# 'Closers', those who post the last comments in a thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 9, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closers-those-who-post-the-last-comments-in-a-thread/217998 "2003-12-09T19:55:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closers-those-who-post-the-last-comments-in-a-thread/217998/1 "2003-12-09T19:55:36Z")
Some time ago someone, I think **obfusciatrist** started tracking ‘closers’, those people who posted last in a thread. Does anyone recall this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closers-those-who-post-the-last-comments-in-a-thread/217998/2 "2003-12-09T20:14:28Z")
[I am the ultimate thread killer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=183902), started by **Qwisp** has some stats, and links to earlier threadkiller threads. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closers-those-who-post-the-last-comments-in-a-thread/217998/3 "2003-12-10T03:59:06Z")
This isn’t necessarily something to aim to do. However, I seem to have somewhat of a talent for it. ☹ [sup] **Unintentionally, of course** [/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closers-those-who-post-the-last-comments-in-a-thread/217998/4 "2003-12-10T04:12:23Z")
Never fear, **kniz**. Not _this_ thread! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closers-those-who-post-the-last-comments-in-a-thread/217998/5 "2003-12-10T12:32:37Z")
\<\< Not this thread! \>\> Oh, I dunno… he said, slyly, whistling whilst fingering the “CLOSE THREAD” button… ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closers-those-who-post-the-last-comments-in-a-thread/217998/6 "2003-12-11T03:39:28Z")
That’s cheating, **Dex**! ---
**Author:** ![Maynar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Maynar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maynar)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closers-those-who-post-the-last-comments-in-a-thread/217998/7 "2003-12-11T03:45:35Z")
Where I come from, they call 'em threadkillers. 🙂 I wore it as a sig briefly, but it didn’t fit very well. Damn thing chafed… ---
**Author:** ![Maynar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Maynar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maynar)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closers-those-who-post-the-last-comments-in-a-thread/217998/8 "2003-12-11T03:49:44Z")
Nice sig, Q.E.D. I love Blackadder to death, hehe. ---
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closers-those-who-post-the-last-comments-in-a-thread/217998/9 "2003-12-12T02:44:15Z")
**21th Century Fox** presents a **The Straight Dope** production a film by **Cecil A. Da Msille** **THREADKILLERS** _in the deeps of the message boards, no one will hear your scream_ Starring: **C. K. Dexter Haven, Lynn Bodoni, TubaDiva, Arnold Winkelried, Bibliophage, DrMatrix, xash, David B, Gaudere, MEBuckner, Ukulele Ike, Czarcasm, TVeblen, Cajun Man, Coldfire, Uncle Beer, Alphagene and John Corrado.** Guest stars: […] (put your names here, in order of apparition) The events depicted in this motion picture are fictional, any similarity with real threads is purely coincidental. No poster was harmed during the making of this film. ---
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closers-those-who-post-the-last-comments-in-a-thread/217998/10 "2003-12-12T02:51:54Z")
Oops, I forgot **Ed Zotti** , as Executive Producer or Production Designer, would you mind mods to include it in the previous post? (forgot because I didn’t see him in the SDMB main page).