Viewing the threads just before and after the winner. It is easy to do.

[L. Coyote]

Just change the number in the URL. A lot of fluff got posted.

My post was ABRAMOFF Scandal: J. Steven Griles Ordered to Prison, Highest-Ranked Bush Administration Convict
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1198838

The winner is =1198854 so I was # 29,999,984. When I refreshed the count, it was 30,000,011.

SO, just change the last numbers in my post's link. Click on it and view the address in your browser

These posts missed by just one.

... 1198855 was one post too late.

... 1198853 was one post too soon.

ETC., ETC.

ON EDIT: This will work for GD posts only, so my calculations are off by about double. I missed by nearer 30 posts, 16 posts on GD forum.

[Strawman]

1. 851...3 too soon.

and mine was complete fluff.

[Duer 157099]

2. Cool. Interesting. posts 1198831 to 1198870 were all at *:42

That's 40 posts per minute, almost twice the average (for that time period anyway)

I got in at 1198850. 4 short.

[L. Coyote]

3. Well, Congrats on that. Very close. Who has the nearest substantive post?

I went out of my way to prepare a thread on the latest Bushco scandal news, the highest-ranked Bush official getting jail time for lying about Abramoff links.

Recs appreciated :rofl:

[Duer 157099]

4. Do you think those counts are for all forums, or just GD?

I didn't notice if any other forums were represented in those posts....

[L. Coyote]

5. If you use an original thread post to start with, just change the numbers. The link

above is my original post, so it will work. You'll only see individual posts though, not the whole thread.

[Duer 157099]

6. But it still shows a forum ID (389 = GD)

Were any of the before and afters in other forums besides GD?

[L. Coyote]

9. LBN at *:42 is 2895994 to 2895999. Other forums are far slower.

GD:P is 3342551 to 3342553, etc. So 6 and 3 per minute respectively.

[L. Coyote]

7. GOOD Correction! Looks like each forum is different. Here is one from LBN

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2895992
Omaha Steve 05:41 PM = ...duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2895992
California grocers, (65,000) workers back in contract talks

So, the same applies, but there is no way of knowing how close it is to the winner.

You have shown me the error of my logic. I was off by 16 posts just in GD, forum #389! I was off by more, therefore, with all forums are counted.

[Duer 157099]

8. Yeah, it's more complex than we were hoping...

I found 6 posts in LBN with 4:42 time stamps, 10 in the Lounge, and decided not to continue looking.

Some things are just meant to be mysteries

[L. Coyote]

10. Maybe some 80 posts in that one minute, or more, half here on GD with 40.

[Duer 157099]

11. Yeah, that's probably a good estimate

Although maybe just a tad high -- the Lounge only had 10 during that minute, and that's usually very active. Probably closer to 70 total, if that.

Still, that's more than double the average for that time period.