# Being the last poster of a thread and then it dies **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 11, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751 "2018-07-11T21:02:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/21 "2018-07-12T01:35:18Z")
> [@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. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/22 "2018-07-12T04:07:17Z")
Back in the early days of the board, a term was actually coined for this. [Molosters](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=24126) = MOst Last pOSTERS It originated in Post #7 of [Thread killers](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=22524) ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/23 "2018-07-12T04:14:39Z")
once again proof that there is either an MB thread or a SD column about everything! mc ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/24 "2018-07-12T04:34:03Z")
Ha, I couldnā€™t swear this has happened to me but I feel like it probably has. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/25 "2018-07-12T08:45:53Z")
I donā€™t take it personally, I do get disappointed _sometimes_ though. Mainly because, if Iā€™m jumping in late to a thread, itā€™s because I have a point to make that hasnā€™t already been brought up. Which is rare when the thread is more than two pages long. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/26 "2018-07-12T13:53:10Z")
Iā€™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 OPā€™s angst. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/27 "2018-07-12T14:09:28Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Iā€™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 OPā€™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. (Thereā€™s one there now.) ---
**Author:** ![Fundisi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Fundisi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fundisi)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/28 "2018-07-12T14:21:19Z")
Maybe itā€™ll die if this unknown lurker posts in the threadā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/29 "2018-07-12T14:29:41Z")
The only time it bothers me is when itā€™s a thread that I startedā€¦and Iā€™m the only poster. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/30 "2018-07-12T15:39:36Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > The only time it bothers me is when itā€™s a thread that I startedā€¦and Iā€™m the only poster. Been there, done that. Often. :o ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/31 "2018-07-12T16:21:03Z")
A similar but somehow even more depressing case is when I kill a thread, but it seems it was only ā€œmostly deadā€. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/32 "2018-07-12T16:54:26Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Been there, done that. Often. :o Yeah, Iā€™ve learned not to post new threads late at night when no one is around to see them. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/33 "2018-07-12T17:25:19Z")
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 wasnā€™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 ā€œfavoriteā€ 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). ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/34 "2018-07-12T18:52:58Z")
I have done this enough that I also have considered starting a thread about it. When it happens I end up saying to myself, ā€œI AM THREAD KILLER!ā€ like a Spartan warrior. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/35 "2018-07-12T19:12:37Z")
Last! (sorry **Quimby** ) ---
**Author:** ![bonzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/36 "2018-07-12T19:19:34Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It originated in Post #7 of [Thread killers](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=22524) [Another old thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=259417&highlight=statistics&styleid=12) - 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. ---
**Author:** ![K2500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@K2500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K2500)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/37 "2018-07-13T03:53:46Z")
> [@naita](#): > > I think someone should come up with a term for people who kills threads just by posting to them. Maybe ā€œThread killerā€?[/deadpan] Seams like ā€œstitchā€ would be a tailor made term for such a thing. Itā€™s probably me again ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/38 "2018-07-13T08:36:09Z")
**Doperkins** (singing & dancing) _Ding dong, the thread is dead! Which old thread, this old thread! Ding dong, the wicked thread is dead!_ ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/39 "2018-07-13T16:54:57Z")
It looks like I may have killed [this thread about abortion](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=857763) - I wasnā€™t the last post, but I appear to have struck the killing blow. My feelings on the matter are mixed - I donā€™t like to see a debate Iā€™m in die, but if it has to die itā€™s best that it ends with me doing a mike drop. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/40 "2018-07-13T19:33:12Z")
> [@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 donā€™t have access at work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751.md?page=3)