# Only 4 threads in Mailbag answers? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 10, 2000, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-4-threads-in-mailbag-answers/19129 "2000-05-10T16:21:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-4-threads-in-mailbag-answers/19129/1 "2000-05-10T16:21:48Z")
I noticed this a couple times in the last week, but didn’t pay much heed. I guess it was the Bystander Phenomenon: I figured somebody else would call the cops. But it’s still there, so I’m taking action. Has anyone else seen this? Where’d all the threads go? Will we get them back? ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-4-threads-in-mailbag-answers/19129/2 "2000-05-10T16:34:29Z")
There are only four threads in the mailbag forum which have received responses _in the last five days_, the default setting for this software at this time. Change your option to some (longer) number of days, and threads which received a response less recently will appear. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-4-threads-in-mailbag-answers/19129/3 "2000-05-10T16:39:15Z")
Well, I feel like a moron. It’s a familiar feeling, too. Thanks, Manhattan.