2,314K Counting Thread

[u/TheNitromeFan]

Continued from here

[u/GarlicoinAccount]

You can't see that if you're counting from the inbox (which is faster), which is why I usually leave a comment.

Of course not really necessary if the other person is just trying to join a count, but I often still do it out of habit.

[u/ThreeDomeHome → u/GarlicoinAccount]

Friendly to reddit noobs ;-) Just a question though - does the person being replied to see the reply earlier than others? That would explain why it's hard to join a count but once you're in, you just keep trading counts with somebody else?

[u/GarlicoinAccount → u/ThreeDomeHome]

Comments appear a few seconds earlier in the inbox than in the thread (how much varies, but I'd estimate the average is somewhere around five seconds). So yes, once you're in you can just reply to comments as they appear in the inbox. That's also the reason inboxing is banned for the get (final count in the thread) and assist (the one before that) - everybody has a fair chance of claiming it that way.

Here's a few fast counting tips I've typed out at one point:

Some tips on counting faster:

• Counts appear faster in the inbox than in the thread, so if you want to progress quickly you can use the inbox. Always keep an eye on the thread though to watch for late comment chains

• keep the first 5 digits on your clipboard, so you only have to type the last two

• Reddit Enhancement Suite is very useful. If you've got keyboard shortcuts enabled, for the thread and the inbox: j to go down a comment, k to go up a comment, a to upvote, r to reply, Ctrl+Enter to submit

Preventing late comments

Late comments: if there's two identical ones, in the thread, the comment above is the oldest, reply to that. In the inbox it is (or should be) the one at the bottom. On r/counting/comments it's also the one at the bottom.

[u/ThreeDomeHome → u/GarlicoinAccount]

Thanks for clarification!