Is there a limit to thread subscriptions?

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Is there a limit on how many threads I can subscribe to?

Right now, I happen to have 187 threads I’m subscribed to. Some are in part to me posting to 'em, some because I liked 'em and wanted to. Could I take it to 1,870, or 18,700 [sub]assuming the SDMB is around that long, and I’m able to post that much[/sub]?

Tripler
Just curious. I’m not out to break the Dope or 'nuthin.

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I have 1,370, but I’m curious, too.

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If there is a limit, it must be pretty high.

I have my User CP options set so that i automatically subscribe to any thread where i make a post. My current number of subscribed threads is 5,360.

ETA:

I do wonder, though, whether subscribing to al threads likes this makes things any harder for the SDMB database.

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[QUOTE=mhendo]
If there is a limit, it must be pretty high…I do wonder, though, whether subscribing to al threads likes this makes things any harder for the SDMB database.
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My WAG is only if the subscribed threads are active. Think about what happens every time a thread is modified – all subscribers’ settings have to be accessed, some require emails or flags for batch emails (like once a day). A lot of subscribers to an active thread = a lot of server work needed for each new post.

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I have often wondered this myself, but I clean out my old subscribed threads every so often, removing subscriptions three months old or older, unless the thread is very good and I want to be able to look at it again.

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I really don’t know.

Since we have some people with immense numbers of subscribed posts it would seem that the default level is quite high. I don’t remember if this is a setting that can be adjusted or not but I don’t recall seeing it offhand, so maybe not.

Might be one of the few things the system does well all by itself. I’m so glad.