# Record for fastest growing thread/topic?

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**Created:** [August 28, 2022, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-for-fastest-growing-thread-topic/970460 "2022-08-28T03:45:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-for-fastest-growing-thread-topic/970460/6 "2022-09-01T00:00:46Z")

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It’s hard to tell because old threads aren’t really time stamped, but it looks like this thread on 9/11 was started just after the first plane hit. Near the end the thread there’s a post about an announcement at 3:15 Pacific time, or 6:15 Eastern time. The mods then closed the thread at 400 posts, which would mean the last post was probably about 9 1/2 hours after the first - an average of more than 40 posts per hour.

> [@World Trade Center Plane Crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850):
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> I’ve just heard about this from a friend, and I’m wondering if anyone has details - how bad it is, exactly what happened, anything? If it’s as bad as it’s been made out to me so far… my greatest sympathies go to the families of everyone involved.

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