# Thread summarizer **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 3, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635 "2007-04-03T23:25:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cryptoderk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cryptoderk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptoderk)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635/1 "2007-04-03T23:25:00Z")
Just noticed that my racist country thread has got very long. Haven’t the time to read it. How can I best automate it? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635/2 "2007-04-04T04:40:46Z")
I’m guessing this is a question about the operation of the board. Moving to ATMB. **samclem** GQ moderator ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635/3 "2007-04-04T16:53:53Z")
Not sure that you can. Or that you should. Why would you do that? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635/4 "2007-04-04T18:53:40Z")
Why do you even need to ask? ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635/5 "2007-04-04T19:00:49Z")
Automate it to do what? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635/6 "2007-04-04T19:05:14Z")
Eightysix posts is very long? Perhaps you shouldn’t pit **tomndebb** anytime soon; those suckers tend to drag on for ten or fifteen pages! ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635/7 "2007-04-04T19:14:32Z")
Is he talking about display modes? ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635/8 "2007-04-04T19:35:52Z")
Pay me enough and I will read the thread and summarise it for you 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635/9 "2007-04-04T21:29:06Z")
[QUOTE=grimpixie] Pay me enough and I will read the thread and summarise it for you 😉 [/QUOTE] Will you provide unique voices for every poster? Cuz I need to know who’s speaking and when. ---
**Author:** ![carterba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@carterba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carterba)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635/10 "2007-04-04T23:25:07Z")
Maybe he’s talking about automated summarization. If so, it’s a technology in its infancy. Current performance is at least as bad as machine translation. I doubt it would do a good job at summarizing a message board thread. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2007, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635/11 "2007-04-05T04:07:43Z")
Summarizing a thread might be a little difficult. Let’s start with something simpler. Summarize Proust. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635/12 "2007-04-05T05:45:19Z")
[QUOTE=Wendell Wagner] Summarize Proust. [/QUOTE] > [@Proust](#): > > WHY ISN’T EVERYONE ELSE AS BRILLIANT AS I AM?! WWWHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!?? > > Also, I have lots of angst. How was that? ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635/13 "2007-04-05T06:07:31Z")
An automated SDMB thread summarizer??? 🙂😃 ROFLMFAO !!! Шhen we ℭonsider the past perƒormance of the s∈rver, do Шe Яeally want to яisk addiῂg m⊚re gl↑tches? ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635/14 "2007-04-05T11:54:14Z")
[QUOTE=friedo] How was that? [/QUOTE] **Voice Over:** A good attempt there but unfortunately he chose a general appraisal of the work, before getting on to the story. A good try though and very nice posture! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635/15 "2007-04-05T12:58:29Z")
Man, this thread is getting awful long. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635/16 "2007-04-05T16:24:32Z")
[QUOTE=stolichnaya] Man, this thread is getting awful long. [/QUOTE] Allow me to summarize: > [@](#): > > Notice…my…racist…question… **samclem** … > Should …you…automate…eightysix…voices?.. > I…need…a…infancy…machine… > Technology…is…bad… > Proust…is…long. Got it? ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635/17 "2007-04-05T16:27:06Z")
You call that a summary? What am I, a grad student? I an’t got time to read that. It’s like fucking Dostoevsky. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635/18 "2007-04-05T18:50:47Z")
[QUOTE=stolichnaya] It’s like fucking Dostoevsky. [/QUOTE] Do we LOOK like necrophiliacs? Don’t answer that. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635/19 "2007-04-05T20:20:46Z")
Cryptoderk’s last thread was about, was about, Fa la la la, la la la, la la la— BONG! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635/20 "2007-04-06T03:30:20Z")
Summarise threads? No no no. Dont do that. Just skip to the bottom and post something that makes you look like a complete buffoon. All the cool posters are doing it! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-summarizer/398635.md?page=2)