# What does "Last Post" mean?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-last-post-mean/127345>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 1, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-last-post-mean/127345 "2019-09-01T18:41:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![JimPas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jimpas/32/148179_2.png) [@JimPas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimPas)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-last-post-mean/127345/6 "2019-09-01T20:29:24Z")

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Since this is a new user - joined less than 24 hours - all of the routines that run to collect the tallies from each area may not have run. Once they all have, you’ll see things start to add up. Many times it takes hours before a new user will show up in the User Directory.

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