# Threads in the Pit

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-in-the-pit/421241>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 2, 2007, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-in-the-pit/421241 "2007-10-02T09:32:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-in-the-pit/421241/1 "2007-10-02T09:32:13Z")

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How is the number of visible threads determined in the Pit? This afternoon I visited and there were 17 threads on the page. Tonight I visit and there are 26 and yet almost all of the 26 were already visible to me at some previous time. How does this work?

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-in-the-pit/421241/2 "2007-10-02T10:00:43Z")

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There’s a little ‘display options’ section at the bottom left of the thread list in each forum that dictates how many threads you’ll see - if, for example, it says ‘last day’ and there are only 17 threads that have been active in the last day, you’ll only see 17 threads.

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**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-in-the-pit/421241/3 "2007-10-02T10:40:13Z")

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thank you

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-in-the-pit/421241/4 "2007-10-02T11:40:50Z")

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Since this is a question about the operation of the Board, let’s move this to ATMB.

**samclem** GQ moderator

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**Author:** ![\_bolding\_mine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/77aa72/32.png) [@\_bolding\_mine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_bolding_mine)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-in-the-pit/421241/5 "2007-10-02T23:32:20Z")

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You seem to be using the default settings.  
To show more threads, go to the link User CP at the top of this page, then Edit Options, and number of threads per page and number of days visible.