# Questions about threads...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-threads/144936>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 26, 2002, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-threads/144936 "2002-12-26T05:13:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-threads/144936/1 "2002-12-26T05:13:37Z")

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OK, I’m not really sure where this belongs, so move it if it needs to be moved. What’s the average number of replies for the average thread? I feel like I’m doing something wrong here. While we’re on the subject, what’s the least number of replies anyone’s gotten for a thread they’ve started? The most?

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**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-threads/144936/2 "2002-12-26T05:15:21Z")

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OH, and please dont make an ass out of me by not replying at all. I realize how full of wit all you dopers are. 🙂

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**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-threads/144936/3 "2002-12-26T05:33:49Z")

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I don’t know the average number of replies for all threads, but I’d guess it’s somewhere between ten and fifty.

For what it’s worth, I’ve seen several of my threads sink like a stone with no replies and only a few views. At the other end of the spectrum, **Esprix** ’s “Ask the Gay Guy” series ran through at least a thousand replies, spread over five or more incarnations (I think the mods asked him to open a new thread when the original one reached 250 replies.)

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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-threads/144936/4 "2002-12-26T05:35:46Z")

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Threads have been known to die out without a reply. Some, especially in GQ have a single reply that answers a question that has a specific answer. As to the most replies, there is a limit to the length of a thread, but it would probably be one of those “increase your post count” threads. This thread has gone too far to be the shortest and I doubt if it’ll set any record for length.

😉 [sup]but I could be wrong.[/sup]