# Do you ignore SDMB threads? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 20, 2000, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ignore-sdmb-threads/20031 "2000-05-20T04:33:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2000, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ignore-sdmb-threads/20031/1 "2000-05-20T04:33:23Z")
What percentage of threads do you A) glance at B) follow intently C) ignore? Me? A) 10-15% B) 5% C) ~80% ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2000, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ignore-sdmb-threads/20031/2 "2000-05-20T05:04:22Z")
I can’t really give you a percentage. A lot depends on how much time I have to spend in here–sometimes there are days when I never make it at all. I suppose I’d have to say I ignore the vast majority. I glance into a few, some more than once. Some I post to then never go in again. A small number I post to and follow closely. And there are a very few that I follow because I think they’re interesting, but don’t post to–I don’t know enough about the subject, or have nothing to add that hasn’t been said already. ---
**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2000, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ignore-sdmb-threads/20031/3 "2000-05-20T05:41:10Z")
About the same percentages for me. I don’t know how some of the posters find the time, but I have to be very selective. Don’t want to spend all my free time here, and I’m just not interested in many of the mundane or frivilous topics (games, surveys, popularity contests, etc.) I think some posters are obsessed. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2000, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ignore-sdmb-threads/20031/4 "2000-05-20T08:00:27Z")
For me it just depends on the topic. If it engages me I look, if the subject inside is worthy of comment I do so. So why am I posting in this thread? \< giggle \> ---
**Author:** ![HopelessIdjit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d78d45/32.png) [@HopelessIdjit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HopelessIdjit)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2000, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ignore-sdmb-threads/20031/5 "2000-05-20T08:16:59Z")
As much free time as I can. A. 25% B. 2% C. The rest… 62% X_X_X_X_X_X_X_X [Neato quiz](http://www.thethirdshift.net/quiz.html) X_X_X_X_X_X_X_X ---
**Author:** ![Initial\_Entry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9a140/32.png) [@Initial\_Entry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Initial_Entry)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2000, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ignore-sdmb-threads/20031/6 "2000-05-20T12:52:13Z")
I read them **all**. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2000, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ignore-sdmb-threads/20031/7 "2000-05-20T15:49:36Z")
I ignore threads that don’t have interesting topics. For example, I’m ignoring this thread…Wait. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2000, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ignore-sdmb-threads/20031/8 "2000-05-20T18:41:31Z")
> [@](#): > > **A. 25% B. 2% C. The rest… 62%** am i missing something? ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2000, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ignore-sdmb-threads/20031/9 "2000-05-20T19:59:48Z")
* * * Yer pal, Satan _TIME ELAPSED SINCE I QUIT SMOKING: One month, one week, four days, 17 hours, 58 minutes and 55 seconds. 1669 cigarettes not smoked, saving $208.74. Life saved: 5 days, 19 hours, 5 minutes._ ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2000, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ignore-sdmb-threads/20031/10 "2000-05-21T00:09:08Z")
I usually ignore posts and threads by Satan. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2000, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ignore-sdmb-threads/20031/11 "2000-05-21T12:46:42Z")
I depends on the day, and my mood. I’ll pop into a lot of threads and skim the OP, then wind up back-spacing out. Others, I’ll ignore for a couple of days until I’ve read all the threads I really want to see, then I’ll go back to the previously ignored threads, and finally read them. Not that this thread was one that got ignored, or anything. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fanny\_May](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@Fanny\_May](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fanny_May)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2000, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ignore-sdmb-threads/20031/12 "2000-05-21T15:55:46Z")
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