# Board speed: something Jerry might like to investigate?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-speed-something-jerry-might-like-to-investigate/438135>\
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**Created:** [February 18, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-speed-something-jerry-might-like-to-investigate/438135 "2008-02-18T19:03:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-speed-something-jerry-might-like-to-investigate/438135/1 "2008-02-18T19:03:18Z")

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I’ve just read a notice on another board that uses the same software as the SDMB that very long threads significantly negatively impacts the board, in particular search times. They’ve asked people to fork threads at 1000 posts. Perhaps putting a limit of 250 or 500 might help the SDMB somewhat?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-speed-something-jerry-might-like-to-investigate/438135/2 "2008-02-18T20:13:41Z")

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We have few threads that go that long. I suspect it really doesn’t make a big difference here.

But thanks for sharing that bit of information with us.