# Threads dropping off

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-dropping-off/326819>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 18, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-dropping-off/326819 "2005-10-18T22:42:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Basandre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@Basandre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Basandre)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-dropping-off/326819/1 "2005-10-18T22:42:56Z")

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Do threads stop being listed in the forums due to age? I don’t just mean the first page of threads listed. I mean, if I want to read a thread that hasn’t had any new replies in quite some time, I have to do a search, and I can’t just page through the forum looking for it, because it isn’t there. Is it age of the whole thread, time since last post, or something else?

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**Author:** ![Fredescu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/73ab20/32.png) [@Fredescu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fredescu)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-dropping-off/326819/2 "2005-10-18T22:57:56Z")

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Something else I’d say. [This ATMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=334619) thread contains links to threads going back to when the board first started here. If you describe the thread you’re looking for most likely someone will be able to find it.

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-dropping-off/326819/3 "2005-10-18T23:10:34Z")

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> [@Basandre](#):
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> I can’t just page through the forum looking for it…

“Display Options”, located at the bottom of each forum page, lets you set how far back you want the thread to be displayed. If you set it to “From the beginning”, you can page merrily backwards through time.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-dropping-off/326819/4 "2005-10-19T16:10:54Z")

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Just a note; If you do choose the “from the beginning” option, you’ll have to wade through a lot of, "And the Lord said, ‘So, Cecil, whaddya think? Light first, or Earth?’ "

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**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-dropping-off/326819/5 "2005-10-19T16:17:53Z")

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> [@AskNott](#):
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> Just a note; If you do choose the “from the beginning” option, you’ll have to wade through a lot of, "And the Lord said, ‘So, Cecil, whaddya think? Light first, or Earth?’ "

I’ll say. That’s what started this whole thing. She didn’t believe me that I could see such exalted conversations.