# Am I the Black Widow (Thread Killer) of the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 13, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-black-widow-thread-killer-of-the-sdmb/168468 "2003-04-13T17:31:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-black-widow-thread-killer-of-the-sdmb/168468/1 "2003-04-13T17:31:15Z")
I was just perusing my postings this morning and I have noticed an odd trend…For the threads I have posted to, 91 in total, I seem to be the last poster or soon to be last (less than 5 posts from the bottom). From my quick count: 15 post ends: ~16% 19 close to end: ~19% Meaning if I post to your thread, I have a ~37% chance of sending you off into Message Board oblivion. ☹ And my thread starts are never successful either…but I can deal with being my own Black Widow… ---
**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-black-widow-thread-killer-of-the-sdmb/168468/2 "2003-04-13T17:42:21Z")
You’re not, I am. ---
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-black-widow-thread-killer-of-the-sdmb/168468/3 "2003-04-13T17:48:13Z")
Or are you? ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-black-widow-thread-killer-of-the-sdmb/168468/4 "2003-04-13T19:26:36Z")
There recently was a thread in which we all vied for the honorary title ‘thread-killer’. If the hamsters weren’t having a coffee break I could find it, I’m sure of it. Many infrequent posters suffer under the self-assumed stigma of being a ‘thread-killer’, see [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=172132), and [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=175647), and [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=168472). There even is a thread on [thread-kill percentage](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=144366). So rest assured that you are in good company. None of us other posters is snickering ‘thread-killer’ behind your back. At least not in the public fora. In the secret forum, however, things are different. I guess they are. I haven’t been invited yet. : dons tin-foil hat : ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-black-widow-thread-killer-of-the-sdmb/168468/5 "2003-04-13T19:38:08Z")
Well, I found it. The thread-killing champion is **if you don’t know i won’t tell** , the very OP of the [Thread Murderer!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=173936) thread! ---
**Author:** ![raisinbread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-black-widow-thread-killer-of-the-sdmb/168468/6 "2003-04-13T20:10:59Z")
I heard posting in **PURPLE** _and_ mentioning Hitler then formatting the word [color=“blue”]Google is a real threadkiller. seriously[/color] ---
**Author:** ![ChalkPit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@ChalkPit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChalkPit)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-black-widow-thread-killer-of-the-sdmb/168468/7 "2003-04-14T04:07:45Z")
Really ? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-black-widow-thread-killer-of-the-sdmb/168468/8 "2003-04-14T13:54:09Z")
Nah, you want to kill a thread you just need to go off topic or add something strange but at other times, like a post with spelling errors or those about failed personal hygiene can be a turn off and poof, the thread comes to an end but I think the biggest thread killer is the one in which someone adds something but there is no real content to the post and folks don’t read to the end, they go looking for the back button of thier browser and the worst is when someone just rambles on about something that really doesn’t hold the interest of other readers, like the time my dog Speedway, a german shephard mix, was a little puppy but I am getting off topic about the OP and as we know posts that are just one long continuious sentence can bring even the hardiest Doper to thier knees causing them to not add an additional post to the thread. That is my theory on how to kill a thread. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-black-widow-thread-killer-of-the-sdmb/168468/9 "2003-04-14T18:18:52Z")
sounds like crap to me… ---
**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-black-widow-thread-killer-of-the-sdmb/168468/10 "2003-04-14T18:29:03Z")
But me, me! What about **me**? ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-black-widow-thread-killer-of-the-sdmb/168468/11 "2003-04-14T18:43:48Z")
_nudges **CBCD** gently with elbow_