# Notes on Game & Post-Count Padding/Party Threads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-on-game-post-count-padding-party-threads/221118>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 26, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-on-game-post-count-padding-party-threads/221118 "2003-12-26T14:39:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-on-game-post-count-padding-party-threads/221118/81 "2004-04-29T10:17:43Z")

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> [@thetruewheel](#):
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> The more popular something is, the more bandwidth it’s going to eat, right? So by that logic, the ideal thread is one that no one looks at or posts to, since it doesn’t use any bandwidth at all. That doesn’t sound all that fun to me. It seems like the subtext here is:
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> **Have Fun On Our Message Board!!**
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> …but don’t post anything or read any posts because it wastes bandwidth
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> That said, the post-count party threads do seem pretty dumb to me, though I have to grant that my argument above should apply equally to them.

No, the subtext is more like “don’t post anything that’ll be interesting/entertaining to only a very small number of people.” Game/post count threads are inefficient uses of bandwidth, because they generally benefit only a small percentage of the active posters while using up a disproportionate amount of bandwidth.

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-on-game-post-count-padding-party-threads/221118/82 "2004-05-07T05:04:02Z")

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a.

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**Author:** ![The\_Llama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@The\_Llama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Llama)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-on-game-post-count-padding-party-threads/221118/83 "2004-05-07T05:54:04Z")

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b.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notes-on-game-post-count-padding-party-threads/221118/84 "2004-05-07T06:30:14Z")

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c.

Closed.

**Cajun Man**  
for the SDMB

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