# Limitations of the size/length of any single post or thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 7, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753 "2006-04-07T18:12:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753/1 "2006-04-07T18:12:50Z")
Are there any limitations on the size/length of any single post or thread? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753/2 "2006-04-07T18:28:18Z")
I think the vBulletin default is 10,000 characters, but it can be adjusted in the admin control panel. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753/3 "2006-04-07T18:31:42Z")
> [@Slacker](#): > > I think the vBulletin default is 10,000 characters… Per post or per thread? ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753/4 "2006-04-07T18:49:08Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Per post or per thread? Per post. As far as I know there isn’t any limit on how large a thread can get. There are a few threads on my site with over 1500 responses (and zero interesting content - damn game threads) that are still keepin’ on truckin. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753/5 "2006-04-07T19:07:37Z")
Have you something in mind, **drmark2000**? Where’s the smiley that says, ‘Nonchalantly, but with a nervous tremor to the voice’, when you need it? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753/6 "2006-04-07T20:27:55Z")
So, who’s going to be the first one to try it? ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753/7 "2006-04-07T20:31:40Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > So, who’s going to be the first one to try it? Where’s the Unabomber when you need him? Didn’t he have some crazy ass 500 page manifesto about technology? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753/8 "2006-04-07T20:54:11Z")
> [@Slacker](#): > > Where’s the Unabomber when you need him? Didn’t he have some crazy ass 500 page manifesto about technology? 😃 > [@unabomber](#): > > 1. The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in “advanced” countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world. The continued development of technology will worsen the situation. It will certainly subject human beings to greater indignities and inflict greater damage on the natural world, it will probably lead to greater social disruption and psychological suffering, and it may lead to increased physical suffering even in “advanced” countries. [34,382 words containing 175,187 characters discluding spaces](http://www.thecourier.com/manifest.htm) according to Word. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753/9 "2006-04-07T21:06:05Z")
> [@Slacker](#): > > Where’s the Unabomber when you need him? Didn’t he have some crazy ass 500 page manifesto about technology? 😃 Wasn’t that the **What if the Unabomber had written Lord of the Rings** thread? ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753/10 "2006-04-08T00:43:31Z")
> [@Slacker](#): > > Where’s the Unabomber when you need him? Didn’t he have some crazy ass 500 page manifesto about technology? 😃 I have a sneaking suspicion that we are going to see this long manifesto you mention. I also have a feeling that its going to be crazier, more self involved, more pedantic, and much more boring. I am not pointing any fingers, I just have a feeling. ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753/11 "2006-04-08T00:53:55Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Have you something in mind, **drmark2000**? Sure do. No particular time frame, but the post is already pretty huge. I just want to know if it will be rejected/ closed on size alone. > [@aldiboronti](#): > > Where’s the smiley that says, ‘Nonchalantly, but with a nervous tremor to the voice’, when you need it? No nervousness. I know what I’m up to. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753/12 "2006-04-08T00:57:54Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > Sure do. No particular time frame, but the post is already pretty huge. I just want to know if it will be rejected/ closed on size alone. OK, I just checked, it’s **20,000** characters here at the SDMB. Pop your material in and preview; it’ll tell you if it’s too long. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753/13 "2006-04-08T01:13:09Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > Sure do. No particular time frame, but the post is already pretty huge. I just want to know if it will be rejected/ closed on size alone. > > No nervousness. I know what I’m up to. I really really hope you reconsider. If you must subject us to it, please post it in the Pit where it will get the response I am sure it will deserve. ---
**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753/14 "2006-04-08T02:10:51Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > I really really hope you reconsider. If you must subject us to it, please post it in the Pit where it will get the response I am sure it will deserve. The pit is where it’s headed, by your leave or not! ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753/15 "2006-04-08T02:25:41Z")
> [@drmark2000](#): > > The pit is where it’s headed, by your leave or not! A 20000+ character Pit Thread? Are you going to pit everyone in the universe? Alphabetically? ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753/16 "2006-04-08T02:27:07Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > So, who’s going to be the first one to try it? Done. [SDMB The Epic Musical](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=361756) was exactly 20,000 characters long. If you try to quote it, you kill a hamster. . ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753/17 "2006-04-08T02:55:27Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > I really really hope you reconsider. If you must subject us to it, please post it in the Pit where it will get the response I am sure it will deserve. Isn’t that a given? I won’t speculate, but I imagine it will be angry and bitter and result in another ban/suspension. Just basing my opinion on the past couple weeks. I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753/18 "2006-04-08T03:10:57Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Isn’t that a given? I won’t speculate, but I imagine it will be angry and bitter and result in another ban/suspension. > > Just basing my opinion on the past couple weeks. I could be wrong. You know what would be great? If someone posted some enormous flame and nobody even viewed it, it just slowly drifted down of the front page like snow falling on cedars. That would be one of the funniest things to ever happen here. I know. I know. Impossible you say. No way in hell this group could resist popping in for a suposedly witty drive by post, but nay, I say, nay. We as a community could, if we would but try, accomplish this noble and herculean task. Who’s with me? No. I’m Sparticus. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753/19 "2006-04-08T03:15:13Z")
Comments denigrating posts that have not even been submitted are probably not well suited to the **ATMB** Forum. If anyone has a negative reaction to a post that is actually submitted, you may choose to either respond to the post or report the poster. Please do not attempt to drag **Pit** _behavior_ into **ATMB**. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753/20 "2006-04-08T03:39:13Z")
> [@meek](#): > > [SDMB The Epic Musical](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=361756) was exactly 20,000 characters long. > > If you try to quote it, you kill a hamster. > . My mind! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitations-of-the-size-length-of-any-single-post-or-thread/351753.md?page=2)