For posterity, the post in reference is this > **Why are community subscriber counts different when watched from different instances?** > I created two accounts on two different instances and all the communities I see have different subscriber counts depending from which account I look. Why does that happen and how can I see the real subscriber count? i'm having trouble understanding how this isn't a support request. It's a `(Why|How) `. > . This seems to be a post that would help many understand Yeah, all the support posts are like this. We get the same five over and over, but this community is not for support. I wouldn't keep questions about knitting in [!woodworking@lemmy.ca](https://lemmy.ca/c/woodworking) because they are helpful. This is simply not the place, unfortunately. Why do you think it's not a support post?