Post numbering inconsistent with scrollbar

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A bug has been reported where the post numbering is inconsistent with the scrollbar on the forum. When hidden posts are present, the post counter does not accurately reflect the current post number. dfabulich explains that on mobile devices, the scrollbar counter does not match the post number, creating confusion. Falco suggests that the post counter is actually indicating the visible post number, but this still causes inconsistencies.

On Announcing the Choice of Games Contest for Interactive Novels - Announcements - Choice of Games Forum there are a few hidden posts at the top of the thread.

If you click on the time stamp of the first post, it naturally identifies itself as post #1. But when you scroll to the next user-visible post and click on the time stamp, it says “post #4.”

That’s weird, I guess, but the bug I’m reporting is that this is inconsistent with the scrollbar, which is especially noticeable on mobile where only one or two posts fit on screen at a time.

In an iPhone Private tab, scroll down to the fourth visible post, “post #6.”

Actual: The post counter in the lower-right corner says “4/32,” making it appear as if you’re on post #4. If you then scroll further down and jump to post “#4,” that will take you to the second visible post, whose invisible post number is post #4.

Expected: When posts are hidden, the post numbers should change to match the scrollbar/counter, so if you’re looking at “post #2” the scrollbar should say “2/32.”

(Alternately, the scrollbar counter could include hidden posts, so you’d scroll down just one post and the counter would increment by 3 to say “4/34” or whatever the real total is. But this would reveal the existence of hidden posts to the public, so that’s probably not the right answer.)

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I think the correct way to read this is The post counter in the lower-right corner says “4/32” telling that you are on the 4° visible post.

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