# The Passion of the (Anti-)Thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 14, 2006, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passion-of-the-anti-thread/339910 "2006-01-14T01:57:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passion-of-the-anti-thread/339910/1 "2006-01-14T01:57:11Z")
The [free association thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=353306&page=5) was closed with this comment: > [@Cajun Man](#): > > I think five pages of post padding is more than enough. [Hijack this thread!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=350800) was closed with this comment: > [@SkipMagic](#): > > The ultimate hijack: > > The Guy Who Closes The Thread 'Cause It’s Gone On For Six Pages And Its Time Has Come > > Ta-da! 😛 [The anti-thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=353941) was closed with this comment: > [@Cajun Man](#): > > > [@fetus](#): > > > > Kind of like “Hijack this thread” . . . > > And, in the name of consistency . . . I’m closing this one, too. > > Cajun Man > for the SDMB I don’t see a connection between the reason “Hijack this thread” was closed (it went on for too long) and the reason the anti-thread was closed (it hadn’t even reached a full page!). Now, maybe the link to “Hijack this thread” in **Cajun Man** ’s quote was irrelevant and what he really meant was “consistency with _my own_ rulings”. I note my objection to the free association ruling in that the thread wasn’t _intended_ to be a post-padding event. However, I seem to recall that the free association thread that was raging when I joined the board was closed as a “post-padding” thread, and well, it did go on for five pages. OK, well, that’s consistent. I’m cool with that. But the anti-thread wasn’t post-padding at all IMO. It was intended (and generally used) for posts that were of normal size, but didn’t fit into any thread that’d been started and that posters felt were not quite grandiose enough to start threads about. I could see where the free association thread was considered post-padding–most posts were 1-5 words in length–and I can see how “hijack this thread” was considered post-padding–most posts were about a sentence or two in length–but the way I saw it the anti-thread wasn’t that kind of thread. Please comment. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passion-of-the-anti-thread/339910/2 "2006-01-14T08:40:31Z")
They were all post padding threads. They had no visible means of support. Even if you just visit them to waste time or get a chuckle, they were padding post counts somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passion-of-the-anti-thread/339910/3 "2006-01-14T08:52:58Z")
I predict a similar sticky end to [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=354023). Personally, I can’t stand this kind of thread unless a lot of wit and thought goes into the responses. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passion-of-the-anti-thread/339910/4 "2006-01-14T14:52:19Z")
How is the MMP not post-padding? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passion-of-the-anti-thread/339910/5 "2006-01-14T19:11:08Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > How is the MMP not post-padding? Because we talk about important stuff! 😃 Seriously, the MMP is unique every week. It enables communication between members in a relaxed, non-threatening venue. And it’s not a mindless game. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passion-of-the-anti-thread/339910/6 "2006-01-14T21:12:27Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > It enables communication between members in a relaxed, non-threatening venue. And it’s not a mindless game. Oh, I’m not complaining. I’m a newbie to the MMPs, and I’m proud to say **swampbear** has added something I posted to his sig. :o I just think there’s a fine line, and sometimes it’s not clear. ---
**Author:** ![Ty\_Cobb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee59a6/32.png) [@Ty\_Cobb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ty_Cobb)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passion-of-the-anti-thread/339910/7 "2006-01-15T16:37:57Z")
Confused: MMP ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-passion-of-the-anti-thread/339910/8 "2006-01-15T16:51:11Z")
> [@Ty Cobb](#): > > Confused: MMP Monday Morning Post It’s a tradition in MPSIMS. I believe it was started by **Rue De Day** who would post a stream of consciousness OP first thing Monday morning and everybody would tag along with whatever they wanted to say. No set topic, the thing wanders all over the place. I don’t usually post in it, but it’s often a fun read.