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [2015年四月14日 22:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/off-by-one-reply-count-in-read-time-estimation/27578/2 "2015-04-14T22:45:16Z")

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Let’s get that changed to say “posts”, then. Simple copy change, PR?

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2015年四月14日 22:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/off-by-one-reply-count-in-read-time-estimation/27578/3 "2015-04-14T22:53:40Z")

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nahh we should clean it for consistency with front page, use replies correctly there throughout.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2015年四月15日 01:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/off-by-one-reply-count-in-read-time-estimation/27578/4 "2015-04-15T01:58:33Z")

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Ok I vote you can do that one! Should be easy…

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2015年四月16日 04:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/off-by-one-reply-count-in-read-time-estimation/27578/5 "2015-04-16T04:56:52Z")

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Fixed per

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/67ed6b1e9a16c4800b6bf14bebedeb8177e2f372](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/67ed6b1e9a16c4800b6bf14bebedeb8177e2f372)

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2015年四月16日 04:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/off-by-one-reply-count-in-read-time-estimation/27578/6 "2015-04-16T04:56:55Z")

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