# Long Threads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-threads/148198>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 12, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-threads/148198 "2003-01-12T22:25:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-threads/148198/1 "2003-01-12T22:25:00Z")

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I seem to remember that there used to be a problem with long threads clogging up the server somehow - if a thread went too long, it would be locked, and another thread would be opened for discussion to continue.

I haven’t seen this recently, even though there is a certain thread in Cafe Society which is up to 24 pages. So, two questions: what problems did long threads cause and why, and why are they no longer problematic?

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**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-threads/148198/2 "2003-01-12T22:51:37Z")

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All your questions answered [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=155270).

Don’t say I never gave you anything. 😉