Can anyone else confirm their numbers for the mentioned users?
Here's mine (after ignoring "Serious discussion & Ivory Tower" boards):
Account | ▊ | # of Posts | ▊ | Actual # | ▊ |
| ▊ | 3050 | ▊ | 3019 | ▊ |
| ▊ | 3211 | ▊ | 3211 | ▊ |
| ▊ | 4007 | ▊ | 4003 | ▊ |
| ▊ | 1805 | ▊ | 1782 | ▊ |
| ▊ | 4610 | ▊ | 4610 | ▊ |
But it should show the same number for everyone in the history page. Isn't it?
If they have the same boards preferences, "YES".
theymos wrote something about this before)
You have 3497 posts. 3 of them are in the serious discussion sections, which don't count. 6 of them are redirection topics, which don't count. So your post count should be 3488, which is what it is.
But the difference is strange "For some, the number looks bigger, vice versa", for example, Jet Cash has 4007 > 3792 while KingScorpio has 3015 < 3047
Not sure why you're getting a number, higher than the indicated post number on profile pages but for other accounts, I think you may have other boards (apart from the above mentioned boards) on ignore as well.
On a side note: There was a recount on March, 11, 2018.
I did a recount of post counts earlier today. There are several bugs which cause the post count to drift from its real value over time. The current count is the accurate one.