# This is a test thread. I'm testing just how long a thread title can be before it gets cut off sudden **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 30, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-test-thread-im-testing-just-how-long-a-thread-title-can-be-before-it-gets-cut-off-sudden/664944 "2013-07-30T20:38:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-test-thread-im-testing-just-how-long-a-thread-title-can-be-before-it-gets-cut-off-sudden/664944/1 "2013-07-30T20:38:03Z")
I’m just seeing how long the thread title can get. Mods, if this is against the rules, or silly and pointless, I apologize, and feel free to lock this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-test-thread-im-testing-just-how-long-a-thread-title-can-be-before-it-gets-cut-off-sudden/664944/2 "2013-07-30T21:16:41Z")
Of all the ways that a thread title could get cut off, I’d call that the least sudden. eta: or second least ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-test-thread-im-testing-just-how-long-a-thread-title-can-be-before-it-gets-cut-off-sudden/664944/3 "2013-07-30T21:20:38Z")
♭ ♯ ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-test-thread-im-testing-just-how-long-a-thread-title-can-be-before-it-gets-cut-off-sudden/664944/4 "2013-07-30T21:57:21Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > ♭ ♯ Those are useful to me. Thanks for posting them. Now I can copy and paste them if I’m talking about music-related things. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-test-thread-im-testing-just-how-long-a-thread-title-can-be-before-it-gets-cut-off-sudden/664944/5 "2013-07-30T22:31:06Z")
[you’re very welcome. More here.](http://unicode-table.com/en/sets/music-symbols/) Wish I could remember who pointed me to the page initially. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-test-thread-im-testing-just-how-long-a-thread-title-can-be-before-it-gets-cut-off-sudden/664944/6 "2013-07-30T22:35:19Z")
[Been there, done that](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=618989) but did not get a t-shirt. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-test-thread-im-testing-just-how-long-a-thread-title-can-be-before-it-gets-cut-off-sudden/664944/7 "2013-07-30T22:39:21Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > [you’re very welcome. More here.](http://unicode-table.com/en/sets/music-symbols/) Wish I could remember who pointed me to the page initially. Found it! Thanks go to **SuperAbe** for [this post.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16496616&postcount=34) /hijack:D ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-test-thread-im-testing-just-how-long-a-thread-title-can-be-before-it-gets-cut-off-sudden/664944/8 "2013-07-31T00:03:55Z")
Obligatory SDMB Nitpick: You should have used the adverbial form, “suddenly,” in your title. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-test-thread-im-testing-just-how-long-a-thread-title-can-be-before-it-gets-cut-off-sudden/664944/9 "2013-07-31T00:29:53Z")
> [@Kyrie\_Eleison](#): > > Obligatory SDMB Nitpick: You should have used the adverbial form, “suddenly,” in your title. 😉 Yeah, **EmilyG**! You should have written more letters! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-test-thread-im-testing-just-how-long-a-thread-title-can-be-before-it-gets-cut-off-sudden/664944/10 "2013-07-31T01:34:06Z")
Before _what_, exactly, gets cut off sudden? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-test-thread-im-testing-just-how-long-a-thread-title-can-be-before-it-gets-cut-off-sudden/664944/11 "2013-07-31T03:34:30Z")
Yes, it was indeed supposed to be “suddenly,” but I reached my letter limit. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-test-thread-im-testing-just-how-long-a-thread-title-can-be-before-it-gets-cut-off-sudden/664944/12 "2013-07-31T03:41:46Z")
Tapatalk 2 has been updated. Does it still post signatures? ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-test-thread-im-testing-just-how-long-a-thread-title-can-be-before-it-gets-cut-off-sudden/664944/13 "2013-07-31T03:42:48Z")
Looks like it’s been fixed. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-test-thread-im-testing-just-how-long-a-thread-title-can-be-before-it-gets-cut-off-sudden/664944/14 "2013-07-31T07:47:46Z")
Is this going to become some sort of Candlejack mem ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-test-thread-im-testing-just-how-long-a-thread-title-can-be-before-it-gets-cut-off-sudden/664944/15 "2013-07-31T14:32:38Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > Tapatalk 2 has been updated. Does it still post signatures? Is it a Tapatalk thing to pick random threads for a test which has nothing to with the thread? Start a “Tapatalk signature test thread” thread. Go for it! How many bytes can that be? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-test-thread-im-testing-just-how-long-a-thread-title-can-be-before-it-gets-cut-off-sudden/664944/16 "2013-07-31T14:52:26Z")
> [@moriah](#): > > Is this going to become some sort of Candlejack mem **meme**. I think you meant to sa