# 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:** 96
**Author:** ![K2500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@K2500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K2500)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1902 "2020-06-23T01:19:05Z")
That just means it passed out. Gotta keep holding. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1903 "2020-06-23T02:26:03Z")
I’ll redouble my efforts ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1904 "2020-06-23T15:25:37Z")
🏳 ☢ 🕷 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1905 "2020-06-23T17:22:16Z")
Ok, y’all can stop. This thread is dead. Dead, I tell you! ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1906 "2020-06-23T17:51:06Z")
Okay, I won’t post on this thread as long as nobody else does. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1907 "2020-06-23T17:56:32Z")
Look folks, I’m dedicated to being the last poster on this thread. After all, I had 2, count 'em 2, of the last 2 posts on the old Dope when the lights went out. Some one screen shot it. It’s archived. You cannot win. You may as well throw your hat in now. Yep. Beck=winner thread killer! Everyone else= losers! Non-thread killers. Wait…that doesn’t sound right, at all. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1908 "2020-06-23T18:26:54Z")
I’ve been the last poster in a lot of threads and it used to annoy me. Then, I figured out the reason. Imagine it’s 1600 and Shakespeare just completed _Hamlet_. Would you really want to be the guy who follows that with some rinky-dink play, like _Moose Murders_? I rest my case. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1909 "2020-06-23T18:34:34Z")
⚰ ⚱ ⚰ ⚱ ⚰ ⚱ ⚰ ⚱ ⚰ ⚱ ⚰ ⚱ ⚰ ⚱ ⚰ ⚱ ⚰ ⚱ ⚰ ⚱ : ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1910 "2020-06-23T19:29:53Z")
Very cute **chela** , you so funny! ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1911 "2020-06-23T23:46:16Z")
Not as funny as you bless your 🍉🍒🍩 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1912 "2020-06-24T00:49:26Z")
You like those emojis I see. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1913 "2020-06-24T01:45:58Z")
💯 ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1914 "2020-06-24T18:31:23Z")
What this thread needs is a list of our most prolific threadkillers. I actually started this a year ago but got sidetracked by the people that actually pay me. But once the old board was locked to new posts it was obviously the perfect time to snapshot all the threads and do a little data crunching. Mods locking threads is going to skew numbers in their favor so I’ve filtered the data somewhat to try to minimize that. I’ve also removed stickies. The first table is unlocked threads with one or more replies. Posters who started a thread and got nothing have their own table of honor at the bottom. | Place | Last Poster | Threads | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Chronos | 4015 | | 2 | _tom_ | 3244 | | 3 | Johnny L.A. | 2567 | | 4 | _Ava_ | 2435 | | 5 | Elendil’s Heir | 2432 | | 6 | Mangetout | 2422 | | 7 | BigT | 2364 | | 8 | handy | 2125 | | 9 | Little Nemo | 2096 | | 10 | carnivorousplant | 1892 | | 11 | Really Not All That Bright | 1857 | | 12 | BrainGlutton | 1836 | | 13 | pulykamell | 1697 | | 14 | Cat Whisperer | 1689 | | 15 | Colibri | 1621 | | 16 | ftg | 1609 | | 17 | Exapno Mapcase | 1601 | | 18 | RealityChuck | 1570 | | 19 | CalMeacham | 1520 | | 10 | Bryan Ekers | 1517 | | … | … | … | | 564 | Projammer | 280 | Last poster of locked threads. i.e. Who’s the most vigorous mod? Obviously some threads were locked without comment, so without further adieu. | Place | Last Poster | Threads | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Colibri | 1148 | | 2 | bibliophage | 756 | | 3 | samclem | 687 | | 4 | Czarcasm | 679 | | 5 | SkipMagic | 639 | | 6 | twickster | 616 | | 7 | manhattan | 609 | | 8 | Marley23 | 581 | | 9 | tomndebb | 485 | | 10 | TubaDiva | 483 | | 11 | Lynn Bodoni | 472 | | 12 | engineer\_comp\_geek | 438 | | 13 | C K Dexter Haven | 413 | | 14 | Coldfire | 400 | | 15 | John Kentzel-Griffin | 366 | | 16 | Larry Griffin-Kentzel | 325 | | 17 | Chronos | 283 | | 18 | Idle Thoughts | 269 | | 19 | UncleBeer | 267 | | 20 | Jonathan Chance | 264 | And finally, the list you’ve all been waiting for, posters who got no love at all! Unlocked threads with no responses. | Place | Only Lonely Poster | Threads | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Johnny L.A. | 251 | | 2 | astro | 237 | | 3 | Tuckerfan | 212 | | 4 | ralph124c | 168 | | 5 | Quasimodem | 148 | | 6 | Earl Snake-Hips Tucker | 141 | | 7 | carnivorousplant | 135 | | 8 | Wesley Clark | 133 | | 9 | Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor | 116 | | 10 | Lobsang | 98 | | 11 | Siam Sam | 89 | | 12 | CalMeacham | 84 | | 13 | Jinx | 84 | | 14 | Quartz | 82 | | 15 | aceplace57 | 70 | | 16 | Lumpy | 66 | | 17 | Incubus | 65 | | 18 | twickster | 64 | | 19 | dougie\_monty | 63 | | 20 | Skywatcher | 63 | | … | … | … | | 938 | Projammer | 5 | Obviously these rankings don’t include threads in the cornfield and moderator only forums that the hoi polloi don’t have access to. If you want to know where you rank, the full spreadsheet is available [here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RLKUgYK0aBUTtPjLXNZBGgdDXvlNDey9/view?usp=sharing). The moderators tab only has the current lineup, I don’t know who all previously held the power. If you want to do your own analytics, the thread list is [here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jDr_uAb_ho8d2haEsHu0tTWwGINohIei/view?usp=sharing) (58M download only). Truly interesting to just browse the titles. 115 threads about zombies. And finally for the true masochists, the raw data is [here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OJZIdBGTsV67y_x21bH4WFacAnMaMdUH/view?usp=sharing) (38M zip). As there is nothing more to be said, it’s time to let this thread go into the light. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1915 "2020-06-24T20:19:36Z")
Well that killed it. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1916 "2020-06-24T20:40:56Z")
yep, sure did ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1917 "2020-06-24T20:42:14Z")
Handy would have been able to kill this thread somehow. Anyway, I hereby decree the next poster will get a chancre on their nose. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1918 "2020-06-24T22:39:31Z")
I have you know my peaches and cream complexion never has boo-boos! Harumphf! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1919 "2020-06-26T16:19:15Z")
I got some kind of thing on my ear. So, Doc Paprika seems to have a problem with aim. ---
**Author:** ![K2500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@K2500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K2500)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1920 "2020-06-27T01:06:03Z")
Id bet its a low accuracy device. I’ve had similar problems with accuracy, at least it wasn’t in the eye ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751/1921 "2020-06-27T09:00:09Z")
This is still breathing, I see. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751.md?page=95) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-the-last-poster-of-a-thread-and-then-it-dies/817751.md?page=97)