# How many SDMB threads are you subscribed to? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 26, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-threads-are-you-subscribed-to/271194 "2004-10-26T04:11:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-threads-are-you-subscribed-to/271194/21 "2004-10-26T21:04:46Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Can I ask why you feel the need to subscribe to everything you post to? Just curious. (a) If I posted to a thread, that means I’m interested in it and want to continue to read it. (b) On the chance that my post offends anybody, or if anybody violently disagrees, I want to know about it so I can address it, and not look like I ran away. (c) Every so often someone will comment on a post of mine or ask a question, and I’d like to participate in any such conversations. I should add that my surfing habits never include reading thread titles past Page 1, and often I skip a few days. If a thread falls off the first page, I’ll never see it again, unless I’m subscribed to it. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-threads-are-you-subscribed-to/271194/22 "2004-10-26T21:34:36Z")
Looks like I’m just the opposite of most users. 991 subscribed threads for me. That’s just about every one I’ve ever posted to. No e-mail notification anymore, though. The inbox was getting a bit too outta control when I used to do that. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-threads-are-you-subscribed-to/271194/23 "2004-10-26T21:48:13Z")
When it goes over 10 or so, I prune the list… generally every two-three weeks I’ll remove anything that hasn’t had a response in over two weeks or so. Except for two or three thread that I stay subscribed to so I can find them in the future if need be. I’m on auto-subscribe to threads I post to, and every so often I subscribe to an interesting one even though I have nothing to say. **NO** email notification!!! (og forbid :shudder: ) - I pull down the “Quick Links” menu and **check** when I come here. Dani ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-threads-are-you-subscribed-to/271194/24 "2004-10-26T23:03:36Z")
1038 Yes, I lurk just a little bit. :o I keep meaning to post more, to have a better post:subscribe ratio. ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-threads-are-you-subscribed-to/271194/25 "2004-10-26T23:07:17Z")
To elaborate on my above post, I use “subscribe” as a way to see what interesting threads have new responses, and read those. I also subsribe to all threads that I reply to. However, I don’t use email notification. I keep meaning to go through and prune out old ones, but now that task looks too daunting. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-threads-are-you-subscribed-to/271194/26 "2004-10-26T23:08:52Z")
0 :o ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-threads-are-you-subscribed-to/271194/27 "2004-10-27T08:57:23Z")
482 threads for me. I just always automatically subscribed whenever I posted and could never be bothered to change it. Plus it makes it much easier to refer back to older threads. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-threads-are-you-subscribed-to/271194/28 "2004-10-27T12:05:53Z")
1337 threads. 🆒 I subscribe to every thread I post in. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-threads-are-you-subscribed-to/271194/29 "2004-10-27T12:15:01Z")
A slew from before the upgrade, which I guess I could take out, since most of them are inactive now. Currently two, both threads that are not terribly active but that I want to be able to find easily (Musical Lovers and Fantasy Teevee) – I don’t get notifications, but by having subscriptions, I can get to them through there rather than having to remember some distinctive word so I can do a search. Actually, just added Fantasy Teevee, for that very reason. I’m the only one posting there but I wanted to gloat about the fact that I’ve _finally_ won a week! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-threads-are-you-subscribed-to/271194.md?page=1)