# Replies column says "-1" on discourse meta

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/replies-column-says-1-on-discourse-meta/31444
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [2015年七月26日 14:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replies-column-says-1-on-discourse-meta/31444 "2015-07-26T14:05:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![meglio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/meglio/32/71444_2.png) [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)
#### Post date: [2015年七月26日 14:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replies-column-says-1-on-discourse-meta/31444/1 "2015-07-26T14:05:02Z")

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Just caught this now, please see the screenshot:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/f/7fbbe3d8d83b887ffeec8f8b1614038d36c8980f.png)

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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年七月27日 18:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replies-column-says-1-on-discourse-meta/31444/2 "2015-07-27T18:50:39Z")

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The database record is what’s wrong here:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/3/e3d40084baffec3ed2d22f1848aef648ae38107e.png)

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### Author: ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [2015年七月27日 18:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replies-column-says-1-on-discourse-meta/31444/3 "2015-07-27T18:57:45Z")

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> [@riking](#):
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> The database record is what’s wrong here:

Is this an “evaluate 0 as false” thing?  
ie. Ruby “truthiness” vs. Ember “truthiness”

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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年七月27日 18:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replies-column-says-1-on-discourse-meta/31444/4 "2015-07-27T18:58:05Z")

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No, it’s a math thing: 0 minus 1 is -1.

The database record was probably set wrong from some old code that isn’t there anymore, because the topic is so old.

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### Author: ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [2015年七月27日 19:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replies-column-says-1-on-discourse-meta/31444/5 "2015-07-27T19:00:36Z")

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Thanks.

Those pesky logic errors !

Reminds me of my early regex days  
It seems to work, until …

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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年七月27日 19:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replies-column-says-1-on-discourse-meta/31444/6 "2015-07-27T19:41:21Z")

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