# Thread with most posts ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 13, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377 "2005-07-13T18:28:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SiouxChief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@SiouxChief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiouxChief)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377/1 "2005-07-13T18:28:10Z")
While browsing threads in the pit, I noticed that [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=323762) (a pitting of Scott Plaid) has over 920 posts. That makes me wonder…what thread holds the record for the most number of posts ever on SMDB? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377/2 "2005-07-13T18:29:27Z")
That was the infamous “a” thread, which went on for well over 100 pages. Given that the title is “a”, it’s hard to search for, but search on “xylophone” and it should come up. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377/3 "2005-07-13T18:44:42Z")
Ladies and gentlemen: [a](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=158752) ---
**Author:** ![SiouxChief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@SiouxChief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiouxChief)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377/4 "2005-07-13T18:46:30Z")
Wow. So, the [“a” thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=158752) has 5,337 replies, and 31,139 views. I guess a good runner up, that I just stumbled on, is the [“Predict the next poster”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=208378) thread, with 3,379 replies, and 19,745 views. Both of these are closed MPSIMS threads. Are there any others that have enormous post counts like these two? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377/5 "2005-07-13T18:46:40Z")
If you set the search time period to beginning, you can sort on replies and views for all threads in each forum. ---
**Author:** ![Eurograff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Eurograff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eurograff)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377/6 "2005-07-13T18:54:47Z")
Honorable mention must go to the famous and often linked [If LotR Had Been Written By Someone Else](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=138905) thread, which only has meagre 2041 replies but over 400 000 views and still counting. Of course, it’s also closed. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377/7 "2005-07-13T19:08:16Z")
The ‘1920’s style death ray thead’ set some sort of record IIRC. Or what about the ‘cooler of death’? These are just off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377/8 "2005-07-13T19:18:19Z")
Honorable mention must also go to [Guy Stuff](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=18972), which went to page 56 and 1116 posts back back in 1999. (Well it was no longer 1999 when it died out but that’s when it started at any rate.) ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377/9 "2005-07-13T19:18:32Z")
While somewhat _general_ in nature, this question is really [About This Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=2&f=2) (which is where you will next find it). ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377/10 "2005-07-13T19:32:08Z")
“are scalar weapons for real?” thread racked up a lot of posts ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377/11 "2005-07-13T19:33:08Z")
Lest we forget the lessons of history, we must remember [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=156629&page=36&pp=50) 36 page, 1780 message nightmarish glimpse into the world of the anti-skeptic. ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377/12 "2005-07-13T19:44:07Z")
What’s the longest running thread that actually continued a real conversation about something meaningful? ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377/13 "2005-07-13T20:58:29Z")
> [@Nature's Call](#): > > What’s the longest running thread that actually continued a real conversation about something meaningful? Heh! ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377/14 "2005-07-13T21:47:01Z")
> [@Nature's Call](#): > > What’s the longest running thread that actually continued a real conversation about something meaningful? 2 pages, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377/15 "2005-07-13T23:20:33Z")
> [@Nature's Call](#): > > What’s the longest running thread that actually continued a real conversation about something meaningful? This one. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377/16 "2005-07-14T00:47:54Z")
> [@SiouxChief](#): > > Wow. So, the [“a” thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=158752) has 5,337 replies, and 31,139 views. > > I guess a good runner up, that I just stumbled on, is the [“Predict the next poster”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=208378) thread, with 3,379 replies, and 19,745 views. > > Both of these are closed MPSIMS threads. > > Are there any others that have enormous post counts like these two? The forum MPSIMS has had the longest threads so far. Besides the A thread of early 2003 with 5337 posts, we had late 2003 bring us four huge game type threads, OMFG with 3964, Song Title Game with 3914, Predict the Next Poster! with 3379, and Word Association Thread! with 2989. Instead of linking to the biggest threads in each forum, let me tell you how to find them. In each forum, scroll down to Thread Display Options, drag down the menus til they read “Most Replies” and “From the Beginning,” click “Show Threads,” and you will see the largest threads in each forum. Obviously, each forum must be checked seperately. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377/17 "2005-07-14T01:08:41Z")
> [@Nature's Call](#): > > What’s the longest running thread that actually continued a real conversation about something meaningful? There have been some, imho. The two AAVE threads (one in GQ, the other in GD) come to mind, since I was involved with them. The Ask the Gay Guy threads had some interesting bits, several math and space science threads got pretty long, as did some fun threads involving wit, creative writing (e.g. LOTR), or role play. Besides some glorious trainwrecks in the Pit. Again, no links from me because it all depends on what you find meaningful. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377/18 "2005-07-14T01:52:48Z")
Well, I started one in IMHO that went on for nine fun-filled pages, but really, only a total whore would link to a thread she started herself in this particular context. [I’m sick. I need help.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=193236) ---
**Author:** ![deadbeater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@deadbeater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deadbeater)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377/19 "2005-07-14T03:07:03Z")
think there was a thread callled ‘Thread’ that has quite a few posts. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377/20 "2005-07-14T05:40:40Z")
Top threads by replies for each forum: **Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share:** a – 5,337 **Cafe Society:** All Diablo2 Talk here… – 2,814 **Great Debates:** Contact with the Great Beyond–Psychics like Praagh – 1,779 **The BBQ Pit:** Let the poor woman die already! – 1,254 **In My Humble Opinion:** Spit or Swallow? A followup poll TMI? – 1,032 **General Questions:** Are scalar weapons for real? – 1,017 **About This Message Board:** The SDMB is switching to paid subscriptions – 668 **Comments on Cecil’s Columns:** Damn fool war – 286 **Comments on Staff Reports:** What’s up with the biblical story of drunken Noah? (Part 1) – 153 Top 10 all-time SDMB threads by replies: [ol] [li]a – 5,337 (MPSIMS)[/li][li]Oh, My Freaking God! (Looong!) – 3,964 (MPSIMS)[/li][li]Song Title Game – 3,914 (MPSIMS)[/li][li]Predict The Next Poster! – 3,379 (MPSIMS)[/li][li]Word Association Thread! – 2,989 (MPSIMS)[/li][li]All Diablo2 Talk here… – 2,814 (Cafe Society)[/li][li]If LotR Had Been Written By Someone Else!? – 2,041 (Cafe Society)[/li][li]The Movie Game – 2,010 (Cafe Society)[/li][li]Contact with the Great Beyond–Psychics like Praagh – 1,779 (Great Debates)[/li][li]The Movie Game II – 1,713 (Cafe Society)[/li][/ol] And that’s 20 minutes of my life I’m never getting back. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-with-most-posts-ever/312377.md?page=2)