# The most reviewed and responded to thread on the Dope **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 26, 2009, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-reviewed-and-responded-to-thread-on-the-dope/515155 "2009-10-26T10:05:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-reviewed-and-responded-to-thread-on-the-dope/515155/1 "2009-10-26T10:05:03Z")
In an idle moment, I thought I’d find out what is the most reviewed and responded to thread on the Dope. I sorted each forum by replies and then by views. The winner, by a very large margin, is the [World of Warcraft General Discussion](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=509115) in The Game Room, which has accumulated 6240 replies and a very impressive 117138 views. I just though you’d like to know. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-reviewed-and-responded-to-thread-on-the-dope/515155/2 "2009-10-26T12:58:07Z")
Umm- thanks. I’ll make it through the rest of the day now. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-reviewed-and-responded-to-thread-on-the-dope/515155/3 "2009-10-26T13:27:16Z")
What, no top 10? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-reviewed-and-responded-to-thread-on-the-dope/515155/4 "2009-10-26T13:28:01Z")
Never noticed it. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-reviewed-and-responded-to-thread-on-the-dope/515155/5 "2009-10-26T13:41:49Z")
Although that may be the longest thread, wasn’t the “What if The Lord of the Rings had been written by someone else” thread read by more people? I can’t find it using the search engine on the board, so apparently it was older than the oldest threads that are still kept here. That thread was widely advertised all around the Internet, so there were a lot of people who read it who never belong to the SDMb. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-reviewed-and-responded-to-thread-on-the-dope/515155/6 "2009-10-26T13:54:41Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Although that may be the longest thread, wasn’t the “What if The Lord of the Rings had been written by someone else” thread read by more people? I can’t find it using the search engine on the board, so apparently it was older than the oldest threads that are still kept here. That thread was widely advertised all around the Internet, so there were a lot of people who read it who never belong to the SDMb. Actually, I think I’ve discovered a flaw in my methods. I sorted the reply and view columns, as I said, but only the last few months are listed, so there are about ten years worth of threads that aren’t in my calculations. Does anyone know a way around this? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-reviewed-and-responded-to-thread-on-the-dope/515155/7 "2009-10-26T14:47:53Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > Does anyone know a way around this? My way around this is to say, “Screw it! It doesn’t matter anyway.” ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-reviewed-and-responded-to-thread-on-the-dope/515155/8 "2009-10-26T14:54:40Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > My way around this is to say, “Screw it! It doesn’t matter anyway.” That, of course, would be a very successful solution. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-reviewed-and-responded-to-thread-on-the-dope/515155/9 "2009-10-26T15:47:24Z")
The LOTR thread mentioned above has 483,178 views but far fewer posts at 2,041. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-reviewed-and-responded-to-thread-on-the-dope/515155/10 "2009-10-26T16:25:19Z")
[Here’s a thread by **Zeldar** that gathers most of the longest threads in board history.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510321) ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-reviewed-and-responded-to-thread-on-the-dope/515155/11 "2009-10-26T16:37:00Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [Here’s a thread by **Zeldar** that gathers most of the longest threads in board history.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510321) Thanks for that, Marley. That answers my question - and how! After a cursory glance, none seem to top the Warcraft thread, though. ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-reviewed-and-responded-to-thread-on-the-dope/515155/12 "2009-10-26T16:42:48Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > Actually, I think I’ve discovered a flaw in my methods. I sorted the reply and view columns, as I said, but only the last few months are listed, so there are about ten years worth of threads that aren’t in my calculations. Does anyone know a way around this? You can go to the main page for each forum, and use the settings at the bottom to sort the threads. There are drop-down boxes for “Sort by (number of views)”, “Since (the beginning)”, and so on. You can do this in each forum to find the most-viewed or most replied threads in each forum. For example, [here are](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&f=4&page=1&pp=150&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1) the most-viewed threads in MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-reviewed-and-responded-to-thread-on-the-dope/515155/13 "2009-10-26T17:50:02Z")
> [@wolfstu](#): > > You can go to the main page for each forum, and use the settings at the bottom to sort the threads. There are drop-down boxes for “Sort by (number of views)”, “Since (the beginning)”, and so on. You can do this in each forum to find the most-viewed or most replied threads in each forum. > > For example, [here are](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&f=4&page=1&pp=150&sort=views&order=desc&daysprune=-1) the most-viewed threads in MPSIMS. Many thanks for the tip. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-reviewed-and-responded-to-thread-on-the-dope/515155/14 "2009-10-26T21:28:06Z")
I already knew this, but only 'cause I post in there. A lot.