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Hi, Neighbor! · 07-11-2018, 05:02 PM

Have you ever stumbled upon a thread that was like five pages long with lots of recent activity, then you decide to chime in, and then the thread just dies? And you think, "Uh, was it something I said?" And no one speaks in the thread ever again.

Doesn't that leave you with a weird feeling? It does to me.

Anyways, just wanted to share this. It's happened to me and I always wondered what everyone else thought about that. Or if it's something people think about at all.

Deep down it makes me feel sad. Like, I didn't do enough to keep things going. Oh well.

*sighs*

burpo the wonder mutt · 07-11-2018, 05:15 PM

Doesn't bother me; usually the conversation has run its course by the time I get there (an hour or two later), so I just make a comment of some sort and move on. Some perverse part of me enjoys it: "Look, Martha, I've killed another one!" Then I stamp the side of my computer--like WWII fighter planes in some old flick--and see what other mischief I can get into.

mikecurtis · 07-11-2018, 05:21 PM

Dammit burpo, if no one answered this thread it would've really blown her mind!

mc

burpo the wonder mutt · 07-11-2018, 05:24 PM

Dammit, indeed! I'm a bad mutt.

Gatopescado · 07-11-2018, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by burpo the wonder mutt

Dammit, indeed! I'm a bad mutt.

I've got a rolled-up newspaper with your name on it, burp.

Beckdawrek · 07-11-2018, 05:25 PM

Ah, well. I have chimed in now. It can die.

naita · 07-11-2018, 05:53 PM

I think someone should come up with a term for people who kills threads just by posting to them. Maybe "Thread killer"?[/deadpan]

K2500 · 07-12-2018, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by naita

I think someone should come up with a term for people who kills threads just by posting to them. Maybe "Thread killer"?[/deadpan]

Seams like "stitch" would be a tailor made term for such a thing.

It's probably me again

PastTense · 07-11-2018, 05:58 PM

OP: you have the wrong attitude. Instead realize that your post was the definitive statement that no one could possibly disagree with.

Newtosite · 07-11-2018, 06:21 PM

I'm guilty of killing several threads.

UltraVires · 07-11-2018, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by PastTense

OP: you have the wrong attitude. Instead realize that your post was the definitive statement that no one could possibly disagree with.

Not only unable to disagree with, but your point was made so perfectly that it needed no further comment or explanation.

Colibri · 12:08 AM

Back in the early days of the board, a term was actually coined for this.

Molosters = MOst Last pOSTERS

It originated in Post #7 of Thread killers

mikecurtis · 07-12-2018, 12:14 AM

once again proof that there is either an MB thread or a SD column about everything!

mc

bonzer · 07-12-2018, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Colibri

It originated in Post #7 of Thread killers

Another old thread - this one from 2004 - on the subject, with lots of statistics.

Personally memorable in that it revealed that I was one of the most effective threadkillers of that era.

Hari Seldon · 07-11-2018, 06:22 PM

I'll try to kill this one. Do not reply.

Hi, Neighbor! · 07-11-2018, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Hari Seldon

I'll try to kill this one. Do not reply.

Step aside. I want the honor.

snowthx · 07-11-2018, 07:01 PM

IT WAS YOU!?!?

Yeah, I kinda get the same feeling, like I am a johnny-come-lately to the party. I dread having my username be the last one appearing in the Forum view for that thread. It will be there forever.

snowthx · 07-11-2018, 07:05 PM

Dammit. Someone else post!!!

running coach · 07-11-2018, 07:01 PM

I have killed thousands of threads with a single word.

blondebear · 07-11-2018, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by running coach

I have killed thousands of threads with a single word.

Word

Dallas Jones · 07-11-2018, 08:04 PM

I've killed more threads than Cecil B. DeMille

Beckdawrek · 07-11-2018, 08:07 PM

The pulse is getting thread-y. Adrenalin STAT!

manson1972 · 07-11-2018, 08:31 PM

I like to think that its because my post was so profound, no further posts are necessary.

ZonexandScout · 07-24-2018, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by manson1972

I like to think that its because my post was so profound, no further posts are necessary.

This is exactly what happens to me. It's usually self-evident that there's nothing left to be said about the topic. And nobody wants to contradict my posts, because I am so bitter and vengeful.

K2500 · 07-25-2018, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ZonexandScout

This is exactly what happens to me. It's usually self-evident that there's nothing left to be said about the topic. And nobody wants to contradict my posts, because I am so bitter and vengeful.

I concur.

Bullitt · 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by K2500

I concur.

I don't.

ETA -- better add the smiley, in case you don't hear my tone of voice or see my face.

cochrane · 07-11-2018, 08:44 PM

Until I come along.

erysichthon · 07-11-2018, 08:57 PM

This has happened to me quite a bit. I think it's because I don't spend a lot of time here (not as much as some of you, anyway), and by the time I notice a thread it has usually run its course.

Gee, I hope somebody adds a post after this one.

SlackerInc · 07-12-2018, 12:34 AM

Ha, I couldn’t swear this has happened to me but I feel like it probably has.

Grrr! · 07-12-2018, 04:45 AM

I don't take it personally, I do get disappointed sometimes though.

Mainly because, if I'm jumping in late to a thread, it's because I have a point to make that hasn't already been brought up. Which is rare when the thread is more than two pages long.

Lucas Jackson · 07-12-2018, 09:53 AM

I’ve killed my fair share and, yes, it bothers me a bit.

I think this thread will be interesting in that it will probably never die and thus will offset the OP’s angst.

aurora maire · 07-12-2018, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucas Jackson

I’ve killed my fair share and, yes, it bothers me a bit.

I think this thread will be interesting in that it will probably never die and thus will offset the OP’s angst.

Well I want in then. It will be nice to contribute to a thread and not see my name in the Last Post column the rest of the day. (There's one there now.)

Fundisi · 07-12-2018, 10:21 AM

Maybe it'll die if this unknown lurker posts in the thread...

Cardigan · 07-12-2018, 10:29 AM

The only time it bothers me is when it's a thread that I started...and I'm the only poster.

Gatopescado · 07-12-2018, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Cardigan

The only time it bothers me is when it's a thread that I started...and I'm the only poster.

Been there, done that. Often.

Regallag_The_Axe · 07-12-2018, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Gatopescado

Been there, done that. Often.

Yeah, I've learned not to post new threads late at night when no one is around to see them.

Just Asking Questions · 07-12-2018, 12:21 PM

A similar but somehow even more depressing case is when I kill a thread, but it seems it was only "mostly dead". Someone two weeks later comes along and revives it, which is bad enough, but then they ignore my last post! And then it gets new life, but no one discusses my comment.

Hi, Neighbor! · 07-18-2018, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Just Asking Questions

A similar but somehow even more depressing case is when I kill a thread, but it seems it was only "mostly dead". Someone two weeks later comes along and revives it, which is bad enough, but then they ignore my last post! And then it gets new life, but no one discusses my comment.

I just wanted to give you acknowledgement for this. A week later.

The WHO just added gaming addiction to their disease list. Also sex addiction. While they're at it, how about THREAD KILLING ANXIETY DISORDER.

It's up there with "I posted something on Facebook and it didn't get a single like in two hours so now I have to delete it" syndrome.

Fear the Turtle · 07-12-2018, 01:25 PM

This seems to happen to me quite a bit, so I went into my CP and did some poking around (as a (mostly) lurker this wasn't too daunting of a task). I had about 580 subscribed threads - meaning I posted in them - and I counted 40 where I had the last post (about 7%). My "favorite" was a thread asking about Motherboard advice - I was first and last as nobody responded (learned my lesson about posting after work on a Friday).

Quimby · 07-12-2018, 02:52 PM

I have done this enough that I also have considered starting a thread about it. When it happens I end up saying to myself, "I AM THREAD KILLER!" like a Spartan warrior.

Lucas Jackson · 07-13-2018, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Fear the Turtle

I was first and last as nobody responded (learned my lesson about posting after work on a Friday).

Hmm, you would think the weekend would be a prime time for dopers who don’t have access at work.

manson1972 · 07-12-2018, 03:12 PM

Last!

(sorry Quimby)

dba Fred · 07-13-2018, 04:36 AM

Doperkins (singing & dancing)
Ding dong, the thread is dead!
Which old thread,
this old thread!
Ding dong, the wicked thread is dead!

begbert2 · 07-13-2018, 12:54 PM

It looks like I may have killed this thread about abortion - I wasn't the last post, but I appear to have struck the killing blow. My feelings on the matter are mixed - I don't like to see a debate I'm in die, but if it has to die it's best that it ends with me doing a mike drop.

AskNott · 07-13-2018, 05:30 PM

Often, I don't even dive into a thread with 4 or 5 pages, because whatever I hoped to add was already done by somebody else. There are exceptions, if I'm really interested in it, or it looks amusing.

Ruken · 07-13-2018, 09:08 PM

I usually completely forget I've posted in a thread after I post.

I'm sure I've killed threads, I just haven't noticed.

PoppaSan · 07-13-2018, 09:36 PM

But not this one.

kunilou · 07-13-2018, 10:41 PM

Sorry I'm late to this thread. Y'all can stop now.

Ellecram · 07-15-2018, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hi, Neighbor!

Have you ever stumbled upon a thread that was like five pages long with lots of recent activity, then you decide to chime in, and then the thread just dies? And you think, "Uh, was it something I said?" And no one speaks in the thread ever again.

Doesn't that leave you with a weird feeling? It does to me.

Anyways, just wanted to share this. It's happened to me and I always wondered what everyone else thought about that. Or if it's something people think about at all.

Deep down it makes me feel sad. Like, I didn't do enough to keep things going. Oh well.

*sighs*

I think that happens to me all the time.