Editing Lets Count (section)

== Trivia ==

* In my research into the origin of the thread to fact-check this article, I stumbled across a thread posted by Shelli Selby called "lets count again." It was posted on 1/17/23, apparently because the original thread had died off. However, it only got 122 replies, and didn't seem to have much significance. The thread started over from one, and reached 63. Many of the numbers were sent as GIFs. After 63, Shelli said "i only made this one because i couldn't find the other one but now i did find it so the first one is my main focus XDD"
* On 11/7/22, [[Daniel Simmons]] posted a thread titled "LETS COUNT BACKWARDS" It started at 2048, since that was the last number in the normal counting thread. It only reached 1035 before people lost interest. The last message was sent on 11/12/22. It had 24 messages from 7 respondents.
* One interesting thing about these threads is the number of reactions they get. For example, the original "lets count" thread had 30 reactions, of 13 different types. "Lets count: CONTINUED" had 39 reactions, 23 of which were the infinity emoji. "Lets count: CONTINUED: Continued" had 24 reactions with the infinity emoji. (this might be a [[Records|record]] for most reactions on a post? I'm not sure.) This is not the largest amount of the ''same'' reaction for one post. A post made by [[Asher Stewart]] obtained 35 laughing emojis, and one heart emoji.
* The record for the most number of numbers posted in a short period of time was set by [[Isaac Rivers]] and [[Jacob Grady]], when they posted a combined total of 534 numbers in ~37 minutes.<ref>(If you have a recorded instance of larger amounts in the same time, please edit this)</ref>
* At 8:49am CST on 2/8/2024, the counting thread (Lets count: CONTINUED: Continued: Again) reached its first five-digit number, 10,000. [[Isaac Rivers]] sent the message.<ref>[[Gabriel Nelson|Gabe Nelson]] claims that his computer shows that he sent the message first. However, I haven't seen any screenshots of this, so unless I do I'll say that Isaac got it - that's what my computers all show, and I've seen multiple screenshots of the same.</ref> To accomplish this feat, [[Isaac Rivers]] and [[Jacob Grady]] sent a whopping 534 numbers in ~37 minutes.
* At some point around two thousand, they began counting backwards - I'm not sure if that is true, or if it is, when they turned around again and started going forwards.<ref>Confirmed by [[Samuel Grady]]: After 2082, [[Keene Elkins]] jumped to 2100. [[Sunda Schwertfeger]] then proceeded to count backwards (probably to correct the jump). Then, after a few hundred backwards-counting messages, the counting continued forwards as normal (is there anything normal at northstar?), with some mild confusion to those who saw this afterward.</ref>
* Lets Count BY SEVENS was a thread created by [[Isaac Rivers]] on May 1, 2024. It was based on the popular "Lets Count" thread, and has all of the same rules, with one exception: you have to count by sevens.
* Lets count BACKWARDS was another thread that [[Isaac Rivers]] made, posted on May 14, 2024. It started at -1, and is at -2426 as of 9/13/24.
* Let's count- BY PERFECT SQUARES! :D was a thread that [[Rachel Hinds]] made on May 17, 2024. 
* At 8:57am CST on 9/23/2024, the counting thread (Lets count: CONTINUED: Continued: Again: Round Two: Round Three: Round Four) reached 20,000. [[Jacob Grady]] was the one to send it, with help by [[Isaac Rivers]] and [[Sarah McClure]]. 
* [[Fromage]] counting thread: On 9/30/24, Asher Pratt posted the following:<ref>see [[Fromage]]</ref><blockquote>F R O M A G E GUYS AND GALS were gonna put a number then put fromage after the number. Its like counting but better and with fromage</blockquote>The most recent reply:<blockquote>95 🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀</blockquote>