# How many threads are you currently subscribed to on the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 9, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478 "2012-11-09T14:29:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/41 "2012-11-10T06:19:30Z")
Zero. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/42 "2012-11-10T09:15:16Z")
7751 (7752 with this reply I guess) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/43 "2012-11-10T10:00:12Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Hmm, I did not know that. I may have to give your method a try. Me too, I’ll give **Anaamika** ’s method a try. It was 8, then I unsubscribed from them so it’s now 0, and then I just enabled this method so when I hit SUBMIT REPLY it will be 1. That’s likely more information than you either needed or wanted! So be it. ---
**Author:** ![Michael63129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Michael63129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael63129)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/44 "2012-11-10T13:46:35Z")
None; I generally visit often enough so that any threads I posted in will still be on the first page; which is to say, the past few days for most subforums (IMHO currently goes back to 7:55 am on 11/8), and will be highlighted as it does when you visit a link; this includes threads I have read but not posted in, but generally I want to read those again as well if there are new posts. For older threads that are posted in after more than a few days, I’ll notice them again if they come up, again, they will be visible on the first page for 2-3 days and unless months have passed my browser will still remember that I visited the link so it is highlighted (even saw a thread the other day that was still “remembered” after half a year; obviously, I never clear the cache or visit enough pages to cause automatic purging for at least that time; of course, they are dead zombie threads by then). ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/45 "2012-11-10T14:05:20Z")
None. Been here forever, and have never subscribed to a thread. I didn’t even know about it until I read this thread. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/46 "2012-11-10T14:41:56Z")
Zilch. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/47 "2012-11-10T15:35:48Z")
More than 400. I stopped subscribing to threads I post in since Tapatalk can give me a list of threads I’ve participated in, letting me use subscribe for other things. So I subscribe to threads I start. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/48 "2012-11-11T05:57:01Z")
Zip. ---
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/49 "2012-11-11T06:10:27Z")
All of mine. I kid, I kid! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/50 "2012-11-11T06:11:04Z")
None. For much the same reasons others have said. I vanity search, and look at the “visited” coloured links to keep track. I do end up missing revisiting some that I probably ought to have kept up with, but, oh well. As fun as the SDMB is, it isn’t _that_ crucial to follow every twist and turn. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/51 "2012-11-11T06:33:51Z")
Now, it’s 17. **Anaamika’s** method seems to work well. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/52 "2012-11-11T06:40:37Z")
When I first registered on The Dope, I left the default setting where any thread you post in was automatically subscribed. Back then my wife and I both used the same computer and email address. She would open the email and see a cascade of responses from the SDMB and exclaim; “what did you _say_ to these people!” So I turned off subscribing and email notification. I read here often enough that I don’t need to see every little comment to a thread I have posted at. Most threads drop off the main page in a few days anyway. And if someone really wants to address something I have personally posted, there is always sending a PM. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/53 "2012-11-11T06:43:58Z")
Zero. I’ve never subscribed to a thread. ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/54 "2012-11-11T15:13:55Z")
1. I also use **Anaamika’s** method. I have it set to automatically subscribe me to threads that I post in, but I’ve only made 1,722 posts as of today. I also manually subscribe to any threads that I’m reading where I want to keep reading any new posts that people make. This method works well for me, because I don’t always read the board on a regular basis. Sometimes I read a couple times a day or every day, but then sometimes I’m busy with work or school or other stuff and I might be away for a few days or weeks. A couple times I’ve been away for a few months. But then when I come back I can read any new posts in threads I’m subscribed to. It’s also interesting when a zombie thread I’m subscribed to gets resurrected by someone and a thread I don’t remember pops up on my User CP. If I had thought of it years ago, I might have decided to unsubscribe from threads once they’ve been idle for a while. But now that I’m subscribed to so many, it would be a PITA to go through and manually subscribe one by one. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/55 "2012-11-12T16:23:32Z")
None. I don’t know how one subscribes to a thread and I have no clue why anybody would want to. I started using Tapatalk recently and on there it shows “Participated threads”, which is sort of useful. Is it like that? Edit: OK, I see the dropdown menu in the “Additional options” thing. I can’t imagine being bombarded with notifications from the thousands of threads I must have responded to over the years, but each to his own. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/56 "2012-11-12T16:27:38Z")
Colophon, you can turn off all e-mail notifications. I say patiently. Not pointing out at all that this was observed in the thread many times. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/57 "2012-11-12T16:34:04Z")
You are much kinder than I am, Mika. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/58 "2012-11-12T16:37:15Z")
I reaaaaaaaally wanted to be snarky and/or impatient. I decided to rise above. It was difficult. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/59 "2012-11-12T16:40:55Z")
I appreciate the sacrifice. Well, I’m off to categorize the thousands of emails I don’t get from my thread subscriptions. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/60 "2012-11-13T03:37:43Z")
About 5000. I just deleted a lot. In some ways I wish there was an automatic unsubscribe after a period (12 months or such) after the last post in a thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478.md?page=4)