# One Page Forums

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-page-forums/313574>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 22, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-page-forums/313574 "2005-07-22T01:59:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jebert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-page-forums/313574/1 "2005-07-22T01:59:52Z")

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I just noticed that the forums now list just one page of thread titles; they used to show as many as 3 or more.

When did this start and what is the reason for the3 limitation?

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**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-page-forums/313574/2 "2005-07-22T02:47:17Z")

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If you look at the bottom of each forum page you can see the sort and selection options. By default all threads that have had activity within the last 2 days are shown, whether this takes 1 page or 10 pages. Some forums have more activity than others.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-page-forums/313574/3 "2005-07-22T11:33:08Z")

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What he said.

You can change your default view to be as little or as much as you like, though 2 days seems to work best for folks.

your humble TubaDiva