# Have any of your threads been "spotted"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 31, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-threads-been-spotted/237576 "2004-03-31T18:16:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fighting\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-threads-been-spotted/237576/1 "2004-03-31T18:16:13Z")
Anyone had their thread been noticed by “Threadspotting”? What’s it like? ---
**Author:** ![fighting\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-threads-been-spotted/237576/2 "2004-04-01T00:09:25Z")
> [@fighting ignorant](#): > > Anyone had their thread been noticed by “Threadspotting”? What’s it like? Never mind “Threadspotted” – this thread hasn’t even been plain old spotted. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-threads-been-spotted/237576/3 "2004-04-01T00:33:35Z")
My Pit rant on [The Box of Random Evil](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=188359) was named for Threadspotting by **Lynn Bodoni**. I was thrilled. Since that OP was written, I’ve moved to another office in that hospital just down the hall from the infernal machine, so I no longer must deal with its lurking presence outside my door. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-threads-been-spotted/237576/4 "2004-04-01T00:41:17Z")
I’ve been transferred from paranoid to triploid. I don’t think it’s a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-threads-been-spotted/237576/5 "2004-04-01T00:43:21Z")
No- mostly plain solid color with the occasional stripe. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-threads-been-spotted/237576/6 "2004-04-01T01:03:34Z")
IIRC, two of my threads have been put into Threadspotting. I just looked at the Search Engine, and I cannot see how to look to link them into here. Hmmm… and I do not remember what they were. But, I was linked to both of them by my best friend, who found them before I did. Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-threads-been-spotted/237576/7 "2004-04-01T01:28:14Z")
[mine](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=153808) It felt like I arrived. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-threads-been-spotted/237576/8 "2004-04-01T01:44:14Z")
3 (I think) I rarely look at the front page, so I found out by someone pointing it out to me, either in the thread or e-mail. Two were Trek related, the other was some IMHO thread (I think) It’s pretty darn hard to do a search on this because the ThreadSpotting teaser isn’t always that clear. I’ve had more success with nominating other’s threads. I think I’m probably close to 10 or so of those, but again, I wouldn’t know how to check. ---
**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-threads-been-spotted/237576/9 "2004-04-01T02:11:02Z")
Obviously, this is just a 1920s-style death ray. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-threads-been-spotted/237576/10 "2004-04-01T02:30:53Z")
I got in for “I have my own ugly naked guy” or [It’s an ugly naked day in the neighborhood.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=194531) As far as I know, that’s the only one I’ve had in threadspotting. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-threads-been-spotted/237576/11 "2004-04-01T05:43:06Z")
I had a thread titled “Murphy’s Laws of the SDMB” on Threadspotting once. For some reason it didn’t turn up when I tried to search for it. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Eyed\_Stranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Green\_Eyed\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Eyed_Stranger)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-threads-been-spotted/237576/12 "2004-04-01T06:19:45Z")
Nope, all my threads (all half-dozen or so) have died quick painful (although probably well deserved) deaths, sinking unmercifully to the depths of the hamster cage. _sigh_ but I can still dream (and I’ve paid my $4.95 so I can still post 😃 ) Take care, GES ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-threads-been-spotted/237576/13 "2004-04-01T07:34:52Z")
Can anyone fight my ignorance? What’s threadspotting? ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-threads-been-spotted/237576/14 "2004-04-01T07:54:43Z")
Foei! You should know! If you go to the [Straight Dope Homepage](http://www.straightdope.com/), where incidentally you can also find Cecil’s column, you will notice a line saying ‘Threadspotting’. It links to a thread that is particularly noteworthy (often amusing). Once every while TubaDiva (or is it Lynn) changes it to a new one. You can nominate threads by e-mailing suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-threads-been-spotted/237576/15 "2004-04-01T09:01:22Z")
hehehe, Thanks, **Tusculan**. Neem me nie kwalijk. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-threads-been-spotted/237576/16 "2004-04-01T11:30:39Z")
Two of mine, as far as I know, have been spotted: [Left-handedness - what should we think?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=136974) [Fun and games with Mr Austin Wemba](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=242804) What is it like? The first thing was that the _thread views_ counter went bananas, then the thread got a bit more posting traffic than might otherwise be expected. It is somewhat satisfying, not the least reason being that it attracts good contributions from other members. ---
**Author:** ![fighting\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-threads-been-spotted/237576/17 "2004-04-01T16:18:03Z")
Hey all - thanks for chiming in! I had one – [“Puzzle - ordering of US States”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=130383) – which to date has received 186 posts and 12,795 views… seems to confirm what others said about views count spiking. The reason I thought of this is that I recently went back and searched on all the old threads I had either posted in or started. It’s fun seeing stuff you said awhile back. Most of my threads were admittedly pretty lame and received an appropriately thorough ignoring. And btw - Mangetout - I’m sure you’ve heard it all before, but I just want to go on record as saying that was one of the best threads in a _long_ time – the sheer humour of it, combined with the fun of sticking it to a bad guy, layered with the suspense and mystery of watching the story unfold in real-time, was just fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-threads-been-spotted/237576/18 "2004-04-01T17:11:19Z")
The third thread I started got spotted, and I felt ever so proud! [Good news/bad news](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=190878) Then I found out that a LOT of people hate the game threads, and I felt slightly ashamed. And now I notice that it’s at the top of the list under the archived Threadspotting. I assume that means it’s about to disappear. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-threads-been-spotted/237576/19 "2004-04-01T20:05:30Z")
I think two of mine have been spotted: [Tales of the Sweaty, Feculent Herd](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=237296) and [Insurance for the Cataclysmically Stupid](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=236970). I usually bypass the front page too, so I only found out when someone else told me. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-your-threads-been-spotted/237576/20 "2004-04-01T22:47:12Z")
[Because you can’t truly be evil without a cool soundtrack](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=233018) and [Field and Stream, Jurassic style](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=135451) were both my doing, I’m proud to report.