# Why post\_number?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-post-number/52634
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [November 7, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-post-number/52634 "2016-11-07T19:33:26Z")
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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: [November 7, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-post-number/52634/2 "2016-11-07T20:33:05Z")

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> [@Kevin\_Wildenradt](#):
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> TLDR; What purpose does post\_number serve that could not be easily accomplished with post\_id?

This allows [Why post\_number? - #3 by Kevin\_Wildenradt](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-post-number/52634/3) to continue to work efficiently even if [Why post\_number? - #2 by sam](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-post-number/52634/2) is deleted.

And [Why post\_number? - #3 by Kevin\_Wildenradt](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-post-number/52634/3) is arguably much prettier than [Why post\_number? - #9 by sam](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-post-number/52634/373873) or [Bootstrap failed with exit code 128](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-post-number/373873) which does not hint properly on the topic.

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