# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/61 "2012-11-13T13:21:12Z")
You just know if there was it would be complained about by the zombie-lovers šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/62 "2012-11-13T18:13:18Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > 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. šŸ™‚ I know that. But if you turn off the email notifications then what benefit do you gain from subscribing to a thread? Honestly, I just donā€™t get it. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/63 "2012-11-13T18:27:05Z")
Zero. Iā€™m not even sure what subscribing to a thread does. ---
**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 13, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/64 "2012-11-13T18:36:53Z")
When I look at my CP, I can see all the threads Iā€™ve posted in that are currently active. Itā€™s less effort than always having to vanity search, Iā€™m assured that every thread I posted to is present in the CP, something Iā€™m not sure the search engine always does, and if I know Iā€™ve posted to a thread, itā€™s far easier to search for a title keyword in the CP with ctrl+f than to do a site search. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/65 "2012-11-13T19:12:35Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > When I look at my CP, I can see all the threads Iā€™ve posted in that are currently active. Itā€™s less effort than always having to vanity search, Iā€™m assured that every thread I posted to is present in the CP, something Iā€™m not sure the search engine always does, and if I know Iā€™ve posted to a thread, itā€™s far easier to search for a title keyword in the CP with ctrl+f than to do a site search. And when I look at the ā€œnew postsā€ tab, which is how I browse all the time, every thread I posted in has a checkmark next to it. I donā€™t always remember when I post in a thread. Or sometimes Iā€™ll ask a question and a week later it gets answered and bumped. Or on the weekend, when I am not on the boards. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/66 "2012-11-16T13:24:00Z")
This is why I love the SDMB - a thread which could have just been a dull list of numbers, has turned into an interesting discussion of how people follow threads differently, with useful tips. šŸ™‚ Cheers everyone! ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/67 "2012-11-17T01:17:59Z")
I am subscribed to one thread. From 2001. Whatā€™s really awesome is that itā€™s a thread where I exposed my ignorance and is the poster child of inability to accept my ignorance. I learned a lot after that, but I still cringed as I reread it šŸ™‚ ---
**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 17, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/68 "2012-11-17T19:45:27Z")
Now, itā€™s 35 threads. Including this one. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/69 "2012-11-17T20:07:47Z")
1. I tried it for a while back in 2008, but found it annoying to get emails with thread updates that were often out of date by the time I got them. I stopped, but occasionally get an update on a bumped thread. ---
**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 17, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/70 "2012-11-17T20:25:50Z")
I removed email alerts. Otherwise you go crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/71 "2012-11-17T20:30:42Z")
ā€œGoā€? šŸ˜ƒ (I get email alerts, for near 400 threads. I think only about 20 are currently active though.) ---
**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 26, 2012, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/72 "2012-11-26T11:16:42Z")
> [@Cinnamon\_Imp](#): > > ā€œGoā€? šŸ˜ƒ > > (I get email alerts, for near 400 threads. I think only about 20 are currently active though.) :), and, _ **why???** _ Up to 50 now. Did you get an email for this? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/73 "2012-11-26T12:38:44Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > :), and, _ **why???** _ Partly to remind me to check in on a thread, partly to keep me up to date with whatā€™s going on in it if Iā€™m away from the SDMB for a while. Since starting this thread Iā€™ve tried going to the ā€œSubscribed threadsā€ page in User CP, or whatever itā€™s called, but generally, getting the email and clicking the enclosed link to go straight to the active thread (and then browse the rest of the board afterwards) works well for me. > [@echo7tango](#): > > Did you get an email for this? :smack: Yup. Hence the prompt-ish reply! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/74 "2012-11-26T13:16:46Z")
I am subscribed to over 9,000 threads, and i donā€™t get email or PMs. The nice thing about tracking threads through the user control panel is, you can refresh it as often as you want. If you do a vanity search, you have to wait two minutes. ---
**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 26, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/75 "2012-11-26T16:43:39Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I am subscribed to over 9,000 threads, and i donā€™t get email or PMs. The nice thing about tracking threads through the user control panel is, you can refresh it as often as you want. If you do a vanity search, you have to wait two minutes. Yes, some of us were referring to this up-thread as ā€œ **Anaamikaā€™s** methodā€. It works well. ETA: We can also refer to it as **Fear Itselfā€™s** method! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/76 "2012-11-26T16:47:30Z")
No me!!! Iā€™ll fight her for it! ---
**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 26, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/77 "2012-11-26T16:56:18Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > No me!!! Iā€™ll fight her for it! Iā€™ll back you up! P.S. - I think **FI** is a dude (from [this picture](http://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/6323.html)). ---
**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:** [March 2, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/78 "2013-03-02T14:51:55Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > Now, itā€™s 35 threads. > > Including this one. 3Ā½ months later, itā€™s now 277. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/79 "2013-03-02T18:29:54Z")
One of us! One of us! šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478/80 "2013-03-03T14:58:02Z")
Huh? From the link I am subscribe to 39. How that happened I have no idea. I donā€™t get any emails from the dope and certainly donā€™t want any. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-threads-are-you-currently-subscribed-to-on-the-sdmb/640478.md?page=5)